Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Global Central Bank Chatter Rattles Bond Market – WSJ
- The global slump in press freedom – The Economist
- Economists Can’t Write Economically, Driving Demand for Brevity – WSJ
- Decade After Crisis, $600 Trillion Derivatives Market Remains Opaque to Regulators – NY Times
- Tesla Asks Suppliers for Cash Back to Help Turn a Profit – WSJ
- The missing profits of nations – VOX
- Housing Costs Reduce the Return to Education – Marginal Revolution
- It’s Apple vs. Amazon in the Race to $1 Trillion – Bloomberg
- We Need Transparency in Algorithms, But Too Much Can Backfire – HBR
- Bitcoin Revival Has Enthusiasts Leaving Rival Coins In The Dust – Bloomberg
- G-20 Finance Ministers, Failing to Halt Trump’s Trade War, Warn of Its Global Risks – NY Times
- Hedge funds place record bet on higher five-, 30-year U.S. yields – Reuters
Americas:
- How the Republican tax cuts are failing workers, in one chart – VOX
- The city that never sleeps finds that it’s running out of reporters to report – Washington Post
- Tariffs Trim a Factory’s Profit, but Loyalty to Trump Endures – NY Times
- 2.5 Billion Pounds of Meat Piles Up in U.S. as Production Grows, Exports Slow – WSJ
- Almost 70% of millennials regret buying their homes. Here’s why – CNBC
- Trump’s Medicaid Work Rules Hit States With Costs And Bureaucracy – Forbes
- Trump to Seek Repeal of California’s Smog-Fighting Power – Bloomberg
- Millions of educated, experienced workers have been tossed aside by a strong economy – Washington Post
- How Trump Is Repelling Foreign Investment – Foreign Affairs
- When Presidents Bully the Fed, Watch Out – Bloomberg
- Venezuela’s Inflation to Reach 1 Million Percent, IMF Forecasts – Bloomberg
Europe:
- Portugal Dared to Cast Aside Austerity. It’s Having a Major Revival. – NY Times
- UK public will blame EU for no-deal Brexit, says Jeremy Hunt – The Guardian
- Brussels rejects UK’s financial services Brexit plan – FT
- US banks urge UK to cut corporate taxes to stop Brexit exodus – FT
- Brexit uncertainty has already damaged Britain’s exporters – The Economist
Asia:
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- How E-Commerce Is Transforming Rural China – New Yorker
- BOJ Policy Change Speculation Roils Markets – Bloomberg
- Collapse of Chinese peer-to-peer lenders sparks investor panic – FT
- Renminbi weakness is a game changer for Asian currencies – FT
- China’s Piecemeal Shift to Looser Monetary Policy Gathers Pace – Bloomberg
- China says it won’t devalue currency to bolster exports – Reuters
- China’s Stealth Yuan Devaluation Catching Trump’s Attention – Bloomberg
- China’s central bank injects $74bn into banking system – FT
Trans-Tasman:
- News Corp wants limits on ABC to prevent ‘advantaged’ competition – The Guardian
- Australia called out as willing to undermine human rights for digital agenda – ZDNet
- Australia’s tax base is collapsing and we are on a collision course with reality – The Guardian
- Embattled Labor MP Emma Husar charged taxpayers $2000 for limousines to Sydney functions – The SMH
- My Health Record agency adds ‘reputation’, ‘public interest’ cancellation options to app contracts – ABC
- NBN Co says ‘not possible’ to show cheapest FTTP connections – IT News
- Six lessons to be learned from the Super Saturday byelections – The SMH
- We must resist sliding towards a police state in the name of ‘national security’ – The Guardian
- ATO crackdown hit list for IT contractors revealed – Finance – Strategy – iTnews
- The nightmare of mopping up your online reputation and the ‘right to be forgotten’ – ABC
- Could financial plain packaging break Australia’s debt addiction? – ABC
- Bank loan rules change: Refinancing home loan no longer an option for many – News.com.au
- Turnbull policy guarantees nothing but the status quo on power and climate – The SMH
- ATO crackdown hit list for IT contractors revealed – IT News
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