Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Government Has Rigged Stock Market In Stranglehold – Bprising
- Global commercial property price growth continues to slow in Q1 – CRE Herald
- Global real estate assets under management reaches €2.8tn in 2018 – CRE Herald
- blockchain and cryptocurrencies to empower financial freedom – Medium
- It’s Never Been Easier to Be a C.E.O., and the Pay Keeps Rising – NY Times
- Setting a maximum wage for CEOs would be good for everyone – Aeon
- Natural Gas Now Beats Coal – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Typical CEO pay package up 7% last year to a total $12 million – CBS News
- Nearly 40% of Americans can’t cover a surprise $400 expense – CBS News
- The richest 10% of households now represent 70% of all U.S. wealth – MarketWatch
- Young homebuyers scramble as prices rise faster than incomes – AP News
- The US Economy Is Reaching A Dead End – Forbes
- Labor Share of GDP Globally — why is e.g. Mexico so terrible? – StLouis Fed
- The U.S. banking system is flush with cash but may have a problem – Reuters
- Runaway cost of college hurts Americans more than the China trade war – MarketWatch
- Are Americans benefiting from the strong economy — aside from the rich? – Washington Post
Europe:
- Millennials ‘more likely to face working-age poverty than any previous generation’ – Independent
- EU citizens denied vote in European elections to sue UK government – The Guardian
- Poland files complaint with EU’s top court over copyright rule change – Reuters
- Germany probes Chinese journalists for snooping around military – Straits Times
- Ireland votes to liberalise divorce laws – BBC
- Europeans go to polls, but real dangers are slow growth, declining clout and uninspired leadership – CNBC
Asia:
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- Trump’s ‘Easy’ Trade War Hits Snags as China Plays the Long Game – Bloomberg
- China’s electric car market is growing twice as fast as the US. Here’s why – SCMP
- China says U.S. demand on its state-owned enterprises is ‘invasion’ on economic sovereignty – EuroNews
- China’s April soybean imports from U.S. up 15.9% month-on-month, Brazilian imports soar – Reuters
- Huawei’s Yearslong Rise Is Littered With Accusations of Theft and Dubious Ethics – WSJ
- China’s top banking regulator: Any yuan bears will suffer ‘heavy losses’ – CNBC
- China calls on Germany to correct ‘mistakes’ over asylum for Hong Kong independence activists – Reuters
Trans-Tasman:
- While Australian politicians still talk about 350km/hr fast trains, in China they are aiming for 600km/hr – Perth Now
- Uniting Church threatens to split over liberal same-sex marriage stance – ABC
- The new no-go zone around one of Queensland’s worst environmental contaminations – ABC
- The Army’s creeping takeover of Australia’s national security – ABC
- Clare O’Neil drops out of race for Labor deputy leader clearing the way for Richard Marles – ABC
- Sydney new driverless train service starts! – 9News
- Adani coalmine environmental approvals given three-week deadline – The Guardian
- Election lessons from regional Australia: why Labor got the push in the bush – The Guardian
- We have two Australias: Election results show a growing divide within the nation – The SMH
- Labor taking wrong lessons from election, Bandt says – ABC
- Australia’s regional migration program failing both migrants and communities, expert says – ABC
- Josh Frydenberg: low-emissions future is inevitable and a huge opportunity – The Guardian
- Doctors warn Australia’s private health sector is heading towards a US-style system – ABC
- Let’s be frank, tax plan shouldn’t be credited with Labor’s demise – The SMH
- Mortgage rates still sliding – Interest.co.nz
- PM defends Finance Minister’s plans to relax Government’s debt limit – Interest.co.nz
- APRA serviceability revision ‘good for Aussie banks & fragile housing market’ – Interest.co.nz