Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Is the Future of Ecommerce in Drone Deliveries? – Visual Capitalist
- A Mutual Fund Whale Makes Big Bets on Junk Bonds—Using ETFs – Bloomberg
- Swift says blockchain not ready for mainstream use – FT
- Potential for retaliation against Trump’s steel and aluminium tariffs – VOX
- Massive Block Trades Recorded in ETFs Before Stocks Plunged – Bloomberg
- Iran’s Oil Boom Hasn’t Showed Up – WSJ
Americas:
- Tax Law Doesn’t Pay for Itself, Harvard Economists Find – WSJ
- Lael Brainard speech marks most important Fed policy shift since the crisis – Credit Writedowns
- Trump delights in executive swagger. His tariffs show it. – Washington Post
- Trump Scales Back Trade War Into an Extortion Racket – NY Fed
- Larry Summers makes the case for a government bailout of the American heartland – VOX
- America Is Giving Away the $30 Billion Medical Marijuana Industry – Bloomberg
- Background check states have lower gun death rates – Axios
- U.S. Allies Sign Sweeping Trade Deal in Challenge to Trump – NY Times
- U.S. Inflation Breakeven Curve Fully Inverts as Tariffs Loom – Bloomberg
- Trump sticks to tariff level pledge as Mexico, Canada reject pressure – Reuters
- President Trump’s Exaggerated and Misleading Claims on Trade – NY Times
- Trump Bats Away Threats of Tariff Retaliation – Bloomberg
- Fed Reports a Pickup in Wage Growth – WSJ
- Spring Home Sales Could Be the Weakest in Years – WSJ
Europe:
- EU Exit Analysis-Cross Whitehall Briefing – UK Parliament
- E.U. Pledges to Fight Back on Trump Tariffs as Trade War Looms – NY Times
- ECB staff macroeconomic projections for the euro area – European Union
- Ireland warns tech groups over new EU data rules – FT
- Draghi Asks Who Needs Friends Like These Amid Trump Threat – Bloomberg
- Germany hesitates at Weidmann’s nomination for ECB presidency – FT
- Putin praises Trump, says US political system eating itself – AP
Asia:
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- Trump Is Said to Accept North Korea’s Invitation to Meet Kim Jong Un to Discuss Its Nuclear Program – NY Times
- Trump will meet with Kim Jong Un by May to hold nuclear talks – CNBC
- Hong Kong Exchange May Have Reached Its Peak – WSJ
- How Xi Jinping Made His Power Grab: With Stealth, Speed and Guile – NY Times
- China’s Economy to Overtake Euro Zone This Year – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- Adani forced to look into getting a Nimble loan – Betoota Advocate
- Tanya Plibersek Just Straight Up Asked Why Viagra Isn’t Taxed And Tampons Are – BuzzFeed
- Court finds NSW Government land-clearing laws invalid – Nature
- Bill Shorten pledges extra $250m for Catholic schools if Labor elected – The Guardian
- It’s the golden age of television drama. So why has the ABC gone MIA? – The Guardian
- Turnbull family in damage control over Malaysia allegations – Canberra Times
- Union watchdog charges taxpayers $500k to fight claims of political interference – Brisbane Times
- Turnbull Government spends $10 million on monitoring the media – Daily Mail
- Turnbull government ‘called in’ Greg Norman to lobby Donald Trump over tariffs – The SMH
- Govt asks ACCC to leave NBN alone until after 2020 – IT News
- Australia’s hunger games – Red Flag
- Tennant Creek should ban alcohol for five years, doctor warns – ABC
- Paul Keating praises Donald Trump as ‘surprisingly good’ at foreign policy – The SMH
- No explanation for Sydney Airport ‘technical issue’ meltdown – The SMH
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Environmental tax gets the thumbs up from expert – Interest.co.nz
- New Zealand’s Floor System Experience – Alt-M