Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Bond Market’s Most Feared Traders Threaten Treasuries Once Again – Bloomberg
- Bitcoin not the answer to a cashless society – FT
- Hedge Funds That Use AI Just Had Their Worst Month Ever – Bloomberg
- Central Banks Urged to Study Digital Currency Risks and Rewards – Bloomberg
- Cryptocurrency scammers run off with more than $2 million after ditching their investors – CNBC
- Why Blockchain Will Survive, Even If Bitcoin Doesn’t – WSJ
- The Fed Must Teach Markets a Lesson on Inflation – Bloomberg
- BIS says volatility funds ‘amplified’ equity turmoil in February – FT
- Friends Don’t Let Friends Calculate Shares of Real GDP – Bloomberg
- Potential threats to central bank independence – VOX
- The consumer benefits of trade agreements – VOX
- U.S. Oil Export Surge Means OPEC’s Output Cuts May Be Doomed – Bloomberg
- When Will Stocks Tumble Again? Investors Look to Bitcoin for Answers – WSJ
Americas:
- Conceding to N.R.A., Trump Abandons Brief Gun Control Promise – NY Times
- Dumping, Cheating And Illegality: Trump Misleads The Public On Steel Tariffs – Forbes
- Larry Kudlow Emerges as Trump Favorite to Replace Cohn, Sources Say – Bloomberg
- No One’s Sure Who Qualifies for This $415 Billion U.S. Tax Deduction – Bloomberg
- After 40 Years, the Black-White Labor Force Participation Gap Has All But Closed – WSJ
- Bond Traders Haven’t Been So Leery of U.S. Auctions Since Crisis – Bloomberg
- Jobs Report Gives Fed Cover To Retain Gradual Rate Path – University of Oregon
- Trump and DeVos call for massive cuts to college student aid programs – Washington Post
Europe:
- London House Prices Are Dropping at the Fastest Pace Since 2009 – Bloomberg
- Is Time Running Out for the Swiss Watch Industry? – WSJ
- Secret Soviet-Era Chemical Weapon Used on Ex-Spy in U.K. – Daily Beast
- May’s Brexit will block ports and cripple business. Time to stop pretending – The Guardian
- The long, terrifying history of Russian dissidents being poisoned abroad – Washington Post
- Italy is storing up trouble for the Eurozone – FT
- EU banking watchdog sets out ’roadmap’ to regulate fintech – Reuters
Asia:
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- How Blackstone Turned India Into Its Most Profitable Market – Bloomberg
- China at Risk of Banking Crisis in BIS’s Early Warning Signal – Bloomberg
- ’No response’ yet from N Korea on talks – BBC
- Trump, China, and Steel Tariffs: The Day the WTO Died – Council on Foreign Relations
- Asia’s Big Developers ‘More Vulnerable’ to Shocks, BIS Warns – Bloomberg
- China Minister Says Trade War Would Bring ‘Disaster’ to World – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- Greens push for electric only cars on Australian roads by 2030 – ABC
- Q&A: Australia’s immigration rate should be cut in half, Bob Carr says – The Guardian
- Labor to axe cash refunds for wealthy investors, saving $11.4bn – The Guardian
- Labor unveils tax write-offs for businesses investing in Australia – The Guardian
- Victorian Opposition frontbencher Tim McCurdy charged with fraud offences – ABC
- Malcolm Turnbull signals tax cuts as he fends off leadership questions – Canberra Times
- ‘Staggering’: $90 billion lost in resources tax – The Age
- Atlassian may move headquarters from Australia – The SMH
- With several Queensland councils in crisis, what is going so wrong? – ABC
- Marketing campaigns don’t cut through to a public sceptical of big business – The Guardian
- Unions launch biggest ad blitz since WorkChoices as wage crisis bites – The Guardian
- RBNZ’s Grant Spencer still pining for a debt to income ratio tool – Interest.co.nz
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Auckland Council eyes green bonds – Interest.co.nz