Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Investors withdraw billions from US equity funds – FT
- Wild market swings hinge on a different kind of leverage – FT
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions Accelerate Like a ‘Speeding Freight Train’ in 2018 – NY Times
- The moral assumptions embedded in economic models of climate change – The Economist
- Deutsche Bank hit by new laundering report; shares slide again – Reuters
- Trump on Coming Debt Crisis: ‘I Won’t Be Here’ When It Blows Up – Daily Beast
- China, America and the road to a new world order – FT
- Uber Is Headed for a Crash – NY Mag
- Global unemployment hits lowest point for 4 decades – FT
- What’s in Store for Emerging Markets? – Council on Foreign Relations
- ‘We are in trouble.’ Global carbon emissions reached a record high in 2018. – Washington Post
- The longest bull run in stock-market history is on its last legs – Business Indsider
Americas:
- Trump’s top diplomat to Canada begins job today amid tense trade talks – CBC
- Restrained Inflation Reduces Urgency for Quarterly Rate-Increase Pattern – WSJ
- Inside the frantic decision to open a Trump obstruction probe before Mueller got the job – CNN
- U.S. trade deficit climbs to 10-year high as American snap up imports while China boycotts soybeans – MarketWatch
- How Donald Trump Shifted $1.1M Of Campaign-Donor Money Into His Business – Forbes
- In Latin America, Awash in Crime, Citizens Impose Their Own Brutal Justice – WSJ
- Millennials Didn’t Kill the Economy. The Economy Killed Millennials. – The Atlantic
- The Bond That Could Be Wiped Out by California’s Wildfires – WSJ
- Foreign Steel Keeps Flowing Into U.S. Despite Tariffs – WSJ
Europe:
- Jeremy Corbyn: Labour could do a better Brexit deal. Give us the chance – The Guardian
- Theresa May’s Team Has Discussed A Second Referendum Or A Softer Brexit If Her Deal Is Killed Next Week – BuzzFeed
- Boris Johnson ordered to apologise to Parliament for failing to declare earnings – Business Insider
- There is a bigger Brexit issue than the backstop – FT
- A referendum could be May’s only chance to avoid a greater disaster – The Times
- ECB’s huge forecasting errors undermine credibility of current forecasts – Bruegel
- Brexit uncertainty makes pound ‘impossible’ to trade – FT
- Luxembourg to become first country to make all public transport free – The Guardian
- France will tax digital giants from 2019 – Reuters
Asia:
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- Boeing Backs Out of Global IP Satellite Project Financed by China – WSJ
- China demands release of Huawei CFO held on US charges – FT
- U.S. probe of China’s Huawei includes bank fraud – Reuters
- Clues in Marriott hack implicate China – Reuters
- China protests ‘despicable hooliganism’ after arrest of Huawei executive – Washington Post
- China Maneuvers to Snag Top-Secret Boeing Satellite Technology – WSJ
Trans-Tasman:
- Australia has become the first western country to pass a bill forcing tech companies to hand over your encrypted data – SCMP
- Law Council warns ‘serious problems exist’ in new encryption laws – SBS
- Climate change denial is delusion, and the biggest threat to human survival – ABC
- Tesla’s giant battery saved $40 million during its first year, report says – Electrek
- Renewable energy reduces power prices by more than cost of subsidies, study finds – ABC
- Energy minister’s wife says rolling blackouts needed to teach lefties a lesson – Renew Economy
- Why South Australia energy transition is seen as model of success around the world – Renew Economy
- Bill Shorten says Labor was not prepared to leave encryption laws hanging over summer break – ABC
- Bill Shorten says Labor achieved ‘half a win’ on encryption legislation – The SMH
- Labor ministers knew of widespread corruption in foreign aid – The Guardian
- Liberals left shaken by tough fortnight inside and outside of Parliament – ABC
- Home Affairs budget slashed to avoid $300 million overspend – Canberra Times
- Ring-fencing rental losses to cost property investors $190m a year – Interest.co.nz
- The RBNZ will let the economy run hotter for longer & keep lending rates lower for longer – Interest.co.nz