Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Paul Volcker on Why Financial Regulation and Good Governance Are So Important – Barron’s
- Cash back in the spotlight as global bond yields fall – FT
- After the ’death cross,’ the S&P 500 seems to be forming another scary chart pattern – CNBC
- Central banks should not set economic policy – FT
- Cryptoassets Should Be ’Outlawed’: Allianz GI CEO – NY Times
Americas:
- Many U.S. Financial Officers Think a Recession Will Hit Next Year – WSJ
- Banks Get Kinder, Gentler Treatment Under Trump – WSJ
- Trump says ‘the people would revolt’ if he were impeached – Washington Post
- The Geography of America’s Distressed Communities – Visual Capitalist
- Trump Moves to Deport Vietnam War Refugees – The Atlantic
Europe:
- Theresa May faces Jeremy Corbyn ahead of confidence vote – The Guardian
- May to face leadership challenge – BBC
- Theresa May survives confidence vote – BBC
- ECB Stimulus’s Mixed Legacy: Economic Success, Political Fiasco – WSJ
- Be careful what you wish for: this sterling devaluation hasn’t worked – The Times
- EU to grant derivatives traders emergency market access in no-deal Brexit – FT
- Conservative MPs can remove Theresa May but they have no route to a harder Brexit – New Statesman
- A new statistical system for the European Union – Bruegel
- Labour should prepare to fight neoliberalism within the EU – New Statesman
Asia:
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- China Prepares Policy to Increase Access for Foreign Companies – WSJ
- Canadian Michael Spavor missing in China following detention of Kovrig – Globe & Mail
- Donald Trump makes Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou a bargaining chip – FT
- From doves to hawks: why the US’ moderate China watchers are growing sceptical about Beijing – SCMP
- Trump says would intervene in arrest of Chinese executive – Reuters
- A Chinese Tycoon Sought Power and Influence. Washington Responded – NY Times
- Japan moves to keep Huawei out of power grids and railways – Nikkei
- China harvested organs from political prisoners on substantial scale, says tribunal – BMJ
- Trade Deals With China—Done the Chinese Way – WSJ
Trans-Tasman:
- Coalition signals it will provide taxpayer support for new and existing coal plants – The Guardian
- Australian politics: Doll must increase by $300 to reduce poverty gap, ANU research says – News.com.au
- Enterprise bargaining faces extinction and it could lower your wages, warns think tank – ABC
- Religious discrimination act to form part of Coalition election platform – ABC
- Top officials and wise elders warn against Israel embassy move – The Age
- ‘I don’t see any evidence’: Minister rejects CEOs’ carbon price push – The SMH
- Concerns about proposed merger between TPG and Vodafone – ACCC
- ABC and SBS cleared by review into claims they compete unfairly with commercial rivals – The SMH
- How life has changed since the 1980s for people your age – The Age
- More than $1 million is being handed to government staffers getting paid above the maximum allowance, with 30 bonuses signed off by Scott Morrison – SBS
- Australia Has Been Ranked 55 On A List Of 60 Countries For Its Failure To Act On Climate Change – BuzzFeed
- Young Australians getting fatter and more anxious – SBS
- RBNZ to study climate change impact on NZ house prices – Interest.co.nz
- Robertson reveals his ‘wellbeing’ budget priorities – Interest.co.nz