Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Sounding the Alarm on Leveraged Lending – IMF
- Oil Hedge Fund Giant Hammered in Crude’s Slide – WSJ
- Amazon’s Golden Fleecing – WSJ
- Is there a financial time bomb in sight? – Washington Post
- Forking hell, crypto is collapsing! – FT
- Jeff Bezos to employees: ’One day, Amazon will fail’ but our job is to delay it as long as possible – CNBC
- The Case of the Disappearing Collateral – WSJ
- Amazon’s Long Game Is Clearer Than Ever – Rolling Stone
- Favorite Stock Market Crystal Ball May Have a Crack in It – WSJ
Americas:
- Federal Reserve to review how it conducts monetary policy in 2019 – FT
- Fed set for a broad review on how it conducts policy in 2019 – CNBC
- These charts show how Democrats represent the growing modern economy – CNBC
- U.S. Is Optimistic It Will Prosecute Assange – WSJ
- Here Are The Most Outrageous Incentives Cities Offered Amazon In Their HQ2 Bids – BuzzFeed
- Why Amazon Gets Whatever It Wants – NY Mag
- Trump Forged His Ideas on Trade in the 1980s—and Never Deviated – WSJ
- Trump Tax Cut to Be Eroded Next Year by Inflation Switch – WSJ
- The looming threat to Trump’s booming economy – Politico
- Greenspan Calls Trump Tariff Policies ‘Insane’ – Bloomberg
- The Tax Cut and the Balance of Payments (Wonkish) – NY Times
- Millennials Are More Likely to Buy Their First Homes in Cities – CityLab
- Why the Housing Market Is Slumping Despite a Booming Economy – NY Times
Europe:
- Theresa May’s terrible Brexit deal has united the UK in horror – FT
- Majority of Brits now against Brexit and back second EU referendum – Sky
- ECB official dubs bitcoin ‘evil spawn of the financial crisis’ – FT
- May’s Brexit Deal Is Not the Answer – Bloomberg
- U.K. Government in Crisis After Ministers Quit – Bloomberg
- Upset over fish, France leads EU criticism of draft Brexit deal – Reuters
- Leave Voter Breaks Into Tears As He Apologises For Backing Brexit – LBC
- Why Aren’t U.S. Workers Working? – Fed Reserve
- How Brexit Britain lost friends and alienated people – FT
- Brexit: May determined to ’see this through’ amid growing criticism of deal – The Guardian
- Theresa May Is on the Brink as Tories Plot to Kill Her Brexit Deal – Bloomberg
Asia:
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- In rare coordinated move, Western envoys seek meeting on Xinjiang concerns – Reuters
- US and China step up effort to strike G20 truce on trade – FT
- Scandals Catch Up to Private Chinese Hospitals, After Fortunes Are Made – NY Times
- Trump and Xi Likely to Get Only Framework Trade Deal, Ross Says – Bloomberg
- China’s artificial intelligence ambitions hit hurdles – FT
- China Outlines Possible Trade Concessions to U.S. Before G20, Sources Say – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- How Australia’s NRA-inspired gun lobby is trying to chip away at gun control laws, state by state – The Conversation
- Greens policy would outlaw thermal coal as it is ‘no longer compatible’ with human life – The Guardian
- Bob Katter joins fellow crossbenchers to demand an increase to Newstart – The Guardian
- Australia’s wealth has shifted towards the rich. Again – Michael West
- Boomers, your privileged, tax-deducted time is up: Millennials have arrived – The SMH
- Labor, Coalition unite to reject legislative changes which would make politcal donations more transparent – ABC
- Wage theft is costing the Queensland economy $2.5 billion every year – Brisbane Times
- Progressive side of politics must not retreat into comfort zone, Albanese warns – The Guardian
- ASX puts Myer into a trading halt after sales figures leaked – The Age
- Liberals need to pay attention to protest votes – they are proving costly – The Guardian
- Peter Dutton looking to slash immigration intake by up to 30,000 – 9News
- How Scott Morrison’s clever idea became a huge own goal – News.com.au
- Backlash to embassy review worsens as Malaysian PM accuses Australia of ‘adding to terrorism’ – The SMH
- Morrison Government brings back memories of Billy McMahon days – ABC
- Australian household debt ‘unlikely to collapse under its own weight’ – ABC
- Victoria, NSW can’t rely on NT for gas: PM – SBS
- ‘No decision’ on 2019 migrant intake despite reports Dutton flagging cut – SBS
- APRA may up insurers’ capital requirements – SBS