Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- The mountain of corporate debt will be the seed of the next financial crisis – Cadtm
- Regulations Needed After Cryptocurrency CEO Takes Passwords To Grave – Ponderwall
- Is Green Growth Possible? – Ineteconomics
- Selling with the enemy: Why rival retailers embrace Amazon.com – Japan Today
- Ethereum set a course to reach $ 145 mark – Medium
- The Man Who Would Take Down McKinsey – Institutional Investor
Americas:
- Americans Are Delaying Health Care Until Tax Refunds Arrive – Bloomberg
- Hundreds of old Sears stores are empty. Amazon and Whole Foods might move in – CNN
- Trump’s Fed Nominee, Moore: “Capitalism is more important than democracy.” – Rolling Stone
- U.S commercial and multifamily mortgage bankers close record $573.9bn in loans in 2018 – CRE Herald
- US Workers Are Paying High Taxes. But Without Any of the Benefits. – Jacobinmag
- Explainer – For Fed’s trillions in bonds, size isn’t all that matters – Reuters
- Alan Greenspan says economy will start to fade ‘very dramatically’ because of entitlement burden – CNBC
Europe:
- ECB’s Draghi worried about Fed’s independence – Reuters
- Draghi, in Rare Move, Sounds Concern Over Fed’s Independence – Bloomberg
- Brexit has cost Britain nearly 2.5 percent of GDP – Reuters
- EU tariffs to target 20 billion euros of U.S. imports – Economic Times
- ECB’s Draghi worried about Fed’s independence – Reuters
- Portugal: a European path out of austerity? – FT
- France calls on northern Europe to boost spending – FT
Asia:
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- China Stocks Rebound From Worst Week of the Year – Bloomberg
- As domestic options wane, Japan turns to U.S. acquisitions – Japan Today
- 5G is a bigger deal and China is a bigger threat than you think, think tank says – Fox News
- One Month, 500,000 Face Scans: How China Is Using A.I. to Profile a Minority – NY Times
- China, Japan tout ‘recovered’ ties amid global uncertainty – AP News
- Beijing’s decade-old airport is at capacity. So a giant second one is coming soon – Washington Post
- China is ravaging faraway forests while protecting trees at home – Today Online
Trans-Tasman:
- One Nation’s support crashes, as voters look towards Labor, Coalition – SBS
- Company linked to Angus Taylor investigated over alleged illegal landclearing – The Guardian
- Clive Palmer promises to pay back workers’ entitlements while denying sacking anyone – ABC
- David Leyonhjelm misses out on NSW Upper House seat – ABC
- Strong economy? No, but maybe it will be eighth time lucky – The SMH
- Left behind: the Australians neither political party wants to discuss – The Guardian
- Pressure for integrity commission builds as poll reveals loss of trust in politics – The Guardian
- The housing bust and why it’s likely to continue – ABC News
- Australia’s growing debt explodes the myth that Libs are better economic managers – Michael West
- We need to talk about CGT and commercial property – Interest.co.nz
- Miserable end to summer for the housing market, especially in Auckland where March sales volumes were down 18% compared to March last year – Interest.co.nz