Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Foreign Buying of U.S. Treasurys Softens, Unsettling Financial Markets – WSJ
- Dow drops more than 300 points after Caterpillar, 3M earnings disappoint – CNBC
- Caterpillar shares dive 8% after industrial giant says material costs are rising because of tariffs – CNBC
- Currency depreciation and emerging market corporate distress – BIS
Americas:
- Trump Steps Up Attacks on Fed Chairman Jerome Powell – WSJ
- The Caravan Is a Challenge to the Integrity of U.S. Borders – The Atlantic
- Trump’s Own Team Knows His Caravan Claims Aren’t True, Don’t Particularly Care – Daily Beast
- Trump’s latest exercise in fear-mongering is the most shameless yet – Washington Post
- ‘In the service of whim’: Officials scramble to make Trump’s false assertions real – Washington Post
- President Trump Signs Water Infrastructure Bill – C-Span
- And now…a reality check – The Reformed Broker
- The White House Is Warning That ‘Socialists’ Are Coming to Kill the Booming Economy – NY Times
- White House anti-socialism report inadvertently makes a case for single-payer – VOX
- Per capita lottery spending has doubled since 1995 – Washington Post
- Fed’s Bostic Supports More Hikes, Warns of Running Economy Hot – Bloomberg
- Trump Is Not Going to Cut Middle-Class Taxes This Year, Despite What He Says – NY Times
- U.S. Manufacturers See Signs of New Risks – WSJ
Europe:
- The British #MeToo scandal which cannot be revealed – The Telegraph
- UK readies flotilla plan for supplies in no-deal Brexit – FT
- EU may offer British PM a UK-wide customs union – RTE
- How Brexiteers are trying to escape the cost of Brexit – New Statesman
- EU rejects debt-hit Italy’s budget – BBC
- Germany halts arms deals with Saudi Arabia, encourages allies to do the same – Washington Post
- Inside Europe’s quest to build an unhackable quantum internet – Tech Review
- Lone Merkel declares Saudi arms ban – Euro Observer
Asia:
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- Companies Say They’re Ready to Move Supply Chains From China – Bloomberg
- Prospects for Trump-Xi Deal Fade Even With G-20 Meeting Confirmed – Bloomberg
- Chinese-owned company qualifies for Trump’s anti-China farm bailout – Washington Post
- Chinese experts ‘filtered’ trade war advice to Beijing policymakers – SCMP
- Japan’s dying shareholders signal sombre outlook for its stocks – FT
Trans-Tasman:
- Defence spending keeps spiralling as embarrassed government blocks data – Michael West
- NSW Government Doubles Down: No Pill Testing, Tougher Penalties For Drugs At Festivals – Junkee
- Supermarkets are not milking dairy farmers dry: the myth that obscures the real problem – The Conversation
- Coalition could indemnify new coal projects against potential carbon price – The Guardian
- There’s Nothing To Stop Politicians Using Their Taxpayer-Funded Internet To Run A Business – BuzzFeed
- ‘Anyone but Nats’: Rural figures come out against Barnaby Joyce and Nationals – The Guardian
- Coalition wrong to blame Turnbull for loss – The SMH
- Tax reform is pushed by rich males, for rich males – The SMH
- Private Investigators Have Been Hired By The Australian Workers’ Union To Find Michaelia Cash’s Former Staff – BuzzFeed
- Coalition digs deeper into coal and climate denial – Renew Economy
- Scott Morrison needs to realise Liberals are prepared to lose the election over climate change – The Guardian
- NBN Co won’t contemplate Telstra’s $20 price cut demand – IT News
- Worst suburbs in Australia to auction off, sell your house – News.com.au
- Petrol prices: Motorists plan national strike to boycott fuel price rise – News.com.au
- Laundry-wash: FATF ratings clean the toughest stains – Interest.co.nz
- Auckland’s new housing supply now almost keeping up with population growth – Interest.co.nz