Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Bigger Corporations Are Making You Poorer – Vice
- Driverless Cars Are Giving Engineers a Fuel Economy Headache – Bloomberg
- Bears Become Bulls in Unbroken U.S. Stock Market Rally – Bloomberg
- The Dangers Of A “Get It While You Can” Mentality – Real Investment Advice
- One reason it’s dumb for Trump to brag about stock markets: They’re up more everywhere else than they are here – Washington Post
- Five Things to Watch for in Bank Earnings – WSJ
- Why the Federal Reserve could be sitting on an inflation time bomb – The Telegraph
- Should Individuals Invest in Bitcoin? In a Word, No. – WSJ
- Islands No More: Crypto Hedge Funds Bring Cryptocurrency Risk Into Mainstream Financial System – Forbes
- Bitcoin Breaches New Milestone by Smashing Past $5,000 Mark – Bloomberg
- Global Economy’s Stubborn Reality: Plenty of Work, Not Enough Pay – NY Times
- IMF: higher taxes for rich will cut inequality without hitting growth – The Guardian
- Inequality: Fiscal Policy Can Make the Difference – IMF
- The Demise of Dollar Diplomacy? by Barry Eichengreen – Project Syndicate
Americas:
- Marijuana Growers Risk Being Wiped Out by California Fires – Bloomberg
- Just how tight is the U.S. labor market? – Washington Centre for Equitable Growth
- Trump Signs Order Paving Way for Health-Care Changes – WSJ
- Trump will scrap critical Obamacare subsidy – Politico
- ‘Objective analysis’ or ‘an absurdity’? Life as Trump’s top economist. – Washington Post
- GM to scale back production at Detroit sedan plant – Reuters
- Don’t Worry About Inflation. Solve the Housing Shortage. – Bloomberg
- Why Are More American Teenagers Than Ever Suffering From Severe Anxiety? – NY Times
- In Las Vegas, the casino is always watching – LA Times
- US State Department Seeks Blockchain Boost Amid $10 Billion Reboot – Coin Desk
- The U.S. solar industry’s new growth region: Trump country – Reuters
- Ending NAFTA could cost U.S. up to 50,000 auto parts jobs: study – Reuters
- Poll: Majority believe Puerto Rico isn’t getting the help they need – Axios
- Not even hospitals in Puerto Rico know how many people have died – Vice
- Puerto Rico’s Never-ending Emergency – WNYC
Europe:
- The Government’s secret Brexit studies – Crowd Justice
- Trump’s Iran plans driving EU toward Russia and China: Germany – Reuters
- EU to launch internal Brexit transition work – draft – Reuters
- Jeremy Corbyn says he would vote remain in a second EU referendum – The Guardian
- Monetary policy and the euro area economic expansion – European Union
- From Brexit to Barcelona, liberal elites have lost faith in self-determination – The Telegraph
- City calls for fintech sector deal to ensure UK remains leader after Brexit – City AM
- UK cuts number of low-paid to smallest portion of workforce since 1980s – FT
- Consumers face credit squeeze as lenders tighten loan availability – The Guardian
- Spain gives Catalan leader 8 days to drop independence – Reuters
Asia:
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- Electric cars: China’s highly charged power play – FT
- China’s Xi Jinping has more clout than Donald Trump. The world should be wary – The Economist
- Quantifying the effect of the Bank of Japan’s equity purchases – VOX
- Say Goodbye to the China Bid – WSJ
- Beijing Pushes for a Direct Hand in China’s Big Tech Firms – WSJ
- Japan Stocks Hit 21-Year High as Investors Shrug Off Concerns – NY Times
- Alibaba Tops Amazon to Become the Biggest E-Commerce Company – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- Up to 87% of undamaged, edible tomatoes harvested from a commercial Queensland farm were rejected and wasted based on appearance – The Guardian
- Tomato waste at rotten levels as up to 84pc of crops left in field – ABC
- ‘Premium’ donors offered special access to Berejiklian cabinet – The SMH
- Outsourcing Centrelink calls to Serco may well fail to meet clients’ needs – The Age
- Nationalisation call. Turn default superannuation over to government, Peter Costello urges – The SMH
- Disability groups facing closure as states withdraw funding before NDIS – The Guardian
- Scott Morrison moves to reassure investors Australia’s housing market isn’t heading for a crash – The SMH
- Yoga out, mental health in under sweeping reforms to private health insurance – SBS
- Private health insurance premiums to be cheaper under industry shake-up, funds and doctors say – ABC
- ‘Staggering’: Widespread double-dipping on home grants exposed – The SMH
- Coalition demands ABC publish list of staff earning more than $200,000 – The Guardian
- Flood of complaints over eye-watering gas bills – The Age
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NZ First meeting on Monday – Interest.co.nz