Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Yellen warns of another potential financial crisis: ’Gigantic holes in the system’ – CNBC
- Market Volatility Leads to Fresh Focus on Machinery Beneath Trading – WSJ
- Electric Cars, Solar Panels & Clean Energy Storage – Tesla
- Investors Bet $10 Billion Against Popular Bond ETFs – WSJ
- IMF warns storm clouds are gathering for next financial crisis – The Guardian
Americas:
- How the IRS Was Gutted – Pro Publica
- Homelessness Rises More Quickly Where Rent Exceeds a Third of Income – Zillow
- Fed, big banks on collision course over payments – Politico
- Americans are more pessimistic about their financial futures now than at any other time in Trump’s presidency – Washington Post
- Now Loan Investors Are Heading for the Exits – WSJ
Europe:
- Downing Street says Brexit vote will be held before 21 January – po
- Brexit: Tory resentment of Irish power – BBC
- Juncker rules out renegotiation of Theresa May’s Brexit deal – FT
- The lies and liars of Brexit – The Spectator
- Brexit Britain’s financial sector faces ’slow puncture’ – Reuters
- Trump’s man in Brussels slams ‘out of touch’ EU – Politico
- Brexit study finds significant decrease in diehard leave backers – The Guardian
- Brexit is a failed project. Labour must oppose it – The Guardian
- ’Chaos is complete’: what the European papers say about Brexit – The Guardian
Asia:
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- Canadian court grants bail to CFO of China’s Huawei – Reuters
- Former Canadian diplomat detained in China – Reuters
- Trump says he could intervene in U.S. case against Huawei CFO – Reuters
- China Agrees to Reduce Tariffs on U.S. Autos – WSJ
- U.S., China Kick Off a New Round of Trade Talks – WSJ
- The War on Huawei – Project Syndicate
- Marriott Data Breach Is Traced to Chinese Hackers as U.S. Readies Crackdown on Beijing – NY Times
- Foreign institutions pile into Chinese government bonds – FT
Trans-Tasman:
- ALP vows to tackle stagnant wages and underpayment of workers – The SMH
- Campaigners pledge to target Barnaby Joyce after ‘unwarranted’ electoral commission raid – The Guardian
- Ross Gittins: The experts told us not to worry [about privatisation] – but they were wrong – The SMH
- Australia Has Been Ranked 55 On A List Of 60 Countries For Its Failure To Act On Climate Change – BuzzFeed
- Stop the boats: Email exposes Border Force plans to save money by halting ocean patrols – Canberra Times
- South Australia beats strong competition to be home to Australia’s new space agency – ABC
- Is parliament essential to democracy, or just a pesky intrusion that must be endured? – ABC
- Premiers laugh as PM’s migration argument ‘exploded’ – The New Daily
- Plan to make lithium batteries in our own backyard – The SMH
- Breakthrough at Bourke – Inside Story
- What’s the most value for money way to tackle obesity? Increase taxes on alcohol – The Conversation
- Negative gearing changes ‘could tip Australia into recession’, warns John Symond – ABC
- There’s one sector that’s booming in Australia’s slowing economy: Drugs: – The SMH
- What to look out for in Thursday’s mini Budget – Interest.co.nz