Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- SEC Launches Cryptocurrency Probe – WSJ
- Bitcoin-Futures Regulator Clears Employees to Trade Crypto Coins – Bloomberg
- Dow closes more than 350 points lower, snaps longest monthly win streak since 1959 – CNBC
- Investors Are Paying $1,300 Per Hour for ‘Expert’ Chats – Bloomberg
- The Radical Left-Wing Theory That the Government Has Unlimited Money – VICE
- If Business Wants a Social Cause, How About Globalism? – Bloomberg
- Why Doesn’t More Money Make Us Happy? – The Irrelevant Investor
- Paul Krugman on Temporary vs Permanent Monetary Injections – Macro and Other Musings
- OPEC mulls a long-term alliance with Russia to keep oil prices stable – The Economist
Americas:
- More Than 30 Trump Aides Lose Top Secret Clearance, Sources Say – Bloomberg
- How Low Can Unemployment Really Go? Economists Have No Idea – NY Times
- Mueller investigation examining Trump’s apparent efforts to oust Sessions in July – Washington Post
- US solar company to lay off 10 percent of workforce after Trump tariffs – The Hill
- Donald Trump mulls restrictions on steel and aluminium imports – The Economist
- Overdue US credit card debt hits 7-year high at $11.9bn – FT
- Corporate America Is Suppressing Wages for Many Workers – NY Times
- Trump’s Worst Economic Idea – Bloomberg
- “Avoiding An Overheated Economy” – University of Oregon
- Summers Warns Next U.S. Recession Could Outlast Previous One – Bloomberg
Europe:
- Stop Blaming Russian Bots For Everything – BuzzFeed
- May: UK cannot agree to EU Brexit draft – BBC
- EU draft Brexit treaty demands that N Ireland stays in customs union – FT
- UK wages rise as companies struggle to fill vacancies – FT
- The feasibility of sovereign bond-backed securities for the euro area – VOX
Asia:
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- China’s constitutional conundrum – Brookings
- China detains relatives of U.S. reporters in apparent punishment for Xinjiang coverage – Washington Post
- As Xi Tightens His Grip on China, U.S. Sees Conflict Ahead – NY Times
- Tech Mogul Gets $12 Billion Richer Just by Leaving New York for China – Bloomberg
- Chinese workers build railway station in just nine hours – The Independent
- China’s acute water shortage imperils economic future – FT
Trans-Tasman:
- Didn’t get that broadband speed you were promised? That could soon be illegal – ABC
- ‘Sloppy, Unfounded And Deliberately Vague’: NBN Report Slammed – Gizmodo
- Whatever happened to wage rises in Australia – The Guardian
- Rate My Boss website a potential shake-up of hospitality industry – ABC
- Cyclists say they’re being targeted by ‘mantraps’, as thumbtacks dropped along popular routes – ABC
- Adani asked Coalition to help secure funding from China, FoI shows – The Guardian
- Coalition government ‘devalued’ ABS with same-sex marriage survey: report – The Canberra Times
- ‘Every Australia will be more safe’: 57,000 illegal guns surrendered during gun amnesty – 9News.com
- NSW ambos refuse to collect billing info – News.com.au
- Nestle removes Milo’s 4.5 Health Star Rating in response to criticism from public health groups – ABC
- Labor Wants Michaelia Cash To Apologise In Person To Bill Shorten’s Female Staff Over “Rumours” Comment – BuzzFeed
- ‘Clear breach’ – watchdogs to probe Woolworths’ pokies pubs – The SMH
- ‘Morals lecture’: Dutton sets off new round of personal mudslinging – The SMH
- Housing prices slip for fifth straight month, national property report finds – ABC
- Abbott’s office involved in China donation after ASIO warning – The SMH
- Barnaby Joyce charged taxpayers $100,000 for communications in lead-up to byelection – Brisbane Times
- Beware fanning flames of racism over ‘silent invasion’ fears – The SMH
- Micro-factories are home-grown answer to incredible rubbish recycling problem – The SMH
- ‘Bullying has no place in Australia’, PM tells school principals, amid tough talk on university hazing – ABC
- Federal government’s foreign donations bill is flawed and needs to be redrafted – The Conversation
- “WA budget deficit halves as spending cuts, iron ore price rise begin process of recovery” – ABC
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