Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- The Fed just pumped $128 billion into markets to pull down interest rates, its first injection in 10 years – Market Insider
- Fed cuts rates again, telegraphs more rate cuts by year end (another .25 basis points) – Yahoo
- Is Your Money Feeding Global Warming?: Money is the oxygen on which the fire of global warming burns – New Yorker
- Martin Wolf: why rentier capitalism is damaging liberal democracy – FT
- Wells Fargo Announces Blockchain System, Will Warren Buffett Eat Crow? – BeInCrypto
- How rock-bottom bond yields spread from Japan to the rest of the world – The Economist
- How low interest rates can discourage competition, leading to slower growth – MarketWatch
- Central Bankers’ Desperate Grab for Power – TruthDig
Americas:
- California: Uber, Lyft Drivers ARE Employees! – Huffington Post
- The Cost of America’s Oligopoly Problem – Pro Market
- Stephen Roach: The president has lost his credibility in trade war – YouTube
- General Motors stops paying for striking union workers’ health insurance – The Hill
- McCarthy Says Debt Will Be ‘Taken Care of’ if GOP Wins the House – Yahoo
- US‘ fiber broadband shortage: Only 30% of homes have fiber access – Ars Technica
Europe:
- Britain will aim for freedom of movement deal with Australia – The Guardian
- EU’s Michel Barnier tells Boris Johnson to stop ‘pretending’ to negotiate Brexit deal – Independent
- Scottish Independence: Poll – majority of Scots will vote “remain in the UK” – Scotsman
- EU tells Boris Johnson he has 12 days to reveal Brexit plans or ‘it’s over’ – Independent
- Boris Johnson ‘only recently realised full meaning of single market’, EU chief reportedly claims – Yahoo
- EU fears Brexit reality has dawned too late for Boris Johnson – FT
Asia:
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- Juul’s Valuation Is Going Up in Smoke After China Terminates Sales – CNN
- China economy: Productivity is next growth engine, says World Bank report – CNBC
- China’s impact on the world’s economy – One Belt, One Road initiative – stefan-scheufelen.com
- South Korea downgrades Japan’s trade Status as feud deepens – Copyleft
- Indian delegation discusses bilateral ties, investment with senior Kurdistan Region leaders – Kurdistan24
- An Army of Japanese Salarymen Is Rocking Global Currency Markets – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- ASIO suggests longer data retention period – ComputerWorld
- Britain pushing for deal to allow Australians to live and work in both countries without visa – DailyMail
- Wage theft: Coalition says tough new penalties won’t apply for ‘genuine mistakes’ – The Guardian
- Opinion: We’re becoming collateral damage of the Liu saga — and many think it will get worse – ABC
- Rising inequality in Australia isn’t about incomes: it’s almost all about housing – The Convesration
- One man’s 33-year fight for his daughter takes him to second royal commission – ABC
- Federal Government budget billions better off than expected with deficit down to $690m – ABC
- Australia nears its first balanced budget in a decade. But is it what the economy needs? – ABC
- If incomes don’t keep up with property prices, we’re in danger of another housing bubble – The Guardian
- Car manufacturers costing consumers $1 billion in yearly mechanical bills due to lack of data sharing, ACCC says – ABC
- Australia’s Jobless Rate Rises as Workforce Swells to New Record – Bloomberg
- NBN Co accused of ‘cynical attempt’ to shift consumers to pricier plans – New Daily
- Australia didn’t blame China for parliament hack in case it upset trade relations – The Register
- Weak GDP figures ‘highlight need for strong fiscal policy’ – Interest.co.nz
- Labour sinks into the migration mire – Interest.co.nz
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