Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Wall Street Gets the Friendlier Fed It’s Been Waiting For – WSJ
- Optimal inflation and the identification of the Phillips curve – VOX
- Here’s Some Cryptocurrency. Now Please Use It. – NY Times
- Collateral Damage and the S&P 500 – Bloomberg
- How the SEC Stops Short Sellers From Keeping Markets Honest – WSJ
- Who Really Stands to Win from Universal Basic Income? – New Yorker
- Vanguard Group eliminates trading fees on almost all ETFs – CNBC
- As Dalio Steps Back, Two More Bridgewater Billionaires Rise – Bloomberg
- The Oil Weapon Can Fell the Ayatollahs – WSJ
- Bitcoin Creator, Whoever It Is, Hints at Telling All in Book – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Payday-Loan Mogul Indicted for Masterminding Phantom Debt Scheme – Bloomberg
- Trade Fight Threatens Farm Belt Businesses – WSJ
- Carmakers warn of production shift to avoid tariffs – FT
- In Pointed Letters, Trump Demands More Defense Spending From NATO Allies – NY Times
- Is Michael Cohen Turning on Donald Trump? – New Yorker
- In U.S., Record-Low 47% Extremely Proud to Be Americans – Gallup
- ‘The Fed and Lehman Brothers’ Review: When the Bailouts Stopped – WSJ
- Your Credit Card Will Pay for the Next Recession – NY Times
- The U.N. says 18.5 million Americans are in ‘extreme poverty.’ Trump’s team says just 250,000 are. – Washington Post
- Largest U.S. business group attacks Trump on tariffs – Reuters
Europe:
- In Denmark, Harsh New Laws for Immigrant ‘Ghettos’ – NY Times
- Switzerland looks to liberalise cryptocurrency banking access – FT
- German CSU Leader Says Migration Clash With Merkel Resolved – Bloomberg
- EU warns of $300bn hit to US over car import tariffs – FT
- Trump’s Tariffs: a Car Crash for Germany – Bloomberg
- Chaos in Merkel’s coalition after Seehofer dangles resignation – Reuters
Asia:
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- China Set for Record Defaults, and Downgrades Tip More Pain – Bloomberg
- Thailand cave rescue: 12 boys and their football coach found alive after nine days – BBC
- China tightens party control of foreign university ventures – FT
- North Korea Expands Key Missile-Manufacturing Plant – WSJ
Trans-Tasman:
- NSW to invest massively in police and jails despite falling crime rates – SBS
- Call for complete rethink as prison population, recidivism explode – The SMH
- Ketogenic dieters strip pharmacies of life-saving tests for diabetics – ABC
- The sneaky war against renewables in the bush – Renew Economy
- Hobson’s choice: corporate reputation, secrecy and identity theft – Michael West
- The new ‘war on drugs’: Two years prison for possessing weed in South Australia – ABC
- It’s tax time and the ATO stands ready to pounce on incorrect tax return claims – ABC
- The demerit system is ruthless social policy, designed to keep the poor powerless – The Guardian
- Fears about China’s influence are a rerun of attitudes to Japan 80 years ago – The Conversation
- Welfare recipients to undergo face scan in order to get payments – NT News
- Foodora rider fights dismissal from food delivery service in Australian first – ABC
- Banking royal commission: Has Bob Katter helped extend the inquiry? – ABC
- Should NSW coal be replaced by South Australia wind and solar? – Renew Economy
- LNP to debate abortion, protecting Christmas and Adani’s rail line – Brisbane Times
- RBNZ ‘can’t ignore’ dwindling business confidence – Interest.co.nz
- Property asking prices and new listings tumble on Realestate.co.nz – Interest.co.nz
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