Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Nobody on Wall Street seems afraid. Here’s why that’s scary – CNN
- A ‘wealth tax’ presents a revenue estimation puzzle – Washington Post
- College Grads Sell Stakes in Themselves to Wall Street – Bloomberg
- Global Growth Forecasts Shift Downward—What’s Behind the Numbers and Why It Matters – Econ Browser
- S&P Snaps 8-Day Win Streak on Global Growth, Trade Scares By Investing.com – Investing
- Debt, dividends, and potential disaster in the age of private equity – Institutional Investor
- IMF lowers its global growth forecast to 3.3% – FX Street
- What’s Driving the Global Slowdown? – Project Syndicate
Americas:
- For first time in a decade, U.S. companies could report lower profits on higher revenue – Reuters
- Trump Federal Reserve Nominee Admitted ‘I’m Not an Expert on Monetary Policy’ – NY Mag
- Midwest flooding is causing an exodus of U.S. workers – Axios
- Bank of America is raising its minimum wage for employees to $20 an hour – CNBC
- Canada gearing up to slap more tariffs on U.S. imports – Ag Canada
- How making $300,000 in San Francisco can still mean you’re living paycheck-to-paycheck – SF Gate
- U.S. Fed proposes new regulatory regime for foreign banks – Reuters
Europe:
- U.S. Moves to Impose Tariffs on $11 Billion of EU Goods – WSJ
- Italian Government: “The Gold belongs to the People, not to the Bankers” – 7 Bitcoins
- UK finance minister says lawmakers might revoke Brexit to prevent no deal: Telegraph – Reuters
- UK commercial property returns 0.7% in Q1 2019 – CRE Herald
- Romania could be the next Berlin by 2020 – Think Growth
Asia:
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- Billions in the Ground: The Race to Harvest North Korea’s Rare Earth Reserves – National Interest
- China says it wants to eliminate bitcoin mining – CNBC
- Asia markets set to slip after IMF slashes 2019 growth outlook again – CNBC
- Japan to redesign 10,000, 5,000, 1,000 yen banknotes in 2024 – Mainichi
- Five Years Of Modi Govt: Here’s How The Sensex Performed – Yuv News
- Women workers most vulnerable in unequal Indian jobs market – For Press Release
- China is on a Big Gold-Buying Spree – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- Coalition hits bottom of barrel with fake news campaign against electric cars – The Driven
- Now Adani has been approved, these are the nine at-risk Coalition seats most concerned about climate change – The ABC
- Government advertising may be legal, but it’s corrupting our electoral process – The Conversation
- NBN ‘obsolete’: How Australia became a ‘third-world broadband country'” – The New Daily
- NBN Co’s wireless congestion likely worse than reported – IT News
- The Internet Reacts To Mitch Fifield Saying NBN Is Better Now – Kotaku
- Peter Dutton underestimates himself and the perks of a Chinese lunch with a minister – ABC
- Former fire chiefs demand urgent action on ‘escalating climate change threat’ – SBS
- Toyota scuppers Coalition’s claim Labor’s electric vehicle policy would leave HiLux drivers stranded – The SMH
- Labor promises car cash splash to build electric and hydrogen-powered vehicles in Australia – ABC
- Labor’s vehicle carbon target would save motorists $27.5 billion – The SMH
- Is ring-fencing rental losses if we have a CGT an overkill? – Interest.co.nz