Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Bitcoin Is Unsustainable – Vice
- The curious world of micro caps—leveling the playing field – Factor Investor
- Federal Reserve now faces prospect of global monetary policy tightening – Reuters
- How Markets Could Come Out of the Shadows – WSJ
- Saudi Arabia Turns Off the U.S. Oil Tap – Bloomberg
- OPEC Grapples With Growing Threats to Oil Deal – WSJ
Americas:
- Fed Faces Inflation Conundrum – WSJ
- A chill from the White House reaches State Department – CNN
- Republicans are in full control of government — but losing control of their party – Washington Post
- President Trump to deliver statement on health care on Monday – CNBC
- U.S. senators predict veto-proof support for Russia sanctions – Reuters
- Detroit is razing houses with money intended to save them – Metro Times
- U.S. Foresaw Better Return in Seizing Fannie and Freddie Profits – NY Times
- Trump administration scraps Obamacare signup assistance in 18 cities – CNBC
- Trump’s DOJ gears up for crackdown on marijuana – The Hill
- When the (Empty) Apartment Next Door Is Owned by an Oligarch – NY Times
Europe:
- Markets Risk Shock If No Brexit Deal Is Struck – WSJ
- The attack on Poland’s judicial independence goes deeper than you may think. Here are 5 things to know. – Washington Post
- EU warns on failure to apply money laundering rules – FT
- The Southern Italian secret: live simple, live long – Star Ledger
- French President Macron’s popularity rating drops – Reuters
- Labour would leave single market, says Jeremy Corbyn – The Guardian
- ‘Imagine living with this crap’: tempers in Venice boil over in tourist high season – The Guardian
Asia:
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- Details Emerge on Singapore Central Bank’s Blockchain R&D – Coin Desk
- VPN crackdown an ‘unthinkable’ trial by firewall for China’s research world – SCMP
- China seeks glimpse of citizens’ future with crime-predicting AI – FT
- Alibaba and Tencent are carving up Southeast Asia’s startup… – Tech Crunch
- Xi Deals Blow to China Inc.’s Global Spending Spree – WSJ
- Beijing Wants A.I. to Be Made in China by 2030 – NY Times
Trans-Tasman:
- The NSW government has flatly rejected a recommendation to adopt “follow the dollar” laws to keep track of billions of dollars in public spending, despite revelations of alleged financial mismanagement by community providers – The SMH
- Big four banks slash lending to coal miners – The SMH
- Work for the dole is killing people, Kimberley community says – SBS
- Prescription opioids are killing more Australians than heroin: Australian Bureau of Statistics – The Age
- Fact check: Have 700,000 of the poorest-paid people received an effective pay cut? – ABC
- Australian company invents new technology, helps clinch massive offshore Windfarm Project in the Netherlands – Renew Economy
- Murray-Darling Basin Plan: Taxpayer-purchased water intended for rivers harvested by irrigators – ABC
- Former MP Belinda Neal set to be expelled from Labor – The SMH
- WA economy worst in nation, CommSec report finds, but mining prices improving – ABC
- Scott Morrison claims inequality in Australia is not getting worse, but better – The Guardian
- Hobart is now Australia’s hottest housing market – Domain
- Super overhaul announced by Federal Government aims to cut fees and charges – ABC
- Fixed four-year parliamentary terms ‘not a priority’ for Government, Scott Morrison says – ABC
- Fixed-term elections: Why we’d want them and whether it will even happen anyway – ABC
- Most Christians in Australia support marriage equality and want a free vote – The Guardian
- Malcolm Turnbull warns borrowers of interest rate rises — but will borrowers listen? – ABC
- Sydney housing continues to slow – The SMH
- NBN Going full fibre will mean loss of face for Fifield: academic – IT Wire
- The Government’s looming partial backdown on recently announced migration limits points to the folly of lazy policy formulated through opinion polls and public reaction – Interest.co.nz
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