Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Fed warns that a ’particularly large’ plunge in market prices is possible if risks materialize – CNBC
- Rally after Powell says Fed interest rates nearing ‘neutral’ – FT
- Biggest Pay Raise on Wall Street Goes to Stock Derivatives Traders – WSJ
- Bond Indexes Bend Under Weight of Treasury Debt – WSJ
- The Dangerous Rise of Sponsored Stock Research – WSJ
- Winklevoss twins’ push for SEC’s bitcoin fund approval in limbo – NY Post
Americas:
- Trump slams Fed chair, questions climate change and threatens to cancel Putin meeting in wide-ranging interview with The Post – Washington Post
- Trump says pardon for Paul Manafort still a possibility – NY Post
- The American Casualties of Trump’s Trade War – NY Times
- Trumponomics Tries to Praise Trump, Instead Exposes Him – NY Mag
- Fed Chairman Says Interest Rates Are Just Below Estimates of Neutral – WSJ
- Fed Identifies Top Vulnerabilities Facing U.S. Financial System – WSJ
- The Case for Pausing the Interest-Rate Climb – WSJ
- US new-home sales plunged 8.9 percent in October – Yahoo
- General Motors warns Trump: tariffs could lead to ’smaller GM’ and fewer jobs – The Guardian
- Argentines feel the squeeze as living standards fall – FT
- Fed urged to get more serious about U.S. corporate debt risks – Reuters
Europe:
- EU withdrawal scenarios and monetary and financial stability – Bank of England
- May Brexit plan would shave 4% from GDP – FT
- No-deal Brexit could sink UK into recession – BBC
- Russian bank: we assigned $12 billion ’loan’ to poor African state… – Reuters
- Brussels buoyed by built-in advantage in future Brexit talks – FT
- Labour could seize option of second Brexit vote, says McDonnell – The Guardian
- Brexit Britain close to agreeing open skies deal with US – FT
Asia:
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- ‘Bring Me Tariffs’—How Trump and Xi Drove Their Countries to the Brink of a Trade War – WSJ
- Scholars Warn of Chinese Influence Operations in U.S. – WSJ
- Trump Could Seek a China Trade Truce at G-20 – NY Times
- BoE warns of historic economic decline under disorderly Brexit – FT
- Japan is giving away 8 million abandoned houses – Travel & Leisure
- American Retailers Squeeze Chinese Suppliers as Tariffs Start to Hurt – WSJ
- Chinese Metals Win U.S. Tariff Waivers With Little Resistance – NY Times
- China not seriously considering U.S. Treasuries as trade war weapon – envoy – Reuters
- China to widen market access for foreign investors – President Xi – Reuters
Trans-Tasman:
- Wages crisis threatens to cause a financial meltdown, killing a ‘fair go’ – ABC
- Scott Morrison may be the prime minister but more Australians recognise former foreign minister Julie Bishop, a new poll reveals – 9News
- Adani announces coal mine construction will begin – Canberra Times
- Greens back government’s expansion of website-blocking scheme – Computer World
- NAB still pursuing high pressure sales culture offering staff rewards in a pre-Christmas drive – ABC
- A Decade of Mediocrity Is Making Australia’s Economy Look Like Japan’s – Bloomberg
- Hobart continues to be the least affordable city to live, and the income divide is worsening – ABC
- Exclusive: Coalition’s migrant welfare crackdown only passed with Labor support – SBS
- Senior ACT public servants could soon be asked to dob in their corrupt colleagues — or risk a $7,500 fine – ABC
- Class action lawsuit against Uber goes national – ZD Net
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Ten key charts and tables from the RBNZ’s Financial Stability Report – Interest.co.nz