Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- ‘Growth must end. Our economist friends don’t seem to realise that’ – The Guardian
- Want a Pro-Growth Pro-Environment Plan? Economists Agree: Tax Carbon. – Brookings
- The global outstanding CLO market is now estimated to stand at about $750 billion, while the CDO market in 2007 before the crisis came to $640 billion – Reuters
- It’s only a matter of time before blockchain is implemented in loyalty program – Medium
- Why the Fed intervened in short-term money markets – The Economist
Americas:
- Millennials are US$1 trillion in debt – but they’re better at saving than previous generations – Ponderwall
- Trade War Now Hurting Middle Market – Oregon Business Report
- Financial Worries Keep Most Americans Up at Night – Bloomberg
- Abortion rate in the U.S. falls to a 46-year low, data show – LA Times
- Trump administration rolls back landmark water protections – Politico
Europe:
- Climate change will dramatically devalue farmland in southern Europe, EU agency reveals – Euractiv
- As Putin cracks down on democracy, Russian Jews increasingly moving to Israel – Times of Israel
- Democratic leaders need to stop sending all-is-forgiven messages to Putin – Washington Post
- EU citizens being overlooked for jobs and tenancies ahead of Brexit, Sky News finds – Sky News
- Corbyn: UK could be better off outside EU with the right deal – Politico
- Pizol glacier: Swiss hold funeral for ice lost to global warming – BBC
Asia:
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- Will India’s big-bang tax reform work? The Trump parallel and expert takes – Yuv News
- What India’s finance minister needs to do next to boost the economy – Yuv News
- North Korea Envoy Says Ties with Japan Going “From Bad to Worse” – Japan Times
- Former TEPCO Executives Found Not Guilty of Criminal Negligence in Fukushima Disaster – Japan Times
- China’s fury: US Senate pass bill to free imprisoned Uyghur minority and impose sanctions – Express
- South China Sea war: Computer simulations reveals Beijing could annihilate US navy – Express
Trans-Tasman:
- There’s no populist rightwing breakout in Australia because the government already accommodates them – The Guardian
- The NBN’s problems will get worse as the project approaches completion – New Daily
- Eight out of 10 Asian-Australians experience discrimination: survey – The SMH
- How the ACT’s 100% renewable electricity target is saving households cash – Renew Economy
- Tower was a boarding house, not apartments, says fire engineer who signed off cladding – The Age
- The generation who won’t be grandparents is grappling with a sense of family emptiness – ABC
- Why Australians shouldn’t give a damn that the budget is in balance – The Guardian
- Labor was going to hit the ground running — it hit a brick wall instead – ABC
- The budget surplus trap — why it may prove elusive – ABC
- Sweetshop or sweatshop? Jury to decide on forced labour claims at Melbourne bakery – ABC
- Housing pressures highlighted by census figures as population growth easily outstrips growth in dwelling numbers – Interest.co.nz
- RBNZ seen as likely leaving OCR unchanged. But… – Interest.co.nz
- Government announces business-friendly tax tweaks – Interest.co.nz