Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Doing a Buffett? Bet on S&P 500 causes flap on options market – Reuters
- Cracks are opening in the global monetary system – FT
- Ivanka Trump to Help Select Nominee for World Bank President – WSJ
- 2019: The End of the Beginning for Blockchain? – CFO
- Electric Vehicles Are in the Spotlight at Detroit’s 2019 Auto Show – NY Times
- How Much Value Was Destroyed by the Lehman Bankruptcy? – NY Fed
- Slowing Earnings Growth, Gloomy Forecasts Add to Stock Market’s Woes – WSJ
Americas:
- 50 Moments That Define the Trump Presidency – The Atlantic
- Landlord rents $1,500 studio to two cats, hits ‘peak Silicon Valley’ – Mercury News
- Trump is doing immense damage. He has a hidden helper. – Washington Post
- President Trump can’t stop U.S. coal plants from retiring – Reuters
- The most powerful person in Silicon Valley – Fast Company
- Fintech firms want to shake up banking, and that worries the Fed – reuters
- Government worker forced to ration insulin because of ongoing shutdown – NBC
- Does Ultra-Low Unemployment Spur Rapid Wage Growth? – FRBSF
Europe:
- Brexiters’ delusions on trade die hard – FT
- May: No Brexit more likely than no deal – BBC
- Russia plans to tackle US sanctions with Bitcoin investment, says Kremlin economist – The Telegraph
- Theresa May ’will have to stand down’ if she suffers heavy defeat in Brexit vote, Cabinet ministers suggest – The Telegraph
- ‘Have we been misled over the importance of government debt?’ – The Independent
- Britain launches task force to tackle dirty money – Reuters
- Brexit takes toll on Britain’s financial sector, outlook weak – Reuters
Asia:
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- Elite prisoners in China’s ‘tigers’ cage’ Qincheng grow vegetables and wear suits – SCMP
- China’s central bank delays market entry for Visa and Mastercard – FT
- China’s exports shrink most in two years, raising risks to global economy – Reuters
- Can China become a scientific superpower? – The Economist
- Malaysia Blames Goldman Sachs for Stolen Billions – NY Times
- China’s Annual Trade Surplus With U.S. Hits Record Despite Trump’s Tariff Offensive – WSJ
- China car sales hit reverse for first time since 1990s – Reuters
Trans-Tasman:
- Murray-Darling fish kill: Greens accuse Coalition of hiding information from Senate, saying it ‘stinks of a cover-up’ – The Guardian
- Chair of the National Farmers’ Federation water taskforce says ‘Fish kill blame game unhelpful’ – ABC
- Rob Oakeshott to enter federal election race on Wednesday – The Age
- No criminal charges for anyone implicated in leaking information in AWU raids case – ABC
- NSW Liberal branch president declares war on Nationals in Michael McCormack’s seat – The Guardian
- Councils ask Morrison to pay for citizenship ceremonies on 26 January – The Guardian
- Peter Dutton Says The “Boats Have Stopped” But His Own Department’s Data Shows That Isn’t Entirely True – BuzzFeed
- Opal Tower report reveals ‘structural design and construction issues’ – ABC
- PM’s pledge to help native species was about cutting red tape for farm chemicals – The Guardian
- Murray-Darling fish kill: authority shelved fish health strategy in 2013 – The Guardian
- Businesses less gloomy, not more happy – Interest.co.nz