Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Bank of England boss says global finance is funding 4C temperature rise – The Guardian
- Goldman Profit Drops 26% as Deals Slow, Tech-Stocks Struggle – WSJ
- The IMF Is Utterly Indifferent to the Pain It’s Causing – Truth Dig
- IMF-global growth slowing to rate not seen since financial crisis – Aljazeera
- Recession: Uber’s Layoff Total Rises Past 1,000 With Latest Cuts – NY Times
- U.S.-China tariffs drag global growth to lowest in a decade: IMF – Reuters
- Fed tooled up for ‘ordinary recession’, eyeing new repo ops: Bullard – Reuters
Americas:
- Taking the “non” out of non-profit: How Non-Profit Hospitals Are Driving Up The Cost Of Health Care – NPR
- Lower mortgage rates are causing an epic housing shortage – CNBC
- Efforts to Claw Back Stolen Wages Painfully Slow, as California Employers Who Cheat Workers Often Get Away With It – Fair Warning
- The ShadowStats Alternate Unemployment Rate for September 2019 is 20.9% – Shadow Stats
- Struggling Americans are haunted by zombie debt. Will you be next? – The Guardian
- Fed tooled up for ‘ordinary recession’, eyeing new repo ops: Bullard – Reuters
- Harley-Davidson pulls plug temporarily on electric motorcycle production – Fox Business
- There’s a 50% chance recession will hit in 2020! – Fox Business
Europe:
- Germany Won’t Ban Huawei from 5G Network – WSJ
- UK suspends arms export licenses to Turkey in response to offensive against Syrian Kurds – Independent
- Spain Grid-Connects More Solar in 2019 Than Last Decade Combined – Green Tech Media
- The mass murder of Polish intellectuals – DW
- EU Mulls Further Sanctions Against Turkey Over Cyprus Violations – Greek Reporter
- London retains global finance throne amid Brexit chaos – Reuters
Asia:
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- US and China set on ‘decoupling’ amid clash of civilisations, forum told – SCMP
- Huawei lashes out at Estonia for ‘unfounded’ security claims – Miami Herald
- Zero bids for China’s small banks show just how troubled they are – Aljazeera
- China’s pork prices surged 69.3% in September from a year ago – CNBC
- US House Urging China not to Interfere with the Internal Affairs of Hong Kong – Congress
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Are China’s tantrums signs of strength or weakness? – The Atlantic
Trans-Tasman:
- Australian economy tipped to grow slower than Greece as signs show tax cuts haven’t worked – The SMH
- Australia’s employment system is ‘broken’, new analysis of the labour market shows – SBS
- Labor urges fiscal stimulus as IMF downgrades Australia’s economic growth – The Guardian
- ‘Grim situation’: 19 applications for every entry-level job advertised, research finds – ABC
- We can’t drought-proof Australia, and trying is a fool’s errand – The Conversation
- Regional households are struggling to pay power bills and it’s not just about energy prices – ABC
- Australian politicians urge donations and spending caps – while putting boot into media – The Guardian
- Labor wants end to ‘cruel’ staffing cap at National Disability Insurance Agency – The Age
- Australians would have faster, cheaper internet had NBN not been built: Telstra chairman – WA Today
- Government rejects Labor-backed ‘climate emergency’ vote as ‘symbolic gesture’ – SBS
- Mascot Towers engineers find new cracks and warn urgent repairs needed to avoid ‘structural failure’ – ABC
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