Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Gates Joins Bezos as the Only Two Members of the $100 Billion Club – Bloomberg
- Condemned to Repeat the History of Bank Failures? – NY Times
- Inside Airbnb’s ’Guerrilla War’ Against Local Governments – Wired
- Why further financial crises are inevitable – FT
- When the U.S. falls into a recession, a credit bubble will explode – MarketWatch
- Bitcoin Is in the Dumps, Spreading Gloom Over Crypto World – WSJ
- Buy Gold, Sell Stocks Is the ‘Trade of Century’ Says One Hedge Fund – Bloomberg
- Fed’s balance sheet plan, economic outlook under microscope – Reuters
Americas:
- The Federal Courts Are Running An Online Scam – Politico
- How Companies Learned to Stop Fearing Trump’s Twitter Wrath – NY Times
- The real reason the Trump administration is constantly losing in court – Washington Post
- Can the US print its way out of a deficit? – Chicago Booth
- Trump administration withholds report justifying ’shock’ auto tariffs – Politico
- Trump’s Tax Cut Won’t Power the Growth He Predicts, Officials Concede – NY Times
- Fed holds line on rates, says no more hikes ahead this year – CNBC
- Ford to build new factory in Michigan for autonomous vehicles – CNBC
- Surprise medical bills lead to liens on homes and crippling debt – NBC
Europe:
- ’Acting like Trump’: Theresa May sparks MPs’ Brexit fury – The Guardian
- May: I won’t delay Brexit beyond June – BBC
- Speaker makes Brexit vote ruling – BBC
- May will not seek long Brexit delay from EU – BBC
- Leader of Nigel Farage’s party resigns over anti-Islam messages – The Guardian
- Theresa May should have taken my father’s advice on Brexit – The Telegraph
- UK to lose £1tn of financial assets to Europe due to Brexit – FT
- EU regulators fine Google 1.49 billion euros for blocking advertising rivals – Reuters
- Germany Makes Its Big Bank Problem Even Bigger – Bloomberg
- German Defense Spending Is Falling Even Shorter. The U.S. Isn’t Happy. – NY Times
Asia:
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- After Mass Detentions, China Razes Muslim Communities to Build a Loyal City – WSJ
- Chinese companies are defaulting on their debts at an ’unprecedented’ level – CNBC
- European foreign policy: a new realism on China – FT
- European Union calls for united trade and tech front against ‘rival’ China – SCMP
- U.S., China Plan New Trade Talks in Hopes for Deal by End of April – WSJ
- China’s Electric Cars Hit Some Potholes – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- Stadium could have been refurbished for $18 million, secret report shows – The SMH
- Tim Flannery: people are shocked about climate change but they should be angry – The Guardian
- The federal environment department has admitted it does not know whether recovery plans meant to prevent extinctions of threatened species are actually being implemented – The Guardian
- New rules for job seekers prompt warning about another ‘robodebt debacle’ – The Guardian
- Jobseekers no longer need to apply for 20 jobs to receive benefits – Yahoo
- 60 Big W stores tipped to close experts warn – The West
- Half-built blots on the landscape testify to the construction slowdown … and it will get uglier – ABC
- ‘Conflict of interest 101’: Pallas mauled over Transurban shareholding – The Age
- 2018 economic growth slowest since 2014 – Interest.co.nz
- Migration estimates like playing darts blindfolded – Interest.co.nz