Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Investors Scramble for Liras as Turkish Swap Rates Touch 1,000% – Bloomberg
- The Missing Link: Monetary Policy and The Labor Share – Bank Underground
- Nearly all Bitcoin trades are fake, apparently – Tech Review
Americas:
- President Donald J. Trump Is Reforming the Housing Finance System to Help Americans Who Want to Buy a Home – The White House
- Dallas Fed President: Too Soon for Fed to Consider Cutting Rates – WSJ
- Leveling the Playing Field for America’s Family Farmers – Medium
- He’s No ‘Sycophant’ for Trump, Expected Fed Nominee Says – NY Times
- Why New York Might Finally Pass Congestion Pricing – CityLab
- George Conway: Trump is guilty — of being unfit for office – Washington Post
- Donald Trump is very committed to taking away your health insurance – VOX
- Trump tariffs costing Americans $1.4 billion a month, have “no impact” on foreign exporters – Salon
- Tax Changes Hit Overseas Profits of Some U.S. Companies – WSJ
- US efforts to cut trade deficit show biggest win in almost a year – CNBC
Europe:
- MPs debate way forward for Brexit – BBC
- Brexit: all eight indicative vote options defeated by MPs – The Guardian
- A merger between Deutsche and Commerzbank is a bad idea – FT
- Theresa May says she will resign as prime minister after she ‘delivers Brexit’ – Washington Post
- Brexit: May calls for support as MPs take control – latest news – FT
- Amoral and venal: Britain’s governing class has lost all sense of duty – The Guardian
Asia:
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- More Than a Third of China Is Now Invested in One Giant Mutual Fund – WSJ
- U.S. pushes Chinese owner of Grindr to divest the dating app – Reuters
- Google Is Conducting a Secret “Performance Review” of Its Censored China Search Project – The Intercept
- Chinese academic fired after public criticism of party leadership – FT
- Now China Is Detaining Muslims From Other Countries – BuzzFeed
- The other side of Chinese investment in Africa – FT
- Chinese industrial profits suffer sharpest contraction in a decade – FT
Trans-Tasman:
- Scott Morrison confirms One Nation will be preferenced lower than Labor – ABC
- Bill Shorten demands Coalition sign racism ‘code of conduct’ amid One Nation war – The SMH
- Tim Wilson helped write 20% of submissions to franking credits inquiry – The Guardian
- Chemist Warehouse workers win major pay and conditions victory – The SMH
- Only 50 days since Hayne’s report and banks are already pushing back – Canberra Times
- Making more drugs available ‘over the counter’ would be a win for the public and the health care system – The Conversation
- Tech companies not ‘comfortable’ storing data in Australia, Microsoft warns – The Guardian
- Residential building intentions weakest in a decade – Interest.co.nz