Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Bitcoin’s Price Was Artificially Inflated Last Year, Researchers Say – NY Times
- Tether Used to Manipulate Price of Bitcoin During 2017 Peak, New Study Says – Bloomberg
- Bitcoin Extends Its Decline – Bloomberg
- Blockchains Talking to Each Other Gives Hope to Crypto Diehards – Bloomberg
- PayPal rival Adyen surges 90 percent in IPO with valuation topping $15 billion – CNBC
- Amazon’s Clever Machines Are Moving From the Warehouse to Headquarters – Bloomberg
- Lehman Settles $1.2 Billion Derivatives Fight With Credit Suisse – WSJ
- WeWork in Talks With SoftBank to Double Valuation to as Much as $40 Billion – WSJ
- Big banks slip into bear market territory as rates rise – FT
- Leverage Angst Worse Than 2008 Seizing Stocks, Ignored by Bonds – Bloomberg
- Why It’s So Hard to Build a Banking Giant – WSJ
- Elon Musk buys $25 million in Tesla stock amid layoffs – MarketWatch
- Why Do Stocks Generally Go Up Over Time? – A Wealth of Common Sense
- The long wait for a productivity resurgence – FT
- Demolishing Monopoly From Below: How Two Radicals Would Remake Markets – WSJ
- Why Economists Avoid Discussing Inequality – Bloomberg
- Did macroeconomics give up on explaining recent economic history? – VOX
Americas:
- Trump Appointee Compiles Loyalty List of U.S. Employees at U.N., State – Foreign Policy
- Fed Raises Rates; Officials Boost Outlook to Four Hikes in 2018 – Bloomberg
- Federal Reserve Poised to Raise Rates Again – WSJ
- What If the Fed Just Lets Inflation Run for a While? – Bloomberg
- Foreign banks push US Federal Reserve to relax capital rules – FT
- White House Seeks to Block Senate Bid to Kill ZTE Deal – WSJ
- Who Is Behind Trump’s Links to Arab Princes? A Billionaire Friend – NY Times
- Argentina’s IMF Package Could Trigger Ugly Blowback – Bloomberg
- Finally, a president with the guts to stand up to Canada – Washington Post
Europe:
- The Italian Prime Minister’s New EU Adviser Compared The EU To Nazi Germany – BuzzFeed
- Brexit Is Turning Into the Road Trip From Hell – Bloomberg
- Italian debt strife reveals pitfalls of Europe’s market structure – FT
- Two big UK banks shift some euro clearing from London to Frankfurt – FT
- How Democratic Is the Euro? – Project Syndicate
Asia:
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- U.S. Preparing to Proceed With Tariffs on Chinese Goods – WSJ
- Trump says North Korea ‘no longer’ a nuclear threat as he returns to Washington – Washington Post
- Investors wipe $3 billion off China’s ZTE as U.S. settlement sinks in – Reuters
- China Is Testing Roads Paved With Solar Panels – NY Times
- Wall Street Firms Face a New $15 Billion Hurdle in China – WSJ
- China’s Bond-Market Mystery: Why Aren’t There More Defaults? – WSJ
Trans-Tasman:
- 25 and unemployed: the quarter life crisis hurting young people – The SMH
- Pauline Hanson loses Senator Brian Burston after prolonged feud – ABC
- New NBN bush congestion target leaves evening TV streams short of full HD – ABC
- Companies to sue for defamation? Nip this in the bud – Michael West
- APA: why do foreign energy giants covet Australian assets? We’re a soft touch – Michael West
- Boom turning to bust: Is an Aussie financial crisis on the cards? – The SMH
- Tens of billions of dollars in “off-budget” Federal Government investments are threatening future budget surpluses – ABC
- The housing market is cooling. But the affordability crisis isn’t over – The Guardian
- Battery recycler amps up pressure on manufacturers and governments to cut down on waste – ABC
- Liberals fall short in bid for control of $70 million war chest – The Age
- How the post-war small home movement helped deliver the great Australian dream – ABC
- Australia’s economy is going strong, but the fate of its currency is in question – CNBC
- Australia’s ‘greatest treasures’ bound for Beijing – ABC
- An incomplete list of evidence that Australia is becoming a police state – Crikey
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