Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- World’s Biggest Pork Producer Warns of Bacon Shortage – Bloomberg
- QE on the QT? Fed says no, economists say maybe so – Reuters
- Here’s how the Fed’s balance sheet expansion that’s got the market excited is going to work – CNBC
- Oil jumped back above $60 a barrel after a reported explosion on an Iranian tanker – Stock Market News
- Global Influencers: Major Powerhouses in World Politics Today – Dkoding
- Recession Signal: Victoria’s Secret, Under Siege, Lays Off Employees at Headquarters – NY Times
- Central Bankers Accidentally Printed Cryptocurrencies Against Themselves – BeInCrypto
Americas:
- Paying Off Student Loans Is Taking Much Longer Than Expected – Bloomberg
- America’s richest 400 families now pay a lower tax rate than the middle class – CBS
- Trump’s Fixation on Buttressing $1.5 Trillion in Company Profits – Bloomberg
- Half of Americans are worried that a major recession is coming: survey – NewsWeek
- Consumer Sentiment Unexpectedly Surges Higher – Breitbart
Europe:
- Germany bans exports of arms to Turkey – Yahoo
- German DJ ‘permanently banned’ from China for liking a ‘South Park’ tweet – CNBC
- France says suspends weapons sales to Turkey – Reuters
- An Orgy on a Yacht Is Testing Orban’s Iron Grip on Hungary – Bloomberg
- Europe is dangerously unprepared for a world without a US policeman – Telegraph
Asia:
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- “Chinese middle class will reach 550 million in three years – CNBC
- China’s Hidden Capital Flight Surges to Record High – Bloomberg
- 5th Largest Economy is in Recession: India’s industrial output shrinks at fastest rate in more than six years – Reuters
- Chinese firms Tencent, Vivo and CCTV suspend ties with the NBA over Hong Kong tweet – Tech Crunch
- India’s car sales plunge 33.4% in September as slowdown extends to 11th month – Domain
- Fitbit to move production out of China because of ‘ongoing threat of tariffs’ – ABC
- U.S., China Said to Reach Partial Deal, Could Set Up Trade Truce – Bloomberg
- Malaysia may set aside its belt-tightening plans to save its economy from trade war damage – CNBC
Trans-Tasman:
- Australians have lost over $33 mln in investment scams since January – Forex Review
- Parliamentarians deserve our wrath for 30 years of inaction, not climate protesters – The Guardian
- Toxic Tests: why is US Army funding Tafenoquine drug trials on Perth students? – Michael West
- Robodebt inquiry: how the Coalition tried to defend the indefensible – Google
- ‘I didn’t have the flu, I’d lost my baby: Australian women call for paid miscarriage leave – SBS
- A row is brewing between the ACT and Federal Government over controversial moves to legalise cannabis in Canberra from early next year – ABC
- One in five Australians went hungry over past year, study finds – The Guardian
- Probe into controversial plan to open up Tasmanian National Parks to private development – ABC
- From ‘cashless welfare’ to basic income: An economic revolution – Independent Australia
- Environmental and planning rules could be circumvented to fast-track dams – The SMH
- ANU says blaming China for massive data breach is speculative and ‘harmful’ – The Guardian
- Labor pledges to reverse Adelaide public transport privatisation – ABC
- Chinese-Australian newspapers say advertisers withdrawing due to China pressure – The SMH
- Will enough ever change for more houses to be built in NZ? – Interest.co.nz
- Could a lift in housing activity help us out? – Interest.co.nz
- New prefab certification scheme to streamline consenting – Interest.co.nz
Other:
- Why You Never See Your Friends Anymore – The Atlantic