Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Facebook’s Internal Tensions Are Reaching A Boiling Point – BuzzFeed
- Deutsche Bank shares fall to new all-time low – FT
- With a Green New Deal, Here’s What the World Could Look Like for the Next Generation – The Intercept
- Sell-offs could be down to machines that control 80% of the US stock market, fund manager says – CNBC
- Investors Aren’t Buying Bank Chiefs’ Optimism – WSJ
Americas:
- Trump on Coming Debt Crisis: ‘I Won’t Be Here’ When It Blows Up – Daily Beast
- New Yorkers overwhelmingly support Amazon campus in Queens: poll – Reuters
- World’s biggest oil traders paid bribes in Brazil scandal: prosecutors – Reuters
- The Economic and Distributional Impact of the Trump Administration’s Tariff Actions – Tax Foundation
- Amazon has sparked a condo-buying frenzy in Long Island City – NY Post
Europe:
- Here’s How Facebook’s Local News Algorithm Change Led To The Worst Riots Paris Has Seen In 50 Years – BuzzFeed
- How Does the E.U. Think This Is Going to End? – NY Times
- Macron Dangles “Wealth Tax” Fix To Calm Yellow Vests Ahead Of Saturday Riots – Zero Hedge
- This is what Brexiteers get totally wrong when they talk about the World Trade Organisation – The Independent
- EU ’willing to help’ if May loses — up to a point – Reuters
- BoE ready to loosen bank ‘rainy-day’ buffers on Brexit upheaval – FT
- Embracing Brexit would be a historic mistake for the left – Red Pepper
- Brexit poll shows growing number believe Leave vote was a mistake – The Times
- ECB policymakers debate new ways out of easy money – Reuters
Asia:
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- Canada has arrested Huawei’s global chief financial officer in Vancouver – Globe & Mail
- Canadian Authorities Arrest CFO of Huawei Technologies at U.S. Request – WSJ
- Abenomics Is Working, Don’t Stop Now – PIIE
- Luxury ’Red Flag’ models buck China auto sales slump – Business Times
- China vows quick action on trade promises – BBC
- Chinese Dumped $1 Billion of U.S. Real Estate in Third Quarter, Extending Recent Retreat – WSJ
Trans-Tasman:
- Centrelink contractor Concentrix wrongly cut thousands off welfare in the UK – ABC
- Scott Ludlam: National security is a government strength – so Labor will let them be reckless with it – The Guardian
- ‘Whatever it takes’: Scott Morrison vows to avoid losing historic parliamentary vote – The Age
- Australia’s encryption bill faces 17 changes to pass parliament – IT News
- ‘Very positive’: Immunisation coverage rates in children hit record high – The SMH
- Scott Morrison is having all of the feelings right now – The Guardian
- Australia rushes its ‘dangerous’ anti-encryption bill into parliament, despite massive opposition – Tech Crunch
- Households continue to be squeezed by weak income growth, falling wealth and tighter credit – ABC
- Is Australia facing a lost decade in living standards? – The Guardian
- A directionless, self-obsessed rabble: Liberal brand is damaged goods Opinion piece by John Hewson – Canberra Times
- Don’t be too quick to dismiss ‘dying trades’, those skills are still in demand – The Conversation
- Power companies blast Morrison’s move to hand regulator power to set prices – The Guardian
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Is Goldilocks in the house? – Interest.co.nz