Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- The Economics of the Great War: A Centennial Perspective – VOX
- Supply Crunch Looms in Commodities Markets – WSJ
- Bitcoin volatility sinks to lowest in nearly two years – Yahoo
- Finding Stocks to Buy in an Era of Rising Prices – WSJ
Americas:
- Who Will Win the House? – NY Times
- Exit polls show Trump is on voters’ minds – ABC
- Exit poll analysis: 56 percent say country on ’wrong track’ – ABC
- American Meritocracy Is Killing Youth Sports – The Atlantic
- Border Patrol cancels El Paso crowd-control exercise amid concerns about voter suppression – Washington Post
- Why Long Voting Lines Could Have Long-Term Consequences – NY Times
- Canada Will Up Immigration to 1% of its Population – Cato Institute
- The growing pension black hole is pulling us all in – The Hill
- “Builders shrink home sizes” – Calculated Risk
Europe:
- One Legacy of Merkel? Angry East German Men Fueling the Far Right – NY Times
- Russian business trio told to stay away from Davos – FT
- In full: The notes of apparent plan to sell Brexit deal – BBC
- EU-Japan Trade Deal Clears Hurdle on Way to 2019 Start – VOA
- Has Norway Been Saving Too Much or Too Little? – PIIE
- Italy’s recipe for another eurozone financial crisis – FT
- A decisive moment for Britain’s universities – FT
- City of London concerns grow about a bad Brexit deal – FT
- Italy’s recipe for another eurozone financial crisis – FT
Asia:
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- US soybean sales to China down 94 percent amid Trump tariffs: report – The Hill
- China Grants Ivanka Trump Initial Approval for New Trademarks – NY Times
- Economy at Risk of Long-Term ‘Downward Spiral,’ State Researcher Says – Caixin Online
- Oracle confirms China Telecom internet traffic ’misdirections’ – ZD Net
- Chinese ’gait recognition’ tech IDs people by how they walk – AP
- Search on after Japanese island ’disappears’ – CNN
- China’s Leader, Hogging Spotlight, Elbows Communist Titan Aside – NY Times
- China’s Xi promises to raise imports amid trade row with U.S. – Reuters
- China to Tighten Rules on Five Financial Giants – WSJ
Trans-Tasman:
- Adani water project bypasses full environmental impact assessment against advice – ABC
- ‘Don’t do that to us!’: Catholic schools’ warning to Labor revealed – New Daily
- Betfair ordered to repay $150k to ‘desperate’ punter after ‘unlawful bets’ – ABC
- Scott Morrison euthanised on track after fall in polls – The Chaser
- Former official criticises Angus Taylor over ‘extraordinary’ coal protection measure – The SMH
- Why battery storage in Australia is unable to back up wind and solar – Renew Economy
- BHP runaway iron ore train left a twisted wreck after derailment stopped it reaching WA town – ABC
- Australia Indonesia free trade deal to be signed next week – Canberra Times
- Labor pulls further in front of Coalition as Morrison’s disapproval rating rises – The Guardian
- ‘He should be upfront’: PM says Victorian Premier should release China deal – ABC
- Commonwealth Bank’s profits slide on rising costs and bad debts – ABC
- NSW govt agrees to extra school funding – ABC
- Labor to announce remittance fee crackdown – SBS
- Another working group, still no immigration cuts – Interest.co.nz
- Short term inflation expectations spike upwards – Interest.co.nz