Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Declining Population Doesn’t Spell Doom for Cities – Bloomberg
- Full-blown trade war will push world toward recession – Morgan Stanley – Reuters
- End of Trade War May Spark Market Rallies – BeInCrypto
- Asia stocks set to rise following overnight gains on Wall Street – CNBC
- The Global Diamond Glut Worsens – Bloomberg
Americas:
- GOP Senator Warns U.S. Farmers On ‘Verge Of Financial Collapse’ Over Trump’s Trade War – Huff Post
- The US tried extra-high tariffs before, in 1930. It was a disaster. – PRI
- Home sales fell in April despite a big drop in mortgage rates – CNBC
- US business debt a ‘moderate’ economic risk: US Fed’s Powell – France24
- Ford Prepares for Mass Layoffs After Losing $1 Billion to Trump’s Trade Tariffs, Report Says – GV Wire
- Venezuela’s Petro Currency Dies Amid Severe Economic Collapse – BeInCrypto
- Canada Crude Discount Hits Widest in 2019 as Output Limit Eased – Bloomberg
- Trade war tit-for-tat spills into America’s backyard – Macro Investing
- Trump’s China trade war risks damaging US economy, says OECD – The Guardian
Europe:
- Men who receive paid paternity leave want fewer children, study finds – The Guardian
- British Steel risks collapse with 25,000 jobs under threat – Reuters
- European Central Bank: Crypto Does Not Have Tangible Impact on Real Economy – Taklimakan
- The Impact of CEOs in the Public Sector: Evidence from the English NHS – NBER
- ECB’s Draghi warns that the EU bloc’s growth dip may be bigger and longer than earlier feared – Infadium
Asia:
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- Google reverses decision to cut ties with Huawei – CNBC
- ‘The Economy Is Slipping’: China’s Slowdown Hits Former Boomtown – NPR
- Hong Kong raises US$1bil in oversubscribed first green bond – The Star
- Xi Sends Trump A Message: Rare-Earth Export Ban Is Coming – Zero Hedge
- Xi Jinping says China is embarking on a ‘new Long March,’ signaling no end to trade war soon – CNBC
- China-US Trade War: Hiatus or Busted Deal? – CounterPunch
- Malaysia, flooded with plastic waste, begins sending scrap back to developed nations – ABC
Trans-Tasman:
- Australian Electoral Commission finds 87 cases of election ads breaching law – The Guardian
- Clive Palmer says he ‘decided to polarise electorate’ with anti-Labor ads to ensure Coalition win – The Guardian
- Outrage, polls and bias: 2019 federal election showed Australian media need better regulation – The Guardian
- Adani environmental approvals to be taken away from Queensland environment department – ABC
- ‘It’s weird’: Bill Shorten stuns colleagues as he lobbies against Anthony Albanese – The SMH
- A 200pc return from water? Nice work if you can get it! – Michael West
- The eight charts that help explain why the Coalition won the 2019 Australian election – The Guardian
- Election results see Scott Morrison reach 76 seats to win majority government – ABC
- Bowen set to quit Labor race, handing leadership to Albanese – New Daily
- Economists warn Coalition’s first home buyer deposit scheme is ‘irrelevant’ and ‘ineffective’ – ABC
- Meriton apartment king Harry Triguboff to end discounts after Coalition’s re-election – ABC
- Cutting interest rates is just the start. It’s about to become much, much easier to borrow – The Conversation
- LVRs ‘disproportionately restricted’ first home buyers – Inteerst.co.nz
- Auckland becoming significantly more affordable for first home buyers – Inteerst.co.nz
- Ring fencing rules ‘will have little effect’ – Interest.co.nz