Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Saudi Arabia’s biggest oil field is fading faster than anyone guessed – The Star Phoenix
- Africa Growth at 7-Year High, No Thanks to Its Major Economies – Bloomberg
- Remittance flows worldwide in 2017 – Pew Global
- Shipping data signals weakness in global economy – Euro News
- The Decade of Deleveraging Didn’t Quite Turn Out That Way – Bloomberg
- Global debt edged up in 2018, debt ratio little changed – Reuters
- Global recession is ‘highly likely’ if there’s no US-China trade deal within months, Moody’s warns – CNBC
Americas:
- Truckers gridlocked at U.S.-Mexico line as border agents moved – Reuters
- Companies Need to Prepare for the Next Economic Downturn – HBR
- Manhattan real estate sales fall for sixth straight quarter — longest losing streak in 30 years – CNBC
- Retail Sales decreased 0.2% in February – Calculated Risk
- A ‘really important piece of evidence’ shows how opioids keep Americans out of the workforce – Yahoo
- The median net worth of the wealthiest 10 percent of U.S. households is roughly 24,000 times greater than that of the bottom 25 percent – Politico
- Trump Threatens to Blow Up the U.S. Economy – Washington Monthly
- US private-sector hiring hits 18-month low in March – France 28
- Trump’s Auto Tariffs ~~Would Be~~ (would have been) His Worst Economic Mistake – Bloomberg
- The Incredible Shrinking Trump Boom – NY Times
Europe:
- UK headed for downturn as Brexit worries hammer services sector – Reuters
- Not just Brexit – EU frets next crisis may come from money managers, clearing – Reuters
- Brexit is paralyzed and so is the UK economy – CNN
- Local banks are closing down and towns are starved of investment – Independent
- UK lawmakers want Big Four accounting firms broken up – Reuters
Asia:
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- China’s One Belt One Road initiative – and Deutsche Bank’s 3 billion Dollar journey – DB
- South Korea’s burned out millennials choose YouTube over Samsung – Reuters
- Taiwan Just Became A Huge Variable In The China Trade War – Forbes
- China Service PMI hit 14 Month High – MarketWatch
- US-China trade war inactivity could lead to the ‘worst recession in recent Chinese history’ – SCMP
- Indian Manifesto Demands Indefinite Moratorium on GMO – Off Guardian
Trans-Tasman:
- ‘Overwhelmingly negative’: Australia receives another concerning report on the state of the economy – Business Insider
- Sleeping in cars and skipping meals: treasurer to hear what life’s like on Newstart – The Guardian
- Liberals announce environment grants before applications open – The SMH
- Clive Palmer over 1,000 days late repaying debt despite $27.5m election advertising blitz – ABC
- Cashless debit card trials are being extended, but are they even working? – ABC
- Bill Shorten to promise 2.9 million workers a bigger tax cut, pledge billions to health – The SMH
- ‘Mean’ budget: Newstart jobseekers out in the cold – 7News
- Soaring numbers of student and temporary visa holders will drive overseas migration levels to near-record highs this year – The Age
- Australia budget fails to impress scientists – Nature
- Coalition signs off with a budget tailored for climate denial – Renew Economy
- Federal budget leaves ‘urgent’ rebuild of Sydney nuclear facility up in air – The SMH
- The budget may not be vicious, but it entrenches neoliberal inequality – The Guardian
- Look Over There! How Josh Frydenberg’s Budget tricked the media – Michael West
- Australia budget 2019: Newstart backflip disrupts government’s big sell – The Guardian
- The Coalition says the silliest things about economic management – The Guardian