Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Dow plunges more than 600 points on confusion over status of U.S.-China trade deal – Washington Post
- Banks May Be Safer in a Debt Crisis, But Investors Aren’t – WSJ
- Recession would not be a bad thing, says CEO Jamie Dimon – CNBC
- OPEC works on deal to cut output, still needs Russia on board – Reuters
- DoubleLine’s Gundlach says Treasuries point to economy ready to weaken – Reuters
- Cash Is a Star in Rocky Year for Global Markets – WSJ
- Dollar weak as U.S. Treasury yield curve inversion sparks recession… – Reuters
- The thing the bond market most feared is starting to happen – CNBC
- The Global Carbon Tax Revolt – WSJ
- Crypto miners undeterred by market collapse, Argo Blockchain says – FT
- World stocks shrivel as trade truce doubts, economic woes gather – Reuters
- Economic Doubts Drag Down U.S. Treasury Benchmark Rate – WSJ
- Markets drop as doubts grow over Trump’s China deal – Politico
Americas:
- What’s driving the toned-down Trump? – NBC
- Joe Biden: ’I’m the most qualified person in the country to be president’ – NBC
- US coal consumption drops to lowest level since 1979 – AP
- Corporate tax breaks cost U.S. schools billions of lost revenue:… – Reuters
- Missouri first to adopt fairness test against gerrymandering – AP
Europe:
- Government prepares to ration ferry space under no-deal Brexit – FT
- EU finance ministers strike eurozone reform deal – FT
- French ‘gilets jaunes’ show pain of Macron’s tax policy – FT
- Sterling rises after a top EU court advisor says the UK can cancel Brexit without asking for permission – CNBC
- Can the euro rival the dollar? – Centre for European Reform
- ECJ’s top legal adviser says UK can unilaterally end Brexit – FT
- France suspends fuel tax after weeks of unrest – Washington Post
- Rival Brexit debates planned as Corbyn and May can’t agree on format – The Guardian
- EU ministers fail to break digital tax deadlock – Reuters
- Brexit deal latest news: Mark Carney hits back at Lord King after predictions criticism – Telegraph
Asia:
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- China Maneuvers to Snag Top-Secret Boeing Satellite Technology – WSJ
- “A risk the deal will come undone”: Warnings sound on Trump’s wobbly China truce – Axios
- China is reportedly ’puzzled and irritated’ by Trump administration’s words of triumph after trade truce – CNBC
- Trump Projects Optimism on China Trade Talks – WSJ
- Chinese Eyeing Antarctic Food Sources – Asia Sentinel
- China’s model village of ethnic unity shows cracks in façade – AP
- Central Asians Organize to Draw Attention to Xinjiang Camps – The Diplomat
Trans-Tasman:
- Turnbull: I gave it my best shot … but deniers won’t accept renewables are cheaper – Renew Economy
- Democratic satisfaction in free fall – The SMH
- Australian mining giants ‘may be breaking law’ by ignoring climate change risks – The Guardian
- Ken Henry ponders the state of capitalism – and agrees it’s not pretty – The SMH
- Labor accuses Coalition of ‘weaponising’ gay student discrimination ban – ABC
- Australia’s economic growth slows rapidly to 2.8pc – ABC
- Labor backs Greens plan to block Coalition from underwriting coal power – The Guardian
- NSW could pilot ‘morning and afternoon schools’, Rob Stokes says – The SMH
- Scammers fleece Australians out of $800,000 in one month as fake calls surge – ABC
- Coalition downsizes ‘big stick’ energy policy as Malcolm Turnbull calls for a National Energy Guarantee revival – ABC
- This property downturn is a different beast from the big one in 1989 – ABC
- Why coal – and not renewables – is root cause of surging Australia power prices – Renew Economy
- Australian housing – don’t panic – Inteerst.co.nz
- Rising productivity masks decline – Interest.co.nz