Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Shale Country Is Out of Workers and Dangling 100% Pay Hikes – Bloomberg
- The retirement-consumption puzzle – VOX
- Hedge Fund Managed by Billionaire Howard Gained 36% in May – Bloomberg
- Bubble-Like Stock Valuations Miss $3.4 Trillion in Hidden Assets – Bloomberg
- Blockchain and cryptocurrency jargon buster – FT
- Extreme Central Banking Is Making the Rich Richer, Nordea Says – Bloomberg
- Fidelity, a household name in American investing, is plotting a big move into cryptocurrency trading – Business Insider
- The 10 Largest Companies In the World Are Now Exploring Blockchain – Forbes
- World Bear Market Would Likely Start in Euro Zone, Gavekal Says – Bloomberg
- Embattled Qatar Is Rich Enough to Get By for Another 100 Years – Bloomberg
- As Oil Soars, Few Hedge Funds Are Left to Profit – WSJ
- The Next Bond Rout: It’s Bigger Than Italy – Barron’s
- OPEC Faces New Concern Over Global Oil Stocks: China – WSJ
Americas:
- The Astonishing Tale of the Man Mueller Calls ‘Person A’ – The Atlantic
- Ivanka Trump Was In Contact With A Russian Who Offered A Trump-Putin Meeting – BuzzFeed
- Trump invokes War of 1812 in testy call with Trudeau over tariffs – CNN
- In private FEMA remarks, Trump’s focus strays from hurricanes – Washington Post
- Mexico Hits U.S. With Tariffs, Escalating Global Trade Tensions – NY Times
Europe:
- Donald Trump’s Berlin whipping boy – Politico
- Bundesbank chief hits at plan for eurozone crisis fund – FT
- European businesses advised to avoid using British parts ahead of Brexit – Sky
- Greece should not hound man who refused to falsify the figures – FT
- French bank SocGen agrees with US to pay $1 billion in penalties over bribery, manipulation – Compliancex
- Italian Markets Are Having Another Tough Day – Bloomberg
- The turnaround of the Portuguese economy – VOX
- EU presses ahead with retaliation against US on steel – FT
- Brexit is essential for the UK to free itself from market rule – New Statesman
- Putin Moves to Capitalize on Europe’s Fury With Trump – NY Times
Asia:
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- Kim Jong Un Begged for Summit ‘on His Hands and Knees,’ Giuliani Says – WSJ
- Trump Has Floated Golfing With Kim Jong Un if Singapore Summit Goes Well – Daily Beast
- A Medical Mystery Grows as U.S. Consulate Workers in China Fall Ill – NY Times
- Malaysia finance minister suggests China connection to 1MDB – FT
Trans-Tasman:
- 25Mbps does not qualify as ‘very fast broadband’: WA govt – Computerworld
- Insecure work the ‘new norm’ as full-time job rate hits record low: report – ABC
- Victorian couple quoted up to $1.2m to connect to NBN Co’s fibre service – ABC
- The untold story of the death of the NBN – The Guardian
- ‘Insane’: Government gets its way on wild horses despite protests from scientists – Canberra Times
- Border Force merger fails to bring savings and beset by problems – The Guardian
- Australian students feel lonelier and more left out than a decade ago – The Guardian
- Western Civilization and Conservative Hysteria – ABC
- Barnaby Joyce should make way for someone else to run in New England, NSW Nationals MP says – ABC
- ‘Tipping point’: Unilever to run Australian plants on 100% green power – The SMH
- UQ to set world standard with 100 percent renewable energy – UQ
- Growth with a grain of salt: it’s the same old story as households miss out – The Guardian
- Farmers challenge Nationals’ claim drought unrelated to climate change – The Guardian
- Next recession in view despite best GDP growth in years, economists warn – ABC
- The artificial shortage that encourages doctor price gouging – Canberra Times
- Too much of a good thing: Solar power surge is flooding the grid – Canberra Times
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RBNZ Act review to look at new banking levies – Interest.co.nz
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