Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Little known to many investors, cryptocurrency reviews are for sale – Reuters
- When Blue Chip Companies Pile on Debt, It’s Time to Worry – NY Times
- Cryptocurrencies to survive sell-off: Allianz’s El-Erian – Reuters
- Raise Rates Today to Fight a Recession Tomorrow – WSJ
- The Bitcoin network at risk – Medium
- Top hedge fund analysts face 10% pay hit as industry struggles – FT
Americas:
- U.S. Illegal Immigration Total Lowest in a Decade – PEW
- The U.S. Housing Boom Is Coming to an End, Starting in Dallas – WSJ
- Farm bankruptcies on the rise in Upper Midwest – AP
- Big Tech Expands Footprint In Health – WSJ
- Fed Shifts to a Less-Predictable Approach to Policy Making – WSJ
- Paul Volcker’s Wisdom for America’s Rigged Economy – New Yorker
- The Monopolization of America – NY Times
- Tariffs could cost American households $2,400 each in 2019, a new study warns – CNBC
- The Suburbs Are Changing. But Not in All the Ways Liberals Hope. – NY Times
Europe:
- Danske Bank scandal spurs UK crackdown on limited partnerships – FT
- French watchdog calls for rethink of research rules – FT
- Greece’s Rockstar Economist Yanis Varoufakis on How to Reform the E.U. – Time
- Theresa May accused of ’rehashing Project Fear’ as Treasury says UK will be £150bn worse off under no deal – The Telegraph
- CNN poll reveals depth of anti-Semitism in Europe – CNN
- Commons vote on Brexit: what you need to know – FT
- Draghi confirms plan to end QE despite weak economic data – FT
- Greece’s Varoufakis to run in European election – in Germany – Reuters
- ECB’s corporate exit leaves bond investors on edge – FT
- Only the ‘Norway Plus’ plan can save Brexit – FT
Asia:
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- China not seriously considering U.S. Treasuries as trade… – Reuters
- Why GM Is Likely to Keep Producing in China Despite Trump’s Pleas – WSJ
- Trump Expects to Move Ahead With Boost on China Tariffs – WSJ
- Alibaba’s Jack Ma is a Communist Party member, China state paper… – Reuters
- Malaysia’s Anwar demands more than $600m in reparations from Goldman – FT
- It’s Official: China’s E-Commerce King is a Communist – WSJ
- Tesla China sales plunge 70 percent in October: auto industry body – Reuters
Trans-Tasman:
- Labor has accused the Federal Government of skipping work and avoiding scrutiny by ensuring Parliament sits for only 13 days before the federal budget in April – ABC
- Legislation banning foreign donations in Australian politics have cleared both houses of parliament – SBS
- Tech companies could leave Australia over Dutton’s encryption bill – SBS
- Julia Banks dropped a bombshell on Scott Morrison’s Liberals, with precision – ABC
- Treasurer Josh Frydenberg cancels G20 economic trip amid Liberal Party chaos – The SMH
- Companies ‘can sack workers for refusing to use fingerprint scanners’ – The Guardian
- Seven years and millions of dollars later, Australia’s biggest bribery prosecution finally revealed – The SMH
- Coalition digs in for another carbon tax scare campaign as May poll looms – Renew Economy
- Morrison government threatens mass referrals to High Court if Parliament moves on Dutton – New Daily
- Government keeps Centrelink report under wraps – Canberra Times
- Progressive ideas are becoming the new ‘sensible centre’ of Australian politics – The Guardian
- Banking royal commission sees NAB chairman Ken Henry grilled on ‘fees for no service’ – ABC
- Mining sector workers facing dim future as renewable take-up gathers pace – ABC
- Scaremongering about a housing correction – Interest.co.nz
- Is the RBNZ going too fast? – Interest.co.nz