Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Fintech means Blockchain? Is there anything else? – Coin Telegraph
- Wall Street’s 3% Yield Call Foiled Again as Bond Traders Eye 2% – Bloomberg
- Why economics needs economic history – VOX
Americas:
- Bannon plotting primaries against slate of GOP incumbents – Politico
- Irma Roars In. And an Entire State Shakes and Shudders. – NY Times
- Two cranes at Miami construction sites have snapped in Irma’s howling winds – Miami Herald
- Harvey, Irma could ding U.S. economy for combined $290 billion – Market Watch
- Trump Inc: Inside the president’s not-so-blind trust – Salon
- How Kirkland Signature Became One of Costco’s Biggest Success Stories – WSJ
Europe:
- Europe’s bank regulators on expensive hiring spree before Brexit – Reuters
- Labour to force Commons vote on scrapping 1% public sector pay cap – Yahoo
- France’s Macron Set to Defy Doubters Again – WSJ
- Can the British Brexit notification be withdrawn? – egmontinstitute.be
- Brexit could be reversed if EU agrees to immigration deal, Tony Blair says – Apple News
- EU Migration: Examining the evidence and policy choices – Institute Global
- Like fading powers of the past, Britain shows signs of being in terminal decline – The Guardian
- There is no Brexit ‘punishment’, apart from the self-inflicted one – The Guardian
- UK water privatisation looks little more than an organised rip-off – FT
Asia:
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- The myth of surplus peasants and China’s growth – VOX
- A Matter Of “Trust”: A Look Inside China’s Crackdown Of Its $3 Trillion Shadow Banking Industry – Zero Hedge
- Indonesia, Long on Sidelines, Starts to Confront China’s Territorial Claims – NY Times
- China’s Latest Bond Default Is a Cautionary Tale for Investors – Bloomberg
- China is leaving Donald Trump’s America behind – FT
- China looks at plans to ban petrol and diesel cars – BBC
- Why Australian universities have upset Chinese students – BBC
- China to Shut Bitcoin Exchanges – WSJ
- China Is Striving to Contain Its Once-Diving, Now-Thriving Yuan – WSJ
Trans-Tasman:
- ‘This is classic mortgage Ponzi finance model’ – News.com.au
- Barnaby Joyce tells same-sex marriage campaigners to ‘get out of my face’ – ABC
- Mortgage fraud: $500b of ‘liar loans’ in Australia, warns investment bank UBS – ABC
- Indian government lodges official diplomatic protest about ‘offensive’ Australian lamb ad – The SMH
- Joyce concedes renewable energy subsidies ‘essential’ to meet Paris climate targets – SBS
- Australian trade minister says special relationship with UK is now for ‘yesteryear’ – Politics
- Murray-Darling Basin: ‘No change is not an option’ says damning report on alleged NSW water corruption – ABC
- ‘Grow a spine’: Matt Canavan on marriage debate – Sky News
- With more cyclists suffering serious injuries on the road, what can we do to ensure their safety? – ABC
- Suicide and unemployment: Luke Williams exposes unspoken link in Australia – News.com.au
- Australia’s progress on Closing the Gap ‘woefully inadequate’, UN says – ABC
- Time for pragmatism, not panic, for the electricity market – The Conversation
- Turnbull and Morrison don’t talk about unemployment. It’s a deliberate but dodgy cop-out – The Guardian
- Loans from mum and dad lead to greater strain – says RBA – The SMH
- Voters give Scott Morrison and the Coalition big ticks on economic management – The SMH
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New Government a test for the housing market – Interest.co.nz
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Joyce eyes savings taxes, house building & productivity boost – Interest.co.nz
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National boosts first home buyer subsidies – Interest.co.nz
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