Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- World’s 26 richest people own as much as poorest 50%, says Oxfam – The Guardian
- The top 26 billionaires are as wealthy as 3.8 billion people – CNN
- Make No Mistake, Davos, the Fat Cat Backlash Is Coming – Bloomberg
- Davos Billionaires Keep Getting Richer – Bloomberg
- Debt machine: are risks piling up in leveraged loans? – FT
- Where are we in the economics of industrial policies? – VOX
- Big banks embrace fintech to exploit disrupters’ expertise – FT
- A Weakening Global Expansion Amid Growing Risks – IMF
- Beyond the doomsday economics of “proof-of-work” in cryptocurrencies – BIS
Americas:
- An Amazon Checking Account Could Displace $100 Billion In Bank Deposits (But It Won’t) – Forbes
- Trump voters now blame him for the government shutdown – Washington Post
- Biden Expresses Regret for Support of Crime Legislation in the 1990s – NY Times
- If Trump is impeachable, so is Pence – Washington Post
- Trump two years in: The dealmaker who can’t seem to make a deal – Washington Post
- As global recession fears grow, calls escalate for Trump to end shutdown and trade war – Washington Post
- In Business and Governing, Trump Seeks Victory in Chaos – NY Post
Europe:
- Russian Oligarch and Allies Could Benefit From Sanctions Deal, Document Shows – NY Times
- Jeremy Corbyn backs MPs’ plan to force a second Brexit referendum – The Telegraph
- France fines Google nearly $57 million for first major violation of new European privacy regime – Washington Post
- England’s rebel spirit is rising – and it wants a no-deal Brexit – The Guardian
- John Bolton, Brexiteer – Axios
- Germany’s Sharp Slowdown Fans Fears That China Woes Are Spreading – WSJ
- Theresa May set to reveal plan to ditch Irish backstop in bid to win over Brexit deal critics – PO
Asia:
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- Mr. Xi, release these two Canadian citizens – Globe & Mail
- China Annual Economic Growth Rate Is Slowest Since 1990 – WSJ
- China’s Economy, by the Numbers, Is Worse Than It Looks – NY Times
- China Sees Fewest Births in 2018 Since Mao’s Great Famine – Bloomberg
- China’s Slowdown Looms Just as the World Looks for Growth – NY Times
- Xi keeps China on high alert for ’black swan’ events: Xinhua – Reuters
Trans-Tasman:
- Scott Morrison outlines $48.7 million package to celebrate James Cook’s first voyage to Australia – 9News
- Labor’s $1b hydrogen plan zeros in on Qld – Camden Advertiser
- Public servant accuses AFP of political bias after Dutton au pair raids – Canberra Times
- Scott Morrison to parachute former Labor boss Warren Mundine into marginal seat – The Age
- The Liberal Party is failing women miserably compared to other democracies, and needs quotas – The Conversation
- Fears of mass exodus: Liberals brace for more MPs to quit before election – Canberra Times
- Liberals Dole Out Jobs For The Boys Before The Next Federal Election Is Called – BuzzFeed
- BHP allegedly underpaid at least $200 million in iron ore royalties to WA Government – ABC
- Coalition warns of ‘storm clouds’ for economy as it ramps up re-election pitch – ABC
- Why & how were bank capital regulations liberalised in 2008 of all years? – Interest.co.nz
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