Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Famed short-seller believes markets have priced in President Pence – Axios
- The Productivity Slowdown is Even More Puzzling than You Think … – Econofact
- You Can Use ETFs to Take a Crack at Predicting Currency Returns – Bloomberg
- A new anthology of essays reconsiders Thomas Piketty’s “Capital” – The Economist
- Global Stocks Fall After U.S. Rout as Bonds Gain: Markets Wrap – Bloomberg
- VIX Surge Is Unwelcome Lesson in Duplicity of Volatility Wagers – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Pence is a loyal soldier, but news cycle is wearing on him – CNN
- Robin Wright: ’Trump has stolen all of our ideas’ for ’House of Cards’ – The Hill
- “I just choose to not listen”: why Trump supporters are tuning out the scandals – VOX
- Where Jobs Have Yet to Recover Since the Recession – WSJ
- How Fast Can America Grow? – CRFB
- Inflation Isn’t Cooperating With the Fed – Bloomberg
- The Best Replacement for Obamacare Is Medicaid – NY Times
- The Pump’s Already Primed So Hold the Tax Cuts – Bloomberg
- Democratic Leaders Try to Slow Calls to Impeach Trump – NY Times
- Mexico’s avocado army: how one city stood up to the drug cartels – The Guardian
- In secret recording, Venezuelan general pushes for snipers to control demonstrators – Miami Herald
- A look at the relentless protests in Venezuela – Bloomberg
- Home Capital woes spark fears on Canada property market – FT
- Brazil: explosive recordings implicate President Michel Temer in bribery – The Guardian
Europe:
- Theresa May Wants To Regulate The Internet – BuzzFeed
- Inside Russia’s Social Media War on America – Time
- Choppy Markets Underscore Why ECB Will Take It Slow – WSJ
- Macron’s diplomatic brain – Politico
- UK business reacts coldly to Conservative election manifesto – FT
- May’s manifesto is birth of third way Conservatism – The Guardian
- Swedish Town Rejects Proposal to Grant Sex Leave to Workers – NY Times
- Indefatigable Merkel Complicates Europe’s Need to Reform – Time
- Reality check: How big is the UK’s deficit and debt? – BBC
Asia:
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- Two Chinese military aircraft intercept U.S. plane, officials say – NBC
- Alibaba’s Revenue Growth Accelerates – WSJ
- Japan scores longest GDP growth run in more than a decade – FT
- Japan’s Economy Is Growing, but Don’t Call It a Hot Streak – NY Times
- China Unicom Units Inflated Sales for Years, Document Shows – Bloomberg
- China’s Leverage Campaign Is Turning Bond Market Upside Down – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- Dismal wages growth makes a joke of budget forecasts – The Conversation
- Nuclear power on the agenda in NSW as Deputy Premier claims ‘we’ve been led by fear and mistruths’ – ABC
- More details emerging on that $165 million tax fraud syndicate – The Age
- Adani offered $320m deferment of Carmichael coal export royalties – The Guardian
- Pensioners to shoulder $980m savings burden in expanded “robo-debt” program – Canberra Times
- Has Australia really bungled its $36 billion high-speed internet rollout? – Tech Policy Daily
- NBN Technology 101: The World’s Most Confusing Network Explained – Life Hacker
- Australia’s NBN attracts attention for wrong reasons – ABC
- The Tragedy of Australia’s National Broadband Network – Telsoc
- Koalas could soon be wiped out in areas of Qld, NSW due to land clearing, WWF Australia says – ABC
- UK election: Australian workers to suffer under Theresa May’s immigration pledges – The SMH
- Scale of surveillance in Manus Island detention centre laid bare – The Guardian
- Bid to catch welfare cheats at odds with real story – The SMH
- Australian economy among ‘walking dead of debt’, economics professor argues – News.com.au
- How Australia can use hydrogen to export its solar power around the world – The Guardian
- Coal plants failed in Queensland heatwave on day of record demand – Renew Economy
- Age discrimination: Over 50s search twice as long for work than 15-24yos – ABC
- Could this be Australia’s first stealthing court case? – ABC
- John Hewson: It’s time for a mature and apolitical welfare debate – The SMH