Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- How the baby boomers wrecked the economy for millennials – VOX
- The Gazillion-Dollar Standoff Over Two High-Frequency Trading Towers – Bloomberg
- What awaits Uber after IPO – Medium
- Fed seeks approach to boost inflation that gets results – Reuters
- Fed minutes: No rate moves are coming ‘for some time’ even if the economy improves – CNBC
- Economics Reinvents Itself Every Few Decades. It’s Happening Now – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Trump tariffs a $100B tax on American consumers, former Obama economic adviser says – Fox Business
- Trump Blows Up at Infrastructure Meeting, Declaring He Can’t Work With Democrats ‘Under These Circumstances’ – Bipartisan Press
- GOP Senator Warns U.S. Farmers On ‘Verge Of Financial Collapse’ Over Trump’s Trade War – Huff Post
- U.S. Chipmakers Preparing for China Trade Fight Fear That All Will ‘Suffer’ – Bloomberg
- Underemployment for recent grads worse today than in early 2000s – Yahoo
- Democrats Vow To Press Progressive Goals Working With Trump on Big Infrastructure Plan – Bipartisan Press
Europe:
- Wow Air Collapse Decimates Iceland’s Economy – Bloomberg
- British Steel collapses, costing thousands of jobs – France24
- Dutch minister resigns over manipulated report of crimes committed by asylum-seekers – Euractiv
- Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party refuses to rule out joining far-right EU group with Salvini and Le Pen – Independent
- Swiss men have some of the worst sperm in Europe, study finds – Independent
- TransferWise is now Europe’s most valuable fintech start-up, with a $3.5 billion valuation – CNBC
Asia:
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- GOP Senator Warns U.S. Farmers On ‘Verge Of Financial Collapse’ Over Trump’s Trade War – Business Standard
- ‘The Economy Is Slipping’: China’s Slowdown Hits Former Boomtown – NPR
- China’s Major Banks Turn Inward to Deal With Bad Loans – Macropolo
- Google’s hidden costs give Beijing sticker shock – Reuters
- The Huawei Drama Is a Gift to U.S. Tech Companies – The Atlantic
- How India’s economy is growing at a faster pace than China. – Infadium
- 145 Million Chinese Are Paying 70% Less Income Tax This Year – Caixin
- China confirmed as source of illegal ozone-destroying chemicals – New Scientist
- Scientists discover China has been secretly emitting banned ozone-depleting gas – National Post
- Air pollution around Beijing rebounds as coal consumption rises by 13% – Green Peace
Trans-Tasman:
- ‘Passive smoking’ defence clears woman of drug driving as research casts doubt on roadside testing
- Mega mine next to Adani quietly put on hold, thousands of promised jobs in doubt – ABC
- It’s absurd to suggest that rate cuts are good news for the government – The Guardian
- Australian Electoral Commission finds 87 cases of election ads breaching law – The Guardian
- Graziers face ‘green drought’ as dams run dry and disease threatens stock – ABC
- Clive Palmer says he ‘decided to polarise electorate’ with anti-Labor ads to ensure Coalition win – The Guardian
- BHP warns investors coal could be phased out ‘sooner than expected’ – The Guardian
- Liberal incumbent Sarah Henderson concedes in Corangamite – The Age
- Legal centre that helps challenge robodebts fears for future after funding cut – The Guardian
- Labor MPs ‘fuming’ as Jim Chalmers told to clear the way for Albanese or face payback – The Age
- Jim Chalmers will not challenge Albanese for Labor leadership – The Guardian
- What went wrong for Labor? Canberrans explain why they switched their vote – Canberra Times
- NZ-owned banks say a necessary consequence of increased capital requirements must be practical access to capital – Interest.co.nz
- Govt to ditch tight debt target from 2021 – Interest.co.nz