Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Endgame: Starting In 2024, All US Debt Issuance Will Be Used To Pay For Interest On Debt – Zero Hedge
- The Consumer Potential of Retail Cannabis – Visual Capitalist
- Global Recession Fears: What Does It Mean For Cryptocurrencies – 7 Bitcoins
- What oil at US$100 a barrel would mean for the world economy – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Luxury home sales see biggest slump in nearly a decade – wetradehq.com
- Stephen Moore wants people to pay more attention to his economic policies. Challenge accepted. – Washington Post
- The US Increases Pressure on Iran by Dubbing its Revolutionary Guard as a Terrorist Organisation – Trading Site Reviews
- Americans’ Increasing Data Use Is on a Collision Course With Data Caps – Mother Board
- Private payrolls surge by 275,000 in April, blowing past estimates and biggest gain since July – CNBC
- U.S. Factory Gauge Falls to Two-Year Low – Bloomberg
- Increasing minimum wage, tax credits could stop over 1,200 suicides a year – Berkeley
- Mapped: The Salary Needed to Buy a Home in 50 U.S. Metro Areas – Visual Capitalist
- The Deteriorating US Economy – The Globalist
- Fed holds rates steady, citing lack of inflation pressure – CNBC
- U.S. economy appearing to slow; labor market strong – Reuters
- Will the Trump economy doom the Democrats? – The Week
Europe:
- Brussels tells Poland: EU is ‘not a cow you can milk’ – DW
- Environment is top priority for EU voters, survey suggests – Euro News
- Tory activists warn Theresa May of leadership challenge amid Brexit fury – Independent
- Germany to train Saudi soldiers despite Yemen war concerns – Alaraby
- MPs make history by passing Commons motion to declare ‘environment and climate change emergency’ – Independent
Asia:
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- China’s “belt and road” Initiative Becoming a Vehicle for Influence – Crypto Wall
- China’s population to peak in 2023, five years earlier than official estimates, new research shows – SCMP
- China relaxes rules for foreign banks and insurers in concession to US – SCMP
- Emperor Naruhito assumes throne to mark new Reiwa era – Mainichi
- Japan has a 10-day holiday to mark the ascension of the new emperor. So why are people unhappy? – Washington Post
- The rise of Japan’s militarism – VOX
Trans-Tasman:
- Young voter enrolment is at an all-time high. This is where they hold the most power – ABC
- ‘Not quite poverty line but definitely nudging it’: The rise of the underemployed – ABC
- Mortgage delinquencies mount as more borrowers find their home is worth less than their loan – ABC
- Tony Abbott under pressure over hospitals sale to Cayman Islands entity – The New Daily
- Lies, damn lies and campaign material: the biggest fibs of the election so far – The Guardian
- Australia’s cost of living remains low. So why are we still feeling the pinch? – The Guardian
- First Asian-Australian foreign minister would send powerful message, Penny Wong says – ABC
- Why the death of the Liberals’ liberals is bad news for Australia – The New Daily
- House sales tumble to levels not seen since Keating as prices fall – The SMH
- Increasing signs Auckland’s housing shortage is coming under control – Interest.co.nz
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The door slams on foreign buyers – Interest.co.nz