Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- As Amazon Faces Grilling in Congress, EU Launches Antitrust Probe of Online Behemoth – Common Dreams
- Amazon amends seller terms worldwide after German antitrust action – TechCrunch
- The Only Way Is Down for Central Bankers Already at Peak Rates – Bloomberg
- A Brief History of Doom: 200 Years of Financial Crises – YouTube
- A Stock Picker’s Lament: Most of the World’s Companies Are Duds – Bloomberg
- IMF warns banks must evolve or be ‘left behind’ amid the rise of digital money – TokenPost
Americas:
- U.S. manufacturing ‘is in recession,’ Fed’s data show – MarketWatch
- U.S. Housing Starts Fall… Permits Hit Two-Year Low – Stock Market News
- US housing starts fall; permits hit a 2-year low – CNBC
- Lack of affordable housing fuels reverse migration – Boston Real Estate
- Rising health insurance deductibles fuel middle-class anger and resentment – LA Times
Europe:
- U.S. to object to French tax on tech firms at G7 meeting – Temporal Eternity
- Scotland Is Now Generating So Much Wind Energy, It Could Power Two Scotlands – Science Alert
- Ikea is closing its only US factory and moving production to Europe – CNN
- German woman tries to buy car with cash she printed at home – DW
- Brexit secretary claims EU will start trade talks very quickly after no deal because of UK’s ‘size and importance’ – Independent
- Finnish presidency commits to linking rule of law with EU funding – Euractiv
Asia:
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- South Korea cuts key rate amid trade war concerns – Nikkei
- China may be signaling it’s going hard-line — but it still wants a trade deal, says ex-Trump negotiator – CNBC
- India plans to ban all crypto besides “Digital Rupee” – Forex Review
- Nearly 2,000 Hong Kong Seniors March in Support of Young Protesters – Global News
- Indonesia’s President Signals a Transition Away From Coal Power – Monga Bay
- Taiwan media conglomerate receives orders from Chinese authorities – Taiwan News
- China blocking Malaysian and Vietnamese oil and gas vessels shows greater willingness to intimidate, says think tank – SCMP
Trans-Tasman:
- Blame the Government, not Netflix, for NBN failure – Independent Australia
- George Calombaris underpayment scandal blows out to $7.8m – The SMH
- The Coalition’s tax plan will make for a very different Australia – one that’s much less equal – The Guardian
- Australia lost 20,000 public housing units in a decade, study finds – The Guardian
- NZ PM Jacinda Ardern to visit Melbourne to talk good government – SBS
- Barnaby Joyce backs Newstart raise, saying rate needs to reflect geography – The Guardian
- Australia urged to move away from oil dependency or risk fuel supply crisis – The Guardian
- The LNG industry is booming. So why are we not getting the royalties? – New Daily
- The two charts showing an extraordinary collapse in home ownership in Sydney and Melbourne – The Age
- McKinsey & Co: Libs trounce Labor in consultant spending blow-outs – Michael West
- ‘Concerning’: Sydney businessman allegedly paid nanny $2.33 an hour – The SMH
- ‘NZ house shortage set to hit 150,000 by next year’ – Interest.co.nz