Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- How corporate monopolies fuel wage stagnation, inequality, and populism – MarketWatch
- Clean fuel cells could be cheap enough to replace gas engines in vehicles – Uwaterloo
- Glencore stock weakens as U.S. probes ‘corrupt practices’ – Kitco
- Investors Are Worried The U.S. And China May Not Find Deal By Friday – Stock Market News
Americas:
- Trump’s steel tariffs cost U.S. consumers $900,000 for every job created, experts say – Washington Post
- One in 15 US student loan recipients have considered suicide over debt, study suggests – Yahoo
- Economists quit Trump admin after their studies showed tariffs hurt US farmers: report – The Hill
- Corporate Debt increased 20% in the US in 2018, proving the Federal Reserve to be its own worst enemy – Be In Crypto
- Trump Could Cost Future Retirees Billions: Abandoning the fiduciary rule was a mistake. – Bloomberg
- Decade in the Red: Trump Tax Figures Show Over $1 Billion in Business Losses – NY Times
- United States has been a net exporter of natural gas for more than 12 consecutive months – Hellenic Shipping News
- U.S. Student-Loan Program Now Runs Deficit, CBO Estimates – WSJ
Europe:
- Millennials are some of the worst hit by social mobility decline in the UK – LSE
- Plan for 25% of EU budget to fight climate change – BBC
- EU investment in British tech sector reaches record high despite Brexit – Techerati
- Cryptocurrency laundering as a service: members of a criminal organisation arrested in Spain – Europol
- EU must prioritise biodiversity and climate change, as UN sounds alarm – Europa
- European Elections 2019 Campaign Tracker – Europa
Asia:
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- Exclusive: China backtracked on almost all aspects of U.S. trade deal – Reuters
- Trump’s ‘economic illiteracy’ caused the US-China trade war – CNBC
- Asian stocks drop and investors are jittery as focus shifts to the ‘unlikely’ resolution to US-China trade war – Business Insider
- Beijing Will Juice the Economy and Stick To Long-Term Objectives – MacroPolo
- China’s exports suffer surprise fall in April amid heightened trade war tensions with United States – SCMP
- Chinese fintech firms cosy up to banks as collaborators instead of disrupters they shift towards retail banking – Yahoo
- Chinese Stocks Tumble; Government Intervenes – BeInCrypto
- China’s economy is showing signs of recovery but it’s not out of the woods yet – SCMP
- Malaysia cuts key rate for first time in nearly 3 years – Nikkei
Trans-Tasman:
- Australians lost $86 mln to investment scams in 2018 – Forex Broker
- Interest rate cuts would hit bank profits and leave many savers better off with cash under the bed – ABC
- Federal election turns quiet as politics becomes personal for Bill Shorten – ABC
- Greens policy to scrap politicians’ six-figure pensions would save $350m, costings show – The Guardian
- Regional Australia’s almost $600 billion economy slowing much faster than capital cities – Domain
- A political hit job’: Labor braces for war with Murdoch media – The SMH
- Hay exporters, domestic buyers hit hard by drought-driven shortage – ABC
- Federal election 2019: Nationals invoke decades-old tradition to woo bush voters – ABC
- Labor’s housing affordability policy could save governments up to $10.8bn – The Guardian
- In Australia, Coal Remains King Despite Climate Fear – Bloomberg
- Consumers winning out in prices-versus-wages tug-of-war – The SMH
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Banks risk stymying RBNZ policy goals – Interest.co.nz
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The Government’s mid-term report card – Interest.co.nz