Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Chart of Century Gives Powell Gloomy Glimpse of Trade-War World – Bloomberg
- Bill Gross’s Slumping Fund Sees $580 Million of Outflows This Year – Bloomberg
- US Equity Futures Tumble As US Readies $200 Billion China Tariff List – Zero Hedge
- Jeff Bezos Is Now $50 Billion Richer Than Anyone Else on Earth – Time
- The short shelf life of a crypto-currency – BBC
- A Cautionary Tale for Index-only Investors – Fortune Financial
Americas:
- A U.S. Recession Indicator Flashes Red – Bloomberg
- GOP Senators Tell Contradictory Stories About Moscow Trip – Daily Beast
- Anatomy of a Trump rally: 76 percent of claims are false, misleading or lacking evidence – Washington Post
- Pfizer to Roll Back Price Increases After Trump Criticism – WSJ
- With Stock Market in Lull, Investors Pin Hopes on Earnings Boom – WSJ
- Giuliani works for foreign clients while serving as Trump’s attorney – Washington Post
- Worthless Just Two Years Ago, West Texas Sand Now Brings in Billions – Bloomberg
- Growth Benefits of U.S. Tax Cuts May Be Overestimated: Fed Study – Bloomberg
Europe:
- Boris Johnson Has Ruined Britain – NY Times
- Tory vice chairs quit over Brexit – BBC
- Brexiters fear ‘biggest loss of sovereignty’ since 1973 – FT
- Universities of Britain: cosying up to crypto is a bad look – FT Alphaville
- Turkey’s Economy Is So Hot That It May Face a Meltdown – NY Times
Asia:
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- Trump administration announces list of tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods – CNBC
- U.S. Unveils Additional Tariffs on $200 Billion More in Chinese Imports – WSJ
- iPhone crashing bug likely caused by code added to appease Chinese gov’t – Ars Technica
- Germany-China Reach Deal in Response to Trump Trade War – Bloomberg
- Widow of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo leaves China for Germany – Reuters
- How China Is Trying to Invent the Future as a Science Superpower – Scientific American
Trans-Tasman:
- Up to 1 million households set to go into mortgage default by September, analyst warns – ABC
- Consumers let down badly by electricity market: ACCC report – The Conversation
- Crown Casino not investigated by watchdog because whistleblowers wanted anonymity, MP says – ABC
- Online shopping giants fail to keep up with GST – The Age
- Neworks cry foul as AER cracks down on poles and wire returns – Renew Economy
- Childcare subsidy changes add red tape for families and providers – ABC
- My Health Record: battle looms on medical privacy – Michael West
- Blitz on hospitality industry nets $472k for underpaid staff – The Guardian
- Albanese admits Coalition ‘stopped the boats’ and opposes detention time limits – The Guardian
- Media Watch: Fairfax bungle GST – ABC
- Australia up 3 places to 52nd in 2018 World Broadband Speed League – Cable
- ‘We must get people out of cars’: Coalition to extent train line in Melbourne’s south-east – ABC
- Big cuts to power bills possible if customers can compare more easily, ACCC says – ABC
- Lending crackdown largely complete: APRA – SBS
- Reforms to ‘broken’ energy market will shave 25 per cent off power bills: ACCC – SBS
- Responses to the proposed energy shake-up – SBS
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Aussie owned banks face dual reporting of credit risk in NZ – Interest.co.nz
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