Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Crypto’s 80% Plunge Is Now Worse Than the Dot-Com Crash – Bloomberg
- Ray Dalio Says the Next Financial Crisis Could Be Even Worse Than the Last One – Barron’s
- Ray Dalio’s Seven Bubble Indicators Are ‘Flickering But Not Flashing’ – Bloomberg
- Bernanke Says 2008 Crisis Didn’t Cause Era of Populist Politics – Bloomberg
- The Return to Great-Power Rivalry Was Inevitable – The Atlantic
- Low wage growth puzzles economists – FT
- Wall Street’s Alarm on Trade Spreads With Goldman’s Bear Warning – Bloomberg
- Goldman Warns Of $6 Trillion In Losses In A “Severe Trade War” – Zero Hedge
- How Goldman Sachs facilitated the heist of the century – Axios
- Tesla’s Finance Team Is Losing Another Top Executive – Bloomberg
- ‘Crypto Tourists’ Flee as Bitcoin Slump Drags On – WSJ
- The Global Economy Is Still Feeling the Lehman Fallout 10 Years Later – Bloomberg
- Ten years on from the crash, we need to get ready for another one – The Guardian
- Asian Stocks Are Caught in the Longest Sell-off in 16 Years – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Ray Dalio Spells Out America’s Worst Nightmare – Bloomberg
- Jamie Dimon says he could beat Trump in an election: ’I’m smarter than he is’ – CNBC
- Tax Change Helps Executives Afford Pricier Planes – WSJ
- 2018 Senate Forecast – FiveThirtyEight
- The Policymakers Saved the Financial System. And America Never Forgave Them. – NY Times
- Ben Carson and HUD Get Ready to Take On the Nimbys – Bloomberg
- Fed has room to raise interest rates for some time, Brainard says – Reuters
- There’s Never Been a President This Unpopular With an Economy This Good – Bloomberg
- Middle-class income hit an all-time high of $61,372 last year, U.S. Census says – Washington Post
- The Poorest Americans Risk the Most in Hopes of Striking it Rich – Bloomberg
- The Epicenter of the Housing Bust Is Booming Again. (That’s a Warning Sign.) – NY Times
Europe:
- A Warning From Europe: The Worst is Yet to Come – The Atlantic
- New York overtakes London as top financial center; Brexit blamed – Reuters
- Conservatives back far-right government of Viktor Orban in crunch vote in European Parliament – The Independent
- The UK (and Western) productivity puzzle is a macro not a micro phenomenon – NIESR
- Juncker vows to turn euro into reserve currency to rival US dollar – FT
- ECB to Lower Euro-Area Growth Outlook on Global Demand – Bloomberg
- EU Backs Fines for Tech Firms Over Terror Propaganda -WSJ
Asia:
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- Before It Was Hacked, Equifax Had a Different Fear: Chinese Spying – WSJ
- China Is Overtaking the U.S. in Scientific Research – Bloomberg
- U.S. Proposing New Round of Trade Talks With China – WSJ
- China’s Sovereign-Wealth Fund Interested in Buying HNA’s Deutsche Bank Stake – WSJ
- Concerns missing Chinese actor Fan Bingbing has fallen foul of authorities – The Guardian
- Hong Kong’s $2.1 Trillion Benchmark Stock Index Tips Into Bear Market – WSJ
Trans-Tasman:
- Julie Bishop suggests Peter Dutton should refer himself to the High Court – The SMH
- No Jab, No Play: Health researchers register rise in vaccinations following welfare payment cuts – ABC
- The housing boom is over, and if the economic tide turns, we are in trouble – The Guardian
- Canavan ridicules climate health report, days after climate health expert wins Liberal safe seat – Renew Economy
- The heartless core of CBA’s insurance business laid bare – The SMH
- Queensland MP Bob Katter wants the banking royal commission extended and indigenous people – SBS
- John Howard goes against Scott Morrison in Wentworth preselection – The SMH
- Wentworth preselection candidates to face off in Liberal Party showdown – ABC
- Taxpayers spend $10 million on expert board but still no energy plan – Canberra Times
- PM defends tweet suggesting drought is ‘necessary evil’ to cut bottom 10pc of farmers – ABC
- Labor calls for increased pressure on China over alleged mass detention of Uighur Muslims – ABC
- Ex-APRA manager accused of rorting credit union while pocketing six-figure salary, court documents reveal – ABC