Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Repo Rates soar again… mainstream finance media ignores the news… so do the Algos – Zero Hedge
- How private investors created the cult of the Crazy CEO – New Statesman
- Mohammed bin Salman warns of skyrocketing oil prices – FT
- Global third-quarter M&A sinks to three-year low (down 16% y/y) – Reuters
- How to Popularize a Stablecoin: an Accept-side Strategy – Medium
- Skyscrapers Are A Great Bubble Indicator – Forbes
Americas:
- The Fed Is Offering $100 Billion a Day in Emergency Loans to Unnamed Banks – Cuttly
- ‘Off by $1 Trillion,’ Say Progressives on Two-Year Anniversary of Mnuchin Claim Trump Tax Cuts Would Slash Deficit – Common Dreams
- Bernie Sanders unveils ‘inequality tax’ targeting companies where CEOs make far more than workers – Business Insider
- Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac can keep their profits now for the first time since the financial crisis of ’07 – Curbed
- This Week in Business: The Economics of Impeachment – NY Times
- The Number of U.S. Stocks Hitting Fresh 52-Week Highs Has Fallen Since June – Stock Market News
- Why the labor strike is back – Mother Jones
Europe:
- Germany is Headed for Recession – Money Pouch
- France Is the First Country to Ban Plastic Cups, Plates, and Cutlery – Global Citizen
- Swedish navy returns to vast underground HQ amid Russia fears – The Guardian
- Population structure, by age and sex, EU-28, 1996 and 2016 (% of total population) – Europa
- Hungary and Romania need to send other Commissioner candidates after new European Parliament vote – New Europe
- Brexit: Boris Johnson would be sacked by Queen if he ignored court ruling to obey Benn Act – NTH News
- 500 Spain hotels ‘to close immediately’ after Thomas Cook fall – CTV News
Asia:
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- US-Japan trade deal is victory for Abe, not Trump – Nikkei
- Chinese Stocks Drop as U.S. Considers Limiting Investor Flows – Bloomberg
- At 70, People’s Republic Of China Faces Economic, Political Headwinds – NPR
- China’s Manufacturing Expands at Fastest Pace in 19 Months: Caixin PMI – Caixin
- HK police officer who pointed loaded shotgun at protestors gets red carpet celebrity treatment in Beijing on national day – SCMP
- ‘Afraid We Will Become The Next Xinjiang’: China’s Hui Muslims Face Crackdown – NPR
Trans-Tasman:
- If you earn less than $90,000, the Coalition’s tax cuts are a big lie – The Guardian
- A.C.T. is running on 100% renewable energy from today – ABC
- Australian petition backing declaration of climate emergency hits record – but will it work? – The Guardian
- Morrison a ‘bad dad’ for denigrating young climate protesters – The SMH
- Labor ler3ned ‘all the wrong lessons’ from election defeat, Richard di Natalie says – The Guardian
- Subway forced to cough up workers’ unpaid wages in crackdown on fast-food sector – ABC
- Australian high school students clueless about emergency contraception – The Guardian
- RMIT granted Beijing authority over teaching at Confucius Institute – The SMH
- Almost half of NSW building sites have dodgy scaffolding, new data reveals – ABC
- PM refuses to rule out voluntary super as he digs in over retirement review – New Daily
- Bubble fears are back: Property prices threatening to get out of control – The SMH