Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- The Problem With Putting a Price on the End of the World – NY Times
- Oil and gas ‘could lose 95% of its value’ by 2050, consultancy warns – FN London
- Can we use physics to forecast long run global economic growth? – Nephologue
- Investors Should Worry If Climate Goals Are Missed, Mercer Warns – Bloomberg
- The World’s 5th Largest Bank Has Plans To Put A Stablecoin To Practical Use – Crypto News
Americas:
- Fed officials are leaving the door open for more rate hikes if the economy improves, minutes say – CNBC
- US lawmakers begin push to expand federal electric vehicle tax credits – CNBC
- Under pressure, Amazon plans to accept cash at cashierless ‘Go’ stores – CNN
- 74% of People Would Rather Receive a Tax Refund Than a Slightly Larger Paycheck – Decision Data
- Invisible Middlemen Are Slowing Down American Health Care – The Atlantic
- Goldman Sachs says chance of a recession is now just 10% – Web Trade HQ
- The US federal government reported a $146.9 billion deficit in March, causing annual debt to rise 15% – AP News
- The Economic Power of American Arts and Culture – City Lab
- Poll: 58 percent of voters approve of President Trump’s handling of the economy – NBC News
- For first time in a decade, U.S. companies could report lower profits on higher revenue – Reuters
- Feds charge 2 dozen in billion dollar Medicare brace scam – AP News
Europe:
- UK investors move £62bn into offshore funds since Brexit vote – CRE Herald
- UK finance minister says lawmakers might revoke Brexit to prevent no deal: Telegraph – Reuters
- EU leaders agree Brexit delay until October: diplomats – Reuters
- Brexit Boosts Swedish Support for EU Membership, SVT Poll Finds – Bloomberg
- EU leaders ‘tired and fed up’ with UK as Theresa May set to be offered year-long Brexit delay – Independent
- France blocks EU call to stop Haftar’s offensive in Libya – Reuters
Asia:
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- EU and China sign a Mandate of Trade Heaven – Asia Times
- IMF’s Gita Gopinath says India must ‘transparently communicate’ growth statistics – CNBC
- 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
- New Horrors: China Harvesting Muslim Organs in Concentration Camps. – Extra News Freed
- ‘China’s Manhattan’ Borrowed Heavily. The People Have Yet to Arrive – NY Times
- 10m Chinese young people to volunteer in the countryside within three years – Global Times
Trans-Tasman:
- Inside Melissa Price’s decision to approve Adani’s groundwater plan – ABC
- Is life getting tougher? The squeeze facing Australia’s middle class – The SMH
- Hungry Jack’s Got $176,000 From The Government To Take Young Interns – BuzzFeed
- State of play: interactive map of seat margins before the 2019 Australian election – The Guardian
- How Australia’s coal madness led to Adani – The Monthly
- Don’t buy the scare against electric vehicles – The SMH
- Aussie bank returns and dividends could be hit by NZ requirements, say analysts – ABC
- RBNZ details proposed ‘too big to fail’ bank framework – Interest.co.nz
- Debate swirls around Auckland public transport funding and fares – Interest.co.nz