Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Stocks Drop Most in Six Weeks on Trade War Tension: Markets Wrap – Bloomberg
- Goldman Sachs CEO says sovereign balance sheets look risky – Reuters
- Bitcoin Falls on Fears of Regulatory Trouble for Big Crypto Exchange – Bloomberg
- Economists promote low-volatility cryptocurrency backed by dollars – FT
- Electric Cars May Be Cheaper Than Gas Guzzlers in Seven Years – Bloomberg
- Investors, lawmakers, advertisers pressure Facebook over data – Reuters
- U.S., global economies too leveraged for aggressive Fed – Reuters
- The Economic Scars of Crises and Recessions – IMF
- Jim Rogers Says Trade War Is Making His Bearish View Even Darker – Bloomberg
- For the First Time, Goldman’s Not Among the Top Commodity Banks – Bloomberg
- Soaring U.S. Libor Rate Trickles Into Funding Markets Worldwide – Bloomberg
- Making Sense of the World’s Cryptocurrency Rules – Bloomberg
- Has the Global Economy Reached “Peak” Peak? – Morgan Stanley
Americas:
- Democrats plan crackdown on booming stock buybacks – CNN
- Biggest Three Banks Gobble Up $2.4 Trillion in New Deposits Since Crisis – WSJ
- U.S. Exempts Allies From Steel and Aluminum Tariffs – NY Times
- Getting Sick Can Be Really Expensive, Even for the Insured – NY Times
- Retirees Reshape Where Americans Live – WSJ
- Why the Demand for American Sperm Is Skyrocketing in Brazil – WSJ
- San Francisco Has a People Problem – WSJ
- In Nafta Talks, U.S. Tries to Limit Junk Food Warning Labels – NY Times
Europe:
- Britain struggles to jump-start living standards – FT
- Boris Johnson’s undisclosed meeting with Alexander Nix of Cambridge Analytica – The Spectator
- German Mittelstand faces generational crisis – FT
- Europe’s banks told to keep planning for full Brexit in 2019 – FT
- EU proposes online turnover tax for big tech firms – Reuters
Asia:
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- The Legal Case for Striking North Korea First – WSJ
- China responds to Trump tariffs with proposed list of 128 US products to target – CNBC
- Trump Slaps Tariffs on $50 Billion Worth of Chinese Goods – Bloomberg
- Here Are U.S. Targets Most Vulnerable to China Trade Retaliation – Bloomberg
- China: We will hit back if US announces new tariffs – CNN
- Nobody really knows what’s going on in the world’s biggest country – Foreign Policy
- U.S. Trade Leverage With China Is Weakening – WSJ
- China blames U.S. for staggering trade surplus as tariffs loom – Reuters
- The iPhone alone accounts for $15.7 billion of the US trade deficit with China – Quartz
- China Default Risks Flare on Scrutiny of Company Accounting – Bloomberg
- Chinese Companies Are Buying Up Cash-Strapped U.S. Colleges – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- Eight people in a one-bed unit: International students living in ‘squalor’ – SBS
- Australia should strengthen its privacy laws and remove exemptions for politicians – The Conversation
- It’s Been 149 Days And The Police Haven’t Interviewed Michaelia Cash Over AWU Raids Tip-Off – BuzzFeed
- Tesla to deploy another large Powerpack project in Australia after securing $25 million in funding – Electrek
- Fact check: Will the move to make codeine prescription-only save 100 lives a year? – ABC
- The NBN: Only 80% done disappointing us – The Big Smoke
- Tariff exemption only temporary for Australia, new quotas introduced – The Age
- “Living Standards Won’t Improve Until All The Baby Boomers Are Dead” Says Reserve Bank – Betoota Advocate
- New migrants drive NSW population growth as birth rate slumps – The SMH
- Derryn Hinch wants higher bank levy, billions in new spending – The AFR
- Peter Dutton Is Racist And Fascist, Says Greens Senator Nick McKim – BuzzFeed
- NBN rules still fail to address the balance of power between ISPs and wholesaler – AFR
- Chinese students angered by visa delays. State media issues ‘red alert’ to not enrol in Australia – ABC
- Banking royal commission: Commonwealth Bank offered gambler credit card limit increases – ABC
- Aussie data consumption soars as broadband prices fall – IT News
- Berejiklian risks 40 per cent of Coalition votes on stadiums: survey – The SMH
- Speculation rife Ardern will make major housing announcement on Sunday – Interest.co.nz