Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Warren Buffett: Timing the Economy is Impossible – YouTube
- New Study Demonstrates an Economically Viable Path to Rapid Decarbonization – Clean Technica
Americas:
- New Rule to Test Union Membership, Finances. Latest challenge for unions could endanger $150 million in dues – WSJ
- Companies post most layoffs since financial crisis – USA Today
- Nearly 40% of Toronto homes not owner-occupied, new figures reveal – The Guardian
- ‘America First’ trade war has world’s largest money manager slashing growth forecast – Washington Examiner
- $15 minimum wage would boost pay for 17 million but 1.3 million would lose their jobs, CBO says – CNBC
- U.S. agriculture needs a 21st-century New Deal – MinnPost
- Why Older Workers’ Keep Working – And Are Stimulating the Economy – The Lowdown Blog
Europe:
- Bankers sent home as Deutsche starts slashing jobs – BBC
- Syria: Germany rejects US demand for ground troops – DW
- US will ‘no longer deal’ with UK ambassador, Trump says – Euro News
- Almost 50 Percent of New Cars Sold in Norway Are Fully Electric, Tesla Model 3 Tops the Lis – News 18
- British government stands behind ambassador after he calls Donald Trump “incompetent” and “insecure” – News Week
- Germany ‘can’t do investment banking’ – Sky
Asia:
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- Where’s the Cash – Why China’s Private Sector Woes Are About Payments, Not Credit – MacroPolo
- US Seeks Extradition of Chinese Researcher in Drug Secrets Theft – Epoch Times
- Japan machinery orders fall most in eight months in worrying sign for economy – Reuters
- Hong Kong’s protesters put AirDrop to ingenious use to breach China’s Firewall – QZ
- China is Not an Enemy of the US and the World. But the CCP is. – Sino Insider
- Taiwan’s Status is a Geopolitical Absurdity – The Atlantic
- China returns to familiar playbook in discouraging travel to US – Nikkei
- Huawei staff has close ties to China’s military, new reports say – Nikkei
Trans-Tasman:
- Australia on track to become one of the ‘world’s worst’ climate damagers – SBS
- Australia’s emissions reach the highest on record, driven by electricity sector – The Guardian
- Minister for Housing Luke Howarth wants a ‘positive spin’ on homelessness – ABC
- The Murray-Darling Basin scandal: economists have seen it coming for decades – The Conversation
- Australia’s first offshore wind project – 2.0 GW – moves forward with labour market study – Renew Economy
- Government urged to investigate allegations health insurers unlawfully rejected claims – The Guardian
- Payment increase ‘imminent’ for more than 600,000 retirees – The Age
- Number of Australians reselling property at a loss climbs to six-year high – ABC
- The Sydney and Melbourne suburbs where up to a third of homes are selling at a loss – The SMH
- House prices and household income plummet under the Coalition – Independent Australia