Global Macro / Markets/ Investing:
- Wall Street slides as trade fears rise – Channel News Asia
- Implications of Giving Financial Access to 1.7 Billion Unbanked to Global Economy – Medium
- Fintech Needs To Stop Tinkering At The Edges Of Big Data – Forbes
- Bitcoin Market Cap Hits $100bn As Facebook Reveals Crypto Plans – Medium
- People are losing faith in capitalism. The world needs a new approach – CNN
Americas:
- Trump’s ‘economic illiteracy’ caused the US-China trade war – CNBC
- Decade in the Red: Trump Tax Figures Show Over $1 Billion in Business Losses – NY Times
- ‘Bond King’ Jeffrey Gundlach says the national debt is ‘totally out of control’ – CNBC
- Yes, Trump Tariffs Are Costing Billions. No, China Isn’t Paying – Bloomberg
- The US Government Interest Expense Was 93% of Military Spending in 2018 – The Sounding Line
- Economists quit Trump admin after their studies showed tariffs hurt US farmers: report – The Hill
- California’s pension debt is harming teachers and students now—and it’s going to get worse – Brookings
- Seniors still paying on student loans – Business Insider
- Job openings in U.S. jump to 7.49 million — more proof of ultra-strong labor market – MarketWatch
Europe:
- KPMG: 8-14% of companies in the UK are zombie firms and would collapse if interest rates are higher – The Guardian
- ‘A world first’ – Boris Johnson to face private prosecution over Brexit campaign claims – Independent
- CIA warns Norway of potential threat from Saudi Arabia to Arab activist – The Guardian
- Almost all the additional people in work since Brexit vote were British, says Government – Telegraph
- Danish PM Calls Election That Polls Show He Is Set to Lose – Bloomberg
- German President: Internet Regulation Could “Take the Wind out of the Sails of Populists” – Old Think News
Asia:
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- Chinese Stocks Tumble; Government Intervenes – Be in crypto
- Malaysia cuts key rate for first time in nearly 3 years – Nikkei
- Cramer: These are the two numbers that gave Trump confidence to hit China with new tariff threat – CNBC
- U.S. warns India against retaliatory duties over scrapping of trade privileges – Reuters
- Japan’s SoftBank taps into Mexican fintech startup Clip: sources – Reuters
- China vice premier going to U.S. for trade talks despite Trump threats – Reuters
- Beijing refuses to give in to latest threat on trade tariffs – SCMP
Trans-Tasman:
- ‘We have been cheated’: Australia’s biggest cities dudded with inferior NBN, research shows – New Daily
- Man dies of bowel cancer while waiting for disability support pension – The Guardian
- Bob Hawke and Paul Keating reunite for the first time in 28 years to endorse Labor’s economic plan – The SMH
- Euthanasia support strengthens to nearly 90%, Vote Compass data shows – ABC
- ‘Not adequate’: experts rate Australian political response to extinction crisis – The Guardian
- Australian researchers looking into using psychedelics to treat mental illness – Asian Correspondent
- Solar’s stunning rise takes big chunk out of coal in daytime market – Renew Economy
- Most habitat clearing concentrated in just 12 federal electorates, study finds – The Guardian
- It’s hard to find out who Labor’s dividend imputation policy will hit, but it is possible, and it isn’t the poor – The Conversation
- Australians on Basics Card anxious for welfare support change ahead of federal election – ABC
- PM shifts attack on Labor to ‘green tape’ he says costs Australian jobs – Canberra Times
- How much will it cost to deal with climate change? John Quiggin. – Inside Story
- ‘We needed this yesterday’: Why high-cost credit is still legal, years after recommended changes – ABC
- RBNZ cuts OCR to 1.5% – Interest.co.nz
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ANZ cuts some mortgage rates, Kiwibank does too – Interest.co.nz
- Government announces plans that aim to address regional skills shortages – Interest.co.nz
- Twyford coy on 100,000-house KiwiBuild target – Interest.co.nz
- Are traffic flows a real-time proxy for GDP? – Interest.co.nz