Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Global Investors Chase Safety, Yield in U.S. Bonds – WSJ
- Number Of Bitcoin Miners In Venezuela Swells To 100,000 – ZeroHedge
- Is Bitcoin A Giffen Good? – Forbes
- The Financial Regulatory Laffer Curve – Macro and Other Musings
- Is the growth in living standards worse now than in the Great Depression? – The Guardian
Americas:
- FBI watched, then acted as Russian spy moved closer to Hillary Clinton – The Hill
- Latest data show entrepreneurship remains subdued in the United States – Medium
- Still Waiting for FEMA in Texas and Florida After Hurricanes – NY Times
- No, the GOP Tax Plan Won’t Give You a $9,000 Raise – WSJ
- Senate’s McConnell says tax bill should be revenue neutral – Reuters
- The GOP tried Trump-style tax cuts in Kansas. What a mess. – NBC
- President Trump: With tax reform we can make it morning in America again – USA Today
Europe:
- Italy regions back ’big bang’ autonomy – France24
- Treasury assembles crack squad to keep watch over RBS’ £775m cash handouts – CityAM
- Turning Tables in Magnitsky Case, Russia Accuses a Nemesis of Murder – NY Times
- Theresa May delays crunch Cabinet debate over Brexit deal until next year – The Sun
- Spain denies ’coup’ against Catalonia – BBC
- EU parliament exposed as ‘hotbed of sex harassment’ – The Times
- Women now occupy the three most senior roles in Norway’s government – The Independent
- Italy’s 2 richest regions seek more autonomy from Rome – AP
- Major business groups warn Davis over ’serious’ Brexit jobs risk – Sky
Asia:
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- Yen Hits Three-Month Low as Abe Win Secures BOJ Stimulus – Bloomberg
- What Default? China Growth Keeps Lid on Bond Failure Rate: Chart – Bloomberg
- He’s the anti-graft tsar about to leave China’s top leadership. So what will happen to Wang Qishan? – SCMP
- China’s Government Is Expected To Buy 24% Of All Residential Real Estate For Sale In 2017 – Zero Hedge
- Comment: Modi loses his luster as economy stutters – Nikkei Asian Review
- Japan’s Abe Cements Hold on Power With Election Win – WSJ
- China’s Pursuit of Fugitive Businessman Guo Wengui Kicks Off Manhattan Caper Worthy of Spy Thriller – WSJ
Trans-Tasman:
- NBN rollout: Streets and suburbs suffer digital divide as speed depends on lottery – ABC
- Malcolm Turnbull says the NBN was a mistake and may never make money – The SMH
- NBN needs protection if it is to make a profit: CEO Bill Morrow – The SMH
- NBN a mistake, says Turnbull, blaming Labor for ‘calamitous train wreck’ – The Guardian
- What’s wrong with the NBN? – ABC
- NBN’s List Of Expensive FTTP Installations Is An Obvious Ploy – Gizmodo
- Australia is Clearing Shitloads of Forest and Queensland is Leading the Charge – Vice
- ‘Our greatest threat’: GetUp! readies court battle against claims it is a Labor or Greens ‘front’ – The SMH
- Security Expert Slams PM’s Encryption Stance – Gizmodo
- Taxpayers slugged $200,000 as Jeff Kennett rents office from his wife – The SMH
- Beverages industry praises itself for turning politicians away from sugar tax – The Age
- Financial literacy is a public policy problem – The Conversation
- Big four banks set to rake in $31b in profits, boosted by rate hike ‘tailwind’ – The Age
- Premier announces $50 off electricity bills as election date looms – Brisbane Times
- Queensland energy plan ‘taking money with one hand, giving it back with the other’ – ABC
- Labor’s environmental lobby warns bipartisan energy deal comes with conditions – The Guardian
- Despite Holden, SA’s economy gets its best report card since 2011 – ABC
- “There is no alternative” – really? – Interest.co.nz
