Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Pension funds plan to pile in to index trackers – FT
- Economists reject Trump claims of unfair trade system – FT
- The inflation laggards — are they turning hawkish? – FT
- Donald Trump is undermining the rules-based international order – The Economist
- Warren Buffett’s Lecture Against Quarterly Earnings Estimates Is Balderdash With a Side of Hypocrisy – Slate
- What Is the Trade Deficit? – NY Times
- Who really owns bitcoin now? – The Hill
Americas:
- US Economy: Pedal to the Metal – Yardeni
- In the Trump Administration, Science Is Unwelcome. So Is Advice. – NY Times
- Trump takes hard line with US allies at G-7 summit – The Hill
- Navarro: ‘Special place in hell’ for Trudeau – Politico
- Trump Refuses to Sign G-7 Statement and Calls Trudeau ‘Weak’ – NY Times
- Trump’s criticism of G-7 is ‘unprecedented’ scream the elite — That’s the whole point of Trump! – Fox News
- We’d better get used to Emperor Donaldus Trump – The Times
- Trump Confesses Motive, Blows Up Legal Basis For Trade War – NY Mag
- Trump Economic Adviser Ties G-7 Pullout to North Korea Meeting – NY Times
- Debacle in Quebec – NY Times
- Americans are depressed and suicidal because something is wrong with our culture – USA Today
- Trudeau ’stabbed us in back’ on trade, says Trump chief economic adviser – The Guardian
- Kudlow Blames Trudeau for ‘Betrayal’ Before North Korea Talks – Bloomberg
- Tax Havens Blunt Impact of Corporate Tax Cut, Economists Say – NY Times
- We Republicans must all speak out to protect the Mueller investigation – Washington Post
- Why Canadian milk infuriates Donald Trump – The Guardian
Europe:
- Swiss voters reject ‘sovereign money’ initiative – FT
- Greek supreme court rejects statistics chief’s appeal – FT
- Arron Banks ‘met with Russian officials multiple times before Brexit vote’ – The Guardian
- Revealed: Brexit backer Arron Banks’s golden Kremlin connection – The Times
- What if the EU Invited Canada to Join Its Bloc? – Insead
- Germany Takes the Prize in the Strong Europe Tank Challenge – Dvidshub
Asia:
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- Trump open to U.S. embassy in Pyongyang, North Korea – Axios
- China refuse to let boys lose their masculinity. May they succeed – SCMP
- China funding and building world power grids – FT
- China launches antitrust probe against US and Korean chipmakers – Nikkei
- China should seize the day on economic reform, says IMF – SCMP
- China a pillar of strength in Qatar’s fightback against Arab blockade – SCMP
- U.S. Should Chill Out About High-Tech China Threat, Pettis Says – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- George Christensen Charged Taxpayers To Print Ads For The Coalition For Marriage – Buzzfeed
- ‘Very poor’: GP booking service HealthEngine sanitises patient reviews – The SMH
- Payments to former minister concealed – The Saturday Paper
- There’s a new cultural war taking place – and it’s targeting progressive tax – The Guardian
- Why are the Chinese so interested in Tasmania? – The SMH
- ‘Australia doesn’t realise: worsening drought pushes farmers to the brink – The Guardian
- Smaller Gold Coast retailers blame high rents for growing number of vacant shops – ABC
- Skills shortage: Australia facing critical decline of new mining engineers – ABC
- Universities rely too much on foreign student fees, auditor says – The Guardian
- Senior politicians in Australia have committed crimes, says top lawyer – The SMH
- Double lives: The secret network of ex-Muslims in Australia – ABC
- Sydney University academics denounce western civilisation degree – The Guardian
- Gupta’s stunning deal to supply cheap solar to South Australian industry – Renew Economy
- Dutton’s secret propaganda unit – The Saturday Paper
- Australia’s banks dodged the financial crisis. Then they got complacent – The Guardian
- Uncertain future for 50 franchisees after chocolate cafe chain Oliver Brown collapses into voluntary administration – MSN
- Harnessing renewable energy: Australia’s largest hospital solar power system to be installed in Port Macquarie – ABC
- Debt clock ticking – Interest.co.nz
- Business-friendly Budget already undermined by poor Governance – Interest.co.nz
- RBNZ’s prudential regulation powers won’t be hived off – Interest.co.nz
