Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
Americas:
- As Deficit Explodes, GOP Demands Emergency Tax Cut for the Rich – Vanity Fair
- Bayer faces skyrocketing US lawsuits over glyphosate – DW
- A Massive U.S. Drug Price-Fixing Probe Has Hit Major Roadblocks – Bloomberg
- Most States With High Minimum Wages Are Growing Faster Than Those With Low Minimum Wage – Yahoo
- Study: El Niño has outsize economic effect on California – Washington Post
- Housing affordability crisis spreads to the Midwest and other lower-cost areas – LA Times
- Morgan Stanley Warns Of Recession, Says Fed Rate Cut Might Be Too Late – IB Times
Europe:
- Poland scraps income tax for young people in bid to tempt emigrants home – Independent
- Johnson plays Brexit hardball from a submarine base; pound tumbles – Japan Times
- A refugee pushed a boy under a train and reignited Germany’s race debate – The SMH
- Salvini ‘told by Kremlin to ban strike’ – The Times
- UK Trade minister Truss: Main priority is free-trade deal with the US – Forex Live
- Income inequality in EU Member States – Europa
Asia:
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- China, US officials meet for trade talks in Shanghai – CNBC
- China Urges State Firms to Swap Debt for Equity to Clean Up Zombies – Yicai Global
- Need a 3-minute loan? Ask Jack Ma – Times of India
- Muted growth for online commerce: Net, net, India’s net use slowing – Economic Times
- Investors shift focus back to US-China trade war as talks set to start in Shanghai – SCMP
- Chinese court sentences journalist Huang Qi to 12 years in prison – CPJ
- India Pushes For Its Largest Ever Hydropower Project Despite Concerns – Monga Bay
- Japan’s Cargo Vessel to Resupply International Space Station in September – Japan Times
- Beijing Throws Support Behind Hong Kong’s Leader — And Makes the Protests Her Problem – Washington Post
Trans-Tasman:
- Liberal Party took no action following alleged sexual assault, staffer says – ABC
- Facebook says it was ‘not our role’ to remove fake news during Australian election – The Guardian
- ‘They’re morally corrupt’: Crossbenchers slam politics and take on Crown – The SMH
- Opal Tower unit owners launch multi-million-dollar class action against NSW State Government – ABC
- Australia falls to all-time OECD low on jobs but $A rallies against Zambian kwacha – Michael West
- Clean energy set to provide 35% of Australia’s electricity within two years – The Guardian
- Is Australia’s population growth mostly the result of migration, and is that underpinning the budget? – ABC
- ICAC to grill key Labor figures over Chinese donations and influence – The SMH
- Labor wants right wing ‘bigot’ banned from Australia ahead of conservative conference – SBS
- Robo-debt scheme ramped up with new Medicare data-matching initiative – The SMH
- The Crown allegations show the repeated failures of our gambling regulators – ABC
- Telstra warns public trust will crumble unless access to data is limited – The Guardian
- Labor senator urges tax on digital companies to stop them ‘pillaging’ Australian economy – The Guardian
- Construction sector sentiment plummets – Interest.co.nz
- Growth in housing credit slows – Interest.co.nz
- Threat of Auckland’s growth to key food growing land back on agenda – Interest.co.nz
- ‘Kiwis push up house prices more than migrants’ – Interest.co.nz