Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- First Test Drive of the Tesla Model 3 Performance: A Thrilling, Modern Marvel – WSJ
- Tesla’s battery maker suspends cobalt supplier amid… – Reuters
- Stolen Crypto Millions Paid Back for Cents on Dollar, Guaranteed – Bloomberg
- Fed’s Powell facing first test from the bond market – FT
- Microsoft’s Revenue Gets Lift From Cloud – WSJ
- Commodity Contagion Spreads as Raw Material Crash Threatens Calm – Bloomberg
- How Did the Gold Standard Work? Part 1: The Efficiency of the Gold Standard – Every Day Con
- Hate ETFs? Quants Say They Found Anomaly to Profit on Their Flows – Bloomberg
- 7 Skills That Aren’t About to Be Automated – HBR
- The End is Near For the Economic Boom – Fortune
- Blockchain Efforts Move Beyond the Hype: ‘This Is Happening Now’ – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Trump lays into the Federal Reserve, says he’s ’not thrilled’ about interest rate hikes – CBNC
- Trump criticises Federal Reserve’s interest rate rises – FT
- Trump criticizes Federal Reserve, breaking long-standing practice – Washington Post
- “No Way to Run a Superpower”: the Trump-Putin Summit and the Death of American Foreign Policy – New Yorker
- Justice Department plans to alert public to foreign operations targeting U.S. democracy – Washington Post
- Food-Stamp Use Is Still at Recession-Era Levels Despite Job Gains – Bloomberg
- Best Buy Should Be Dead, But It’s Thriving in the Age of Amazon – Bloomberg
- How dirty is Miami real estate? Secret home deals dried up when feds started watching – Miami Herald
- The Trump Voters Thanking Russia for Its Help – The Atlantic
- As new tariffs take hold, more see negative than positive impact for the U.S. – Pew Research
- ‘Housing for All’: Democrats push for big government response to soaring rents – Washington Post
- Poll: Huge GOP majority backs Trump’s Putin performance – Axios
- The Data Is In: Tax Cuts And The Failure To Trickle Down – Real Investment Advice
Europe:
- The case for a second Brexit referendum – The Economist
- BofA loses analysts in London as Mifid rules bite – FT
- Bank of England probed risks to KPMG’s viability after string of scandals – FT
- Trump Is (Probably) Not a Russian Pawn – Bloomberg
- Trump’s Tariffs Awaken “Sleeping Europe” to Fire Back – Jumore Global
- EU Withdrawal Bill officially becomes law – BBC
- No-deal Brexit: EU warns its citizens to prepare for the worst – The Guardian
- Hungary pursued by EU over ‘Stop Soros’ migrant law – BBC
Asia:
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- The Chinese Communist party entangles big tech – FT
- Chinese real estate, charted – FT
- A China Borrower’s $11 Billion Debt Mountain Comes Crashing Down – Bloomberg
- Chinese scientist’s US visa application rejected by ‘arrogant’ embassy – SCMP
- China’s first fully automated hotel – CNN
- Chinese consumers ready to boycott American goods if trade war escalates – RT
- China’s investment in West Africa takes on France in former colonies – SCMP
Trans-Tasman:
- When whistleblowers are prosecuted, it has a chilling effect on press freedom in Australia – The Conversation
- Coalition’s national energy guarantee predicted to drive up power prices – The Guardian
- Pill testing at festivals has hidden benefits that could reduce drug taking – ABC
- Life after coal: the South Australian city leading the way – The Guardian
- Ambulance costs around Australia: why is it free in some states and not others? – ABC
- Vital Signs: booming jobs numbers, but dig deeper and it’s not all rosy – The Conversation
- Health Minister announces urgent investigation into taxpayer-funded campaign working with Instagram influencers – ABC
- What is happening on Nauru should shock the conscience of every Australian – The Guardian
- Black economy crackdown: 8 million ABN holders face fee slug – The SMH
- Far-right mouthpiece Lauren Southern ‘hit with hefty police bill’ – The Age
- Empty car parks everywhere, but nowhere to park. How cities can do bette – The Conversation
- Labor downplays union refugee policy push – SBS
- More than 100 jobs to go from Hunter Valley coal mine, union says – ABC
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June migration gain down 31% compared to June last year – Interest.co.nz