Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Mobility and growth in top and bottom incomes – VOX
- Goldman Tops Banks Betting on a New Type of Hedging – Bloomberg
- Some Thoughts on Public Memory – Talking Points Memo
- Bitcoin Price Tops $4,400 As Crypto Market Nears $150 Billion – Coin Desk
- Shadow Fed is Glum on Stock Market – WSJ
- Why Blockchain Is The Future Of The Sharing Economy – Forbes
- How and why road-pricing will happen – The Economist
- World’s biggest banks face £264bn bill for poor conduct – The Guardian
Americas:
- A history of American anti-immigrant bias, starting with Ben Franklin’s hatred of Germans – Quartz
- Millennials are just about as racist as their parents – Washington Post
- Skepticism Mounts (Again) About the Next Fed Rate Hike – WSJ
- Caution: Blue-Collar Student Debt Trap – Bloomberg
- The Natural Rate of Unemployment over the Past 100 Years – frbsf
- Why Trump’s protectionist trade agenda will fail – VOX
- New York Braces for Trump’s First Stay Home as President – Bloomberg
- Fed Study Finds Wages Adjusted for Baby Boomers Are Rising Just Fine – Bloomberg
- Canada’s NAFTA renegotiation objectives-including reform of the investor-state dispute settlement process – World Trade Law
- Nafta Showdown Will Bring These Tough Negotiators Together – Bloomberg
Europe:
- Brexit: UK suggests ’temporary customs union’ with EU – BBC
- Young graduates reluctant to move for new jobs, says thinktank – The Guardian
- Euro-Pound Parity Call Reverberates as Morgan Stanley Joins HSBC – Bloomberg
- Philip Hammond and Liam Fox’s Brexit transition plan is a pipe dream – The Guardian
- UK looks to retain Brussels customs deal – FT
- French President Emmanuel Macron’s fall from grace, explained – VOX
- Voters sense betrayal in Britain’s Brexit heartlands – Reuters
- London’s Big Ben to Fall Silent Next Week for Four Years – Bloomberg
Asia:
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- Trump Turns To 43-Year-Old ’America First’ Trade Law To Pressure China – NPR
- How the Pakistani People are Resisting Authoritarianism – Slate
- It’s ’Game on’ for War If North Korea Strikes Guam, Mattis Warns – Bloomberg
- North Korea Backs Off Threat to Hit Guam – WSJ
- North Korea’s Kim Jong Un says will watch U.S. bit longer before acting: KCNA – Reuters
- China Sets Its Banks on Scramble for Funding – WSJ
- North Korea’s Kim holds off on Guam missile plan; Seoul says will prevent war by all means – Reuters
- Approaching the North Korea challenge realistically – Brookings
- Amid North Korean Tensions, Mattis-Tillerson Show Is Key to the Drama – WSJ
- Chinese automaker reportedly bids for Fiat Chrysler – USA Today
Trans-Tasman:
- Bob Katter Withdraws support for Turnbull Government. – The Guardian
- Barnaby Joyce Literally Said “Ignorance Is Not An Excuse” To Dual Citizens Who Resigned – BuzzFeed
- Andrew Bolt: WHY A DIFFERENT RULE FOR BARNABY JOYCE? – Herald-Sun
- Barnaby Joyce citizenship remarks by Malcolm Turnbull close to interfering with High Court: Labor – ABC
- Politicians’ comments about the dual citizenship saga keep coming back to bite them – ABC
- ‘Conspiracy’: Julie Bishop says she could not trust a New Zealand Labour government – The SMH
- Australian current coal-power pollution levels would be illegal in US, Europe and China – The Guardian
- IMF report shows lower unionisation leads to lower wages – Greg Jericho – The Guardian
- Developer and Liberal Party donor makes $36m profit after building approval from Matthew Guy – The SMH
- ‘Irresponsible’: Rudd blasts PM over North Korea military commitment – SBS
- ABC, SBS funding could unlock media reform, say Greens – The SMH
- Ross Gittins: ‘Why the cost of living is not as high as you think’ – The SMH
- Giant solar tower to provide all S.A. government electricity needs – Renew Economy
- International developers shun mainland and bet big on Tasmania’s tourism boom – Domain
- Domino’s Pizza goes cold as record profit fails to satisfy investors – ABC
- Cadbury jobs cut in Hobart as part of $75m upgrade – ABC
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Labour CGT would still exclude family home – Interest.co.nz
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Veiled political LVR threats ahead of election – Interest.co.nz
- Ardern not as fixated on immigration numbers as Little – Interest.co.nz