Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- The sequel to the global financial crisis is here – FT
- Dissecting Long-Run International Productivity Patterns – Conversible Economist
- IMF Warns Against Global Trade Imbalances – WSJ
- How much of the world’s wealth is hidden offshore? – BBC
Americas:
- Republicans ignore Trump’s Obamacare taunts – Politico
- Obamacare keeps refusing to implode – VOX
- White House not letting go of Obamacare repeal – Politico
- The Mooch Is Dead! Long Live the Mooch! – Vanity Fair
- The Decline of the American Laundromat – City Lab
- Democrats Rediscover Their True Progressive Roots – Huffington Post
- U.S. Freezes Assets of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro – WSJ
- The Agony of Venezuela – WSJ
Europe:
- Banks May Need $50 Billion New Capital After Brexit – Bloomberg
- Nicky Morgan requests assessment of City’s readiness for hard Brexit – The Guardian
- Britain could lose 40,000 investment bankers after Brexit – report – Reuters
- Daniel Hannan takes his Brexit untruths transatlantic – InFacts
- General election 2017: Brexit dominated voters’ thoughts – BBC
- World leaders asked how UK would ’get round’ Brexit, says Hague – BBC
- Russia’s Military Drills Near NATO Border Raise Fears of Aggression – NY Times
- Vladimir Putin to America: You’ve Let Me Down – The Atlantic
- Economic conditions and ECB interest rate increases – VOX
- If Putin Wanted to Step Up His Fight With America, You’d Know It – Foreign Policy
- VW secured EU money by fraud for Dieselgate engine: watchdog – Politico
- Eurozone’s Low Unemployment, Inflation Raise Questions for ECB – WSJ
- What It Was Like to Work at a Russian Gulag – Vice
Asia:
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- British teacher locked up in China forced to watch Nicolas Cage films – Mirror
- US detects ’highly unusual’ North Korean submarine activity – CNN
- North Korea can hit most of United States: U.S. officials – Reuters
- South Korea Is Preparing A “Surgical Strike” Against The North: Report – Zero Hedge
- India’s Snapdeal calls off sale to Flipkart in setback for Softbank – Reuters
- China-Backed Fund Plays Big Role in Country’s Chip Push – WSJ
Trans-Tasman:
- Sorry Boris Johnson, Little Britain has little to offer Australia – The Age
- Australian Prosecutors Want To Make It Illegal To Refuse To Turn Over Passwords To Law Enforcement – Tech Dirt
- Adani loan too much of a risk for taxpayers according to independent study – The SMH
- A Chinese Threat to Australian Openness – NY Times
- Federal politics: Malcolm Turnbull faces spill over gay marriage – Courier Mail
- Government gives Handshake deal of $30 million to Foxtel – ABC
- Super funds investing $1b in US affordable housing because ‘no opportunities in Australia” – ABC
- University sexual assault report: Half of all students harassed at least once in 2016 – ABC
- Australia records hottest July, Bureau of Meteorology says – ABC
- Australia solar market heads for 12GW by 2020 – Renew Economy
- NBN blasts over competitive broadband market – The SMH
- ‘Pay TV? We’re all paying for Foxtel, to the tune of $30 million’ – Brisbane Times
- NBN: Internet providers say controversial CVC charge for bandwidth is too expensive – ABC
- ‘All the hallmarks of an infomercial’: ABC under fire over timing of Sam Dastyari episode – The SMH
- Regions offer opportunities for refugees but are overlooked – ABC
- Review launched into NBN after customer complaints soar – The West
- Victoria bids for $5 billion contract to build high-tech military vehicles to create 2,000 jobs – ABC
- The real story of inequality in Australia – The SMH