Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Texas Is About to Create OPEC’s Worst Nightmare – Bloomberg
- Real Time Economics: What Are Markets Telling Us About the Economy? – WSJ
- Jamie Dimon and Warren Buffett Have the Last Laugh on Bitcoin – Bloomberg
- These Traders Paid a 100% Premium for Bitcoin at the Market Top – Bloomberg
- Amidst Roaring Economy, Troubled Markets Sound Alarms – WSJ
- Here’s What the Big Tech Companies Know About You – Visual Capitalist
- Bitcoin Mining Firm Giga Watt Declares Bankruptcy Owing Million – Coin Desk
- GE Could Be a $41 Billion Problem for Big Banks – Bloomberg
- The Decline and Fall of the Zuckerberg Empire – NY Mag
- As Credit Fears Snowball, Hedge Fund Places Short-Volatility Bet – Bloomberg
- Turbulent Stock Market Is Flashing a Warning About the Economy – NY Times
Americas:
- Trump’s dangerous message to tyrants: Flash money and get away with murder – Washington Post
- Harvesting in a trade war: U.S. crops rot as storage costs soar – Reuters
- White House approves use of force, some law enforcement roles for border troops – Military Times
- Half of Jobs at Amazon’s Two New Headquarters Won’t Be Tech Positions – WSJ
- Trump’s Crude Realpolitik – WSJ
- After 20,000 workers walked out, Google said it got the message. The workers disagree. – Recode
- A $9 trillion corporate debt bomb is ’bubbling’ in the US economy – CNBC
- Will Amazon Ruin or Revitalize New York City? – NY Times
- Treasury Seeks to Protect Millionaires’ Wealth Transfer – WSJ
Europe:
- EU Raises Doubts Over Brexit Summit as May Holds Brussels Talks – Bloomberg
- Russia loses Interpol presidency vote – BBC
- Theresa May seeks to resolve last blocks on Brexit deal – FT
- EU begins disciplinary procedures against Italy after rejecting its controversial budget plans – CNBC
- Sweden’s Push to Get Rid of Cash Has Some Saying, ‘Not So Fast’ – NY Times
- The City’s Brexit problem is not those leaving, it is those who will not come – FN London
- ABN Amro seeks UK licences to ward off Brexit threat – FT
Asia:
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- Xinjiang Authorities Sentence Uyghur Philanthropist to Death For Unsanctioned Hajj – Rfa
- China Has an Achilles’ Heel: Undereducation – Bloomberg
- China’s Warning to Market Economists: Toe the Party’s Line – Bloomberg
- Beijing to Judge Every Resident Based on Behavior by End of 2020 – Bloomberg
- US hints at evicting China from WTO – BBC
- Guo Wengui and Steve Bannon join forces to imply Beijing involvement in Wang Jian’s death – SCMP
- China is underestimating its US$3 trillion dollar debt and this could trigger a financial crisis, says economist – SCMP
- U.S. Accuses China of Continuing IP Theft Amid Trade Wa – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- Labor will offer a rebate of up to $2,000 for households earning less than $180,000 to install residential battery systems – The Guardian
- New report shows 85% of private schools getting more public funding than public schools – AEU Federal
- Australia must act to stop its growing animal extinction crisis, environmental campaigners say. – 9News
- Labor pledges $15 billion in new renewable, network funds – Renew Economy
- CBA’s gold medal for refusing to accept responsibility goes to…. – The SMH
- Lack of network planning threatens Australia’s renewable electricity future, expert warns – ABC
- Daniel Andrews: a precocious premier with no time to waste – The Guardian
- Homelessness is a complex issue, especially when children and families are affected – ABC
- Australia: Wealthy but Still Second Rate – NY Times
- Amazon to resume shipping to Australia after online GST change – News.com.au
- Bill Shorten to adopt Malcolm Turnbull’s energy policy, pledges to throw billions at renewables – ABC
- Five factors that could turn Australia’s property market slump into a crash – The SMH
- Counting the cost of the education revolution – ABC
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Net gain from migration at its lowest level since September 2015 – Interest.co.nz
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Open banking prompts Reserve Bank to re-think how it regulates banks – Interest.co.nz
