Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Plummeting battery prices to make electric cars cheaper than gas cars in 3 years – Think Progress
- Price of Gold Fundamental Daily Forecast – Lower for the Year, Vulnerable to Steep $15 – $20 Break – FX Empire
- Middle class struggles are now threatening the global economy – Fin24
- Why Bother Studying Economic Theory? – Mises
- Global investors haven’t been this worried about the economy since 2016 – CNBC
Americas:
- Corporate Tax Avoidance Remains Rampant Under New Tax Law – ITEP
- Economy could be weaker than expected, and the reason is manufacturing – CNBC
- You elected them to write new laws. They’re letting corporations do it instead. – USA Today
- Many People are Too Broke for Bankruptcy. A New Report Suggests Some Fixes. – ProPublica
- AT&T Maps Out How Climate Change Will Destroy Its Networks – Gizmodo
- Employee privacy in the US is at stake as corporate surveillance technology monitors workers’ every move – CNBC
- Mnuchin: The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is working. – CNN
- U.S agriculture census shows fewer farms, bigger operations – UPI
- The US economic growth in the first quarter will be surprisingly strong – Economo
Europe:
- Ireland still paying €14m a day in interest on national debt – Irish Times
- Russia Replaces Venezuelan Crude On European Markets – Oil Price
- Greece offers assistance in Notre Dame restoration – ekathimerini.com
- Stalin’s Approval Rating Among Russians Hits Record High – Moscow Times
- Lisbon and Faro airports without fuel, gas pumps are running out of fuel in Portugal – Publico
Asia:
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- Myanmar Burning: Inside the Expulsion of the Rohingya – Reuters
- India’s Jet Airways Faces Imminent Shutdown Without Emergency Funds, Says Sources – Reuters
- India Gold Smuggling Slowed by Election Seizures of Cash, Bullion – Reuters
- Banking Newbies Set To Shake Up Asia’s Finances – Reuters
- Malaysia Pulls About-Face Ahead of China’s Belt and Road Forum – Voanews
- Chinese Youth ‘Volunteers’ To Be Sent Back to Villages in Mao-Style Move – Japan Times
- South Korea Rules Anti-Abortion Law Unconstitutional – NY Times
Trans-Tasman:
- Coalition MPs urged to sell the ABC and support a flat tax in IPA call – The Age
- Angus Taylor Threatens Lawsuit Over Journalists Sharing Twitter Thread – BuzzFeed
- Greens propose supporting Labor climate policy in environment deal – The Guardian
- Questions over companies chosen for $200m of Murray-Darling water buybacks – The Guardian
- Experts find ‘integrity issues’ with Coalition’s direct action policy – The SMH
- Chinese frustration with Australia boils over, taking 5G Chinese ban to WTO – Michael West
- Queensland’s property developer donation ban is valid – Brisbane Times
- Political parties using ‘cheeky’ tactic to mine voter information – ABC
- The ACTU’s Sally McManus said Australia has the highest rate of temporary work in the OECD. Is she correct? – ABC
- Should property developers be able to donate to political parties? The High Court says no. – ABC
- Taxing landbankers still on the table – Interest.co.nz
- Inflation softer than expected – Interest.co.nz
- Govt tackles 15-year-old building law to make way for prefabs – Interest.co.nz
- Government torpedoes Capital Gains Tax – Interest.co.nz