Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- The Global Impact of a Chinese Recession – Project Syndicate
- Tesla Names Telstra Executive to Replace Elon Musk as Chairman – WSJ
- Why the world deserves a better toilet – Gates Notes
- I Can’t See Berkshire’s Bottom Line – WSJ
- October was worst month for hedge funds in 7 years – FT
- ‘Red October’ proves to be a gift for brokers and exchanges – FT
Americas:
- Trump’s Appointment of the Acting Attorney General Is Unconstitutional – NY Times
- Why Trump could face legal challenges over Whitaker – Axios
- Bernie: Midterms Show Many Whites ’Uncomfortable’ Voting for Black Candidates – Daily Beast
- Welcome To The Dystopia: People Are Arguing Whether This Trump Press Conference Video Is Doctored Or Not – BuzzFeed
- Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement – Federal Reserve
- The Midterm Results Are a Warning to the Democrats – NY Times
- Progressives’ plan for victory just took a gut-punch. Now what do they do? – NBC News
- What the Midterm Election Shows: America’s Two Parties Live In Divergent Worlds – WSJ
- Suburban Voters Gave Democrats Their House Majority – CityLab
- Google Plans Large New York City Expansion – WSJ
- Trade Under Trump – Foreign Affairs
- The GOP Just Lost Its Most Important Climate Moderates – The Atlantic
- Fed leaves rates unchanged, notes slowing in business investment – CNBC
- Fed Officials May Soon Clash On Need For Further Rate Rises – Forbes
- Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims decreased to 214,000 – Calculated Risk
- U.S. Farmers Aren’t Checking Trump On Trade – WSJ
Europe:
- Anger as influential economist has UK residency bid rejected – The Guardian
- EU plans reprieve to derivatives deals to avoid Brexit chaos – FT
- Being British – WSJ
- The five UK sectors grappling with acute labour shortages – FT
- Macron Calls for ’European Army’ to Counter Russia, U.S. – Time
- One Legacy of Merkel? Angry East German Men Fueling the Far Right – NY Times
- UK’s rising wages eat into companies’ profits – FT
Asia:
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- Senior FT editor refused entry to Hong Kong – FT
- Washington unnerved by China’s ‘military-civil fusion’ – FT
- China’s state-run press agency has created an ‘AI anchor’ to read the news – The Verge
- China exports to US grow despite Trump’s tariffs – FT
- China Has More Distressed Corporate Debt Than All Other EMs – Bloomberg
- Respect our choices, China’s Xi says ahead of Trump G20 meeting – Reuters
- China’s brightest children are being recruited to develop AI ‘killer bots’ – SCMP
- Chinese-owned pork producer to get money from bailout program spurred by China’s tariffs – Washington Post
- Strong Dollar Hits China’s Foreign-Exchange Reserves – WSJ
Trans-Tasman:
- Christopher Pyne says Turnbull plotters must take responsibility for leadership spill – ABC
- Cormann concedes Coalition was ‘in a more competitive position’ when Turnbull knifed – The SMH
- Andrews’ solar plan spreads to renters in a ‘win-win for everyone’ – The Age
- Craig Kelly MP mocks climate change ‘exaggeration’ in presentation to Liberal party members – The Guardian
- Labor Party distances itself from Luke Foley, won’t fund defamation case – ABC
- Australian facial-matching system prone to errors against people of colour, experts warn – The Guardian
- Turnbull says those responsible for the leadership coup still owe Australians an explanation – SBS
- Beijing: China has said it wants to be Australia’s partner – The SMH
- Scott Morrison ‘cried on his knees’ over asylum seekers – SBS
- Craig Kelly MP mocks climate change ‘exaggeration’ in presentation to Liberal party members – The Guardian
- ScoMo in great rush to connect with voters – The West
- Government announces Resource Management Act reforms – Interest.co.nz