Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Dow Hits Another Milestone, But Signs of Caution Loom – WSJ
- Dow’s Dance With 23000 Comes 30 Years After Black Monday – WSJ
- If the World Is Falling Apart, Why Does the Stock Market Keep Rising? – The Atlantic
- Don’t Rely on U.S. Consumers to Power Global Growth – Bloomberg
- Weakened Nafta, WTO Would Pave Way for Conflict – WSJ
- Jobs are plentiful for rock-bottom pay across the West – Axios
- Who Has the World’s No. 1 Economy? Not the U.S. – Bloomberg
- How much is clean air worth? – aeaweb.org
- Stock market will tank if tax reform fails, Trump adviser warns – Washington Examiner
- European Stock Volatility Hits a Record Low – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Conservatives Are Campaigning Against Yellen’s Reappointment to Fed – Bloomberg
- Comments on September Housing Starts – Calculated Risk
- America’s Car Ownership Rate Higher Now Than Before the Recession – Streetsblog
- Trump keeps his focus on the sideshows – Politico
- 1 million Americans without drinking water – CNN
- Mnuchin Says It’s ‘Very Hard Not to Give Tax Cuts to the Wealthy’ – Bloomberg
- Where Critics of Tax Reform Go Wrong – WSJ
- Doctors in Puerto Rico: ’Reality here is post-apocalyptic’ – CNN Money
- ’Future city’ to be built in Canada – BBC
- Mexico and Canada to stay in NAFTA if US leaves: Mexican president – The Hill
Europe:
- Spain-Catalonia standoff set to intensify as leaders take hard lines – Reuters
- Catalan leader says he would declare independence if Spain suspends autonomy – Forex Live
- In Italian Schools, Reading, Writing and Recognizing Fake News – NY Times
- Greece in a new era: A discussion with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras – YouTube
- Russian Oligarch’s Libel Suit Over Manafort Report Is Dismissed – Bloomberg
- Calls Grow to Deny Italy’s Central Bank Chief a Second Term – WSJ
- Putin bursts into laughter during agriculture meeting – Mail Online
- More Than Half the EU Is Still Racing to Comply With MiFID Rules – Bloomberg
- ECB Bond Program Survives Another Challenge at German Court – Bloomberg
- Unemployment total drops by 52,000 – BBC
Asia:
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- CPC creates Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era – xinhuanet.com
- U.S. Stood by as Indonesia Killed a Half-Million People, Papers Show – NY Times
- This Is What A 21st-Century Police State Really Looks Like – BuzzFeed
- Why Do We Keep Writing About Chinese Politics As if We Know More Than We Do? – China File
- Xi Jinping has more clout than Donald Trump. The world should be wary – The Economist
Trans-Tasman:
- Petition to remove tax-exempt status for Scientology in Australia – Change.org
- The Greens claim that the Coalition’s energy plan hurts renewables more than no action – The Guardian
- Guaranteed superannuation? Not if you’re a worker in the ‘gig economy’ – ABC
- Turnbull’s energy plan leaves poorer households in ‘death spiral’ – New Daily
- Welfare spending rises as home ownership declines: report – The SMH
- Buckle up, Australia: Get ready for a future of room-sharing as renting becomes so expensive – Domain
- Cutting company tax costs money, and middle income earners will pay – The Guardian
- Renewables to flatline under Turnbull government’s energy policy – The SMH
- The PM’s plan will deliver more expensive, dirtier power – The SMH
- Rising dragon: China’s carbon market exposes Australia’s energy paralysis – The Conversation
- Housing market at a turning point for investors as yields start to rise – Interest.co.nz
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