Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Harvard Economist Warns Hong Kong Could Trigger World Recession – Bloomberg
- Financial Markets: Top 5 Things to Watch This Week – Stock Market News
- Amazon fires are a global crisis – The Guardian
- Negative interest rates are coming and they are downright terrifying – Yahoo
- World reliance on US dollar must end, says Bank of England governor – Free Malaysia
Americas:
- New data challenges Trump’s economic narrative – The Hill
- US federal deficit to reach $1tn next year, report says – The Guardian
- Jerome Powell: The US economy is in a favorable position, but it faces risks – Economy
- Brave New World: Uncle Sam is taxing robots as companies invest in advanced tech – NY Post
- FDIC approves tweak of Volcker Rule, easing trading regulations for Wall Street banks – CNBC
- The number of older Americans filing for bankruptcy has surged by up to 300% in recent years — and boomers are no exception – Business Insider
- At This Rate, It Will Take 100 Years to Pay Off America’s Student Debt – Bloomberg
Europe:
- Mark Carney: The British economy is heading to stagnation – Economo
- The fall of Prague: ‘Drunk tourists are acting like they’ve conquered our city’ – The Guardian
- No-deal Brexit will ‘instantly disrupt’ UK’s role as £174bn global data hub – The Guardian
- Boris Johnson seeks legal advice on five-week parliament closure ahead of Brexit – The Guardian
- Boris Johnson gets lecture from Macron on the Troubles – Irish Times
- Britain will withhold $37 billion from EU in no-deal Brexit – Reuters
Asia:
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- Offshore Yuan Tumbles to Record Low After Trade Levy Escalation – Bloomberg
- Trump says has ‘absolute right’ to force US companies to leave China – Copy Left
- Han Sung-ok: Was this North Korean defector failed by the South? – BBC
- Indians Pawning the Family Gold Amid Credit Crunch – Reuters
- India Proposes Ban on e-Cigarettes, with Jail Terms for Offenders – Reuters
- Banks Call for Order in Hong Kong as Jewelers Warn of Trade Fair Dud – Reuters
Trans-Tasman:
- Banning cash so you pay the bank to hold your money is what the IMF wants – ABC
- Centrelink wrongly denies disability support pension to severely ill woman – The Guardian
- Chinese billionaire Huang Xiangmo gave $100,000 cash to NSW Labor official, ICAC hears – ABC
- Australia entering ‘second convict age’ as imprisonment rates soar – The Guardian
- ‘One of the most secretive trials in Australian history’: Top judges speak out – ABC
- Great Australian Bight oil industry would need decades of subsidies, report warns – The Guardian
- Govt agrees to ISP-level site-blocking of ‘dangerous material’ – IT News
- $80,000 pay rises in plan to tackle ‘low status’ of teaching in Australia – The SMH
- Spike in microscopic dust levels has Moranbah residents thinking of leaving their town – ABC
- ATO slugs Shell with $755m bill in fight against multinational tax avoidance – The Guardian
- National recommits to raising the age of entitlement for Super to 67 – Interest.co.nz
- Big 4 Australasian banks should bite the bullet & accept a utility-style future – Interest.co.nz