Spring Moon, John Aland, 1967, Art Gallery of NSW
China
- China sees new world order with oil benchmark backed by gold – Nikkei Asian Review
- ‘We must send our best to the front line’: Xi Jinping goes all out to rid China of poverty in three years – SCMP
- China bans new deposit certificates, tightening screws on interbank lending to curb risks – SCMP
- China’s big banks slow lending pace, devote 90pc of new mortgages to first-time buyers – SCMP
- China is the world’s new science and technology powerhouse – Bruegel
- Markets Are About to Find Out What China’s Leadership Reshuffle Means – Bloomberg
- China Realizes It Needs Foreign Companies – Bloomberg
- China’s artificial intelligence technology is fast catching up to the US, Goldman Sachs says – CNBC
- China probes former vice-chief of securities regulator for graft – CNBC
Asia
- Asia’s main archipelagos eye bigger share of maritime trade – Nikkei Asian Review
- India’s GDP growth dips to 3-year low in April-June quarter – Nikkei Asian Review
- International spillovers and local credit cycles: Evidence from Turkey – VoxEU
- How Singapore is going from trade hub to innovation hub – Nikkei Asian Review
- Thailand approves $2.2 billion in help for rice farmers – Reuters
- India’s demonetized currency finds its way back into the system — but can we still call it a success? – CNBC
Europe
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- Whitewashing Ukraine’s murky arms smuggling industry – BNE Intellinews
- “Safe-haven” euro could complicate ECB plan to roll back stimulus – Reuters
- The European Gas Markets – Bruegel
- Russia Private-Bank Experiment Implodes With Otkritie Rescue – Bloomberg…it sure does…
- A New Way to Work Could Revitalize the French Economy – Bloomberg
- Why ‘More Europe’ Won’t Solve Europe’s Fiscal Quandary – Bloomberg
- Europe Has Recovered Enough to Ease Off the Quantitative Easing – Bloomberg
United Kingdom
- UK manufacturing defies expectations to hit four-month high – Telegraph
- Britain faces huge costs to avoid power shortages with electric car plan – Reuters
- The pound won’t stop plummeting any time soon – Prospect
United States
- Tax Reform and Budget Deficits in America – Project-Syndicate, Feldstein
- This grim map shows all the places working-class Americans can’t afford to live – MarketWatch
- Wells Fargo Review Finds 1.4 Million More Suspect Accounts – NY Times
- American retailers, restaurants oppose U.S. NAFTA produce proposal – Reuters
- House to vote on self-driving car legislation next week – Reuters
- The external debt of the US is no cause for concern, yet – VoxEU
- The US economy is not yet back to its potential – VoxEU
- Can Trump’s corporate tax cuts help the middle class? – CBS
- Gas prices keep climbing as Harvey shutters oil refineries – CBS
- Harvey Could Alter Fed’s Inflation Calculations – Bloomberg
- Trump Will Fail at Tax Reform, Too – Bloomberg
- America’s Young Strivers Could Use Another Gold Rush – Bloomberg
- S. economy grows at 3 percent rate for first time in Trump’s presidency – Washington Post
- Job growth slumps in August – Washington Post
- The Myth of American Universities as Inequality-Fighters – The Atlantic
- Ugly Jobs Report: August Payrolls Miss, Slide To 156K; Hourly Earnings Also Disappoint – Zero Hedge
Americas
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- Canada’s economy blows away forecasts with 4.5% growth — its strongest start to year since 2002 – Financial Post
- Odds of a rate hike just went up as Canada’s growth wows economists – Financial Post
- Brazil set to pass critical credit reform – Euromoney
Terra Specufestorus
- Petrol retailers reaping record margins despite increased surveillance, watchdog says – ABC
- CBA investors warned over foreign fine risk – Domainfax
- ACCC loses case against LG over customer repairs – Domainfax
- Letters from suppliers and Snowy River 2.0 won’t stop the blackouts – Domainfax, Pascoemeter
- Australia’s record-breaking winter warmth linked to climate change – The Conversation
- APRA could have investigated CBA years ago: experts – The Conversation
- APRA inquiry into CBA is the new comedy in town – The Conversation
- How governments have widened the gap between generations in home ownership – The Conversation
- Canberra needs a watchdog – The Monthly…does it ever…
- Lessons from the British National Health Scheme for Australia – Pearls and Irritations
- Government losing its resistance to rent-seeking businesses – Pearls and Irritations, Gitto
- Low wage growth: does the government understand how capitalism works? – Pearls and Irritations
- Traders Are Girding for a Political Shake-Up in New Zealand – Bloomberg
- CEO pay trends in Australia are unjustifiable on any reasonable grounds – Bill Mitchell
Commodities
- Int’l panel agrees on flexible bluefin tuna catch limit – Nikkei Asian Review
- How big shifts in U.S.-Canada oil trade erased the ‘geopolitical premium’ on oil prices – Financial Post
- Why gold’s status as safe haven is in decline – Financial Post, El-Erian
- China factory activity expands, driving up commodity prices — but can it be sustained? – ABC
- Kazakh uranium bank launches as last resort nuclear fuel supplier to world – BNE Intellinews
- Harvey’s Made the World’s Most Important Chemical a Rare Commodity – Bloomberg
- Why Indian steelmakers are delaying expansion plans – Platts
- Low EU sugar stocks ‘protecting producers’ from world price tumble – Agrimoney
- Anticipation grows over dairy auction – as butter rally creates paradox – Agrimoney
Capital Markets
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- Barbarians at the Monetary Gate – Project-Syndicate
- Junk Bonds Face Wave of Supply Just as Investors Turn Sour – Bloomberg
- What a Strong Euro Means for the U.S. Debt Ceiling Debate – Bloomberg
- Don’t Mistake The Calm in Bond Markets For Lack of Concern – Bloomberg
- Euro rally is actually a dollar problem, says former ECB president – CNBC
Global Macro
- The Persistence of Global Imbalances – Project-Syndicate, Reinhart
- The Global Economy’s New Rule-Maker – Project-Syndicate
- The Promise of Fiscal Money – Project-Syndicate, Varoufakis
- Who Wants to Deregulate Finance? – Project-Syndicate, Davies
- What slowdown? Factories chug along as global demand holds up – Reuters
- Risk intolerance and the global economy: A new macroeconomic framework – VoxEU
- The financial crisis, ten years on – VoxEU
- Africa and Chinese rebalancing – Bruegel…good read…
- How a Good Tax Reform Goes Bad – Bloomberg
- Trump’s mutiny against trade has some countries worried about their national security – CNBC
- Jackson Hole and the central banking priesthood – Prospect
…and furthermore…
- Women in the marijuana business face a ‘grass ceiling’ – MarketWatch
- Basic income guarantee: this is a health issue! – Pearls and Irritations
- What are algorithms? – Economist
- Local interactions between public and private employment – VoxEU
- Chinese Billionaire Is Poised to Rescue a Great British Icon – Bloomberg
- Please Don’t Use Google Translate Against Russian Trolls – Bloomberg
- Look Who’s Fighting Our Algorithmic Overlords – Bloomberg
- Dismantling the Dictatorship of the Highly Educated – Bloomberg
- The raging legal battle over what makes a food ‘natural’ – Washington Post
- The Bizarre Spending Habits of World Leaders – The Atlantic
- Why We’re Doomed… – Zero Hedge
- Trickle-down, with the emphasis on “trickle” – Bonddad