Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Bank of America Warns of an ‘Ominous’ Sign for Stocks – Bloomberg
- Why Blackstone Is Betting $7 Billion on Natural Gas – WSJ
- Bitcoin Is Literally Soaring Into Space After Rocket-Like Surge – Bloomberg
- Bitcoin market cap is within touching distance of major stocks like Netflix – CNBC
- Political ‘Angst’ Turns Fund Managers Against U.K., U.S. Stocks – Bloomberg
- Bitcoin’s Price Is Down More Than $500 After Hitting New High – Coin Desk
Americas:
- Why I’m Not Worried About Household Debt – Pragmatic Capitalism
- The Fed Issues A Warning As Household Debt Hits New All Time High – Zero Hedge
- The U.S. trade deficit is a good thing. Really. – Washington Post
- In US, factory jobs are high-tech, but the workers are not – AP
- Auto Loans’ Share of U.S. Household Debt Climbs to Record – Bloomberg
- The imaginary immigrant (and Muslim) takeover – Washington Post
- It’s the Economy, Democrats, but Inequality Is Not the Issue – NY Times
- Donald Trump has a very clear attitude about morality: He doesn’t believe in it – CNBC
- Fed’s Fischer attacks moves to unwind regulations – FT
- ‘Wow’: Stunned TV Hosts Reacted in Real Time to Trump – NY Times
- Realtors Warn Of “Another Housing Crash” If Mortgage Tax Deductions Are Scrapped – Zero Hedge
- Government warns SF: You’re not building enough housing – Curbed
- North Korea maps out detailed plan for missile launches to sea off Guam – Reuters
Europe:
- How Commuters and Graduates Are Paying the Price for Brexit – Bloomberg
- Sadly, it’s become clear this week that the Government is making it up as it goes along with Brexit – The Independent
- Ten years after the crash, there’s barely suppressed civil war in Britain – The Guardian
- Let’s Hear it for the Euro – Handelsblatt
- Carney’s Promised Rate Hikes Less Convincing as Inflation Stalls – Bloomberg
- Norway PM casts doubt on temporary British EFTA membership – Reuters
- Campaign to save South London’s fences made from WW2 stretchers – Standard
Asia:
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- India, China soldiers involved in border altercation: Indian sources – Reuters
- IMF warns on China’s credit boom – BBC
- China’s Panda-Bond Boom Threatens Dim Sum Market Survival – Bloomberg
- Chinese Companies Are Still Spending Big Abroad – Bloomberg
- North Korea Is an Economic Problem – Economic Principals
- The Sane Way to Live With North Korea’s Nukes – Bloomberg
- The lies Brits tell themselves about how they left behind a better India – Quartz
Trans-Tasman:
- Labor, Greens, NXT refuse to back Government’s ‘dirty’ media law deal with One Nation – ABC
- Centrelink users ‘monstered by their own government’ in fresh debt recovery letters scandal – News.com.au
- Adani mining giant faces financial fraud claims as it bids for Australian coal loan – The Guardian
- Drug-testing welfare recipients won’t stop addiction, psychiatrists warn – The Guardian
- Australia’s offshore detention centres ‘terrible’, says architect of system – The Guardian
- Australian wages stall at record low of 1.9 per cent – The SMH
- Fact check: Does the data show that income inequality has fallen? – The ABC
- Sydney commuters get chance to trial on-demand buses – The SMH
- What the baby bonus boost looks like across ten years – The Conversation
- Combustible cladding found on Canberra’s Centenary Hospital – ABC
- Why Melbourne’s poorest suburbs are much better off than Sydney’s – The Conversation
- Modern slavery crackdown will force large companies to examine supply chains – ABC
- Stockland highlights biggest Melbourne boom since gold rush – The AFR
- Lifestyle blocks following residential property market down – Interest.co.nz
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If not LVRs – then what? – Interest.co.nz
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