Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- The unseen driver behind the migrant caravan: climate change – The Guardian
- Goldman, JPMorgan Hit Pause on Intern Recruiting ‘Madness’ – WSJ
- The Fantasy of Fiscal Stimulus – WSJ
- The Stock Market Held a Sale, and No One Turned Up – WSJ
- Protectionism was threatening global supply chains before Trump – VOX
- Hedge Fund Frontlight Capital to Close Doors – WSJ
- Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World – PIIE
- The Shale Boom Calmed Oil Markets, but for How Much Longer? – WSJ
- The Global Economy’s Three Games – Project Syndicate
Americas:
- Mueller refers alleged scheme targeting him to FBI for investigation – NBC
- Special Counsel Refers Scheme Targeting Mueller to FBI – The Atlantic
- Trump to terminate birthright citizenship – Axios
- Treasury Expects to Issue Over $1 Trillion in Debt in 2018 – WSJ
- Trump eyeing executive order to end citizenship for children born in U.S. to noncitizens – Washington Post
- Trump’s proposal to end birthright citizenship is unconstitutional – Washington Post
- Red-hot leveraged loan market draws regulatory heat – FT
- Whopping 62 percent of jobs don’t support middle-class life after accounting for cost of living – USA Today
- The Yawning Divide That Explains American Politics – WSJ
- Russia’s Meddling In The Midterms. The White House Just Doesn’t Want To Talk About It. – Buzz Feed
Europe:
- EU pledges access to UK clearing houses in no-deal Brexit – FT
- S&P warns no-deal Brexit would spark recession – FT
- European tech bosses speak out against digital services tax – FT
- How the Irish border backstop became Brexit’s defining issue – FT
- Putin: From Oligarch to Kleptocrat – NY Review of Books
- UK tax burden set to rise to 30-year high – FT
- Italy is setting itself up for a monumental fiscal failure – FT
- U.K. to Roll Out First-of-Its-Kind Digital Tax – WSJ
Asia:
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- China has a big weapon that it hasn’t used in the trade war — yet. Tourists. – Washington Post
- China Sets Official Yuan Rate at Weakest in a Decade – WSJ
- American Tech Firms Are Winning the R&D Spending Race With China – WSJ
- China’s King of Internet Fluff Wants to Conquer the World – NY Times
- U.S. to Restrict Chinese Chip Maker From Doing Business with American Firms – WSJ
- China reverses 25-year ban on trade and use of rhino horns and tiger bones, alarming conservationists – SCMP
- China’s Communist Party lists its Top 100 private sector business leaders – SCMP
Trans-Tasman:
- Peter Dutton Dresses Up As Himself In Terrifying Halloween Prank – The Shovel
- Bill Shorten has given a strong indication a Labor Government could increase the dole – 9News
- Federal ICAC back on the agenda in federal parliament – The Mandarin
- Catholic Church set to be sued by dozens of victims of clerical abuse – The SMH
- Turnbull not helping in Indonesia: Joyce – SBS
- Is this the Coalition swansong? Just one more coal plant for the road – Renew Economy
- Sydney property developer awarded home under squatter laws after renting it out for 20 years – ABC
- Academics will have to pass ‘national interest’ test for public funding, Coalition says – The Guardian
- Australia has become the sixth country to ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal – SBS
- Central Australia perfect for federal prison for terrorists, business group tells government – ABC
- The Trans-Pacific Partnership is back: experts respond – The Conversation
- Global animal numbers plummet 60%, koala populations dying faster – News.com.au
- Revealed: Where to go to university if you want a high salary after graduating – The SMH
- The new electric vehicle highway is a welcome gear shift, but other countries are still streets ahead – The Conversation
- Gladys Berejiklian to set up migration panel to help lower NSW intake – SBS
- Borrowing growth slowing on all fronts – Interest.co.nz
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