Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- US Federal Reserve starts “quantitative easing forever” – WSWS
- Saudi Arabia’s Best Bet Is to Crash the Price of Oil – Bloomberg
- Brexit Deal Failure Will Rattle Markets … – Stock Market News
- Global economy: ‘we must do everything possible’ to avoid global ‘fracture’ caused by US-China tensions, urges UN Secretary-General António Guterres – CRWE World
- These 20 Countries Will Dominate Global Growth in 2024 – Bloomberg
- Time to recognise that western greed is one of the causes of global hunger – The Guardian
- Ray Dalio says the world is in a ‘great sag’ and echoes the 1930s – CNBC
Americas:
- Strong Economy??? … Why Are So Many Workers on Strike? – Stock Market News
- California Can Expect Blackouts For A Decade – NPR
- CEO of the largest US trucking company predicts ‘difficult’ quarter for transport industry – CNBC
- Senators propose near-total ban on worker noncompete agreements – Ars Technica
- Recession Bedlam! Dow Futures Edge Nervously Amid Fears of First Recession Since 2009! – CCN
Europe:
- As another Eurozone recession looms, the failure of austerity is clearer than ever – New Statesman
- First projection shows that Greens win federal election in Switzerland – SRF
- Germany: No total arms export ban for Turkey despite Merkel’s promise – DW
- Europe is fed up with Brexit, but it’s still best for all if Britain stays in – The Guardian
- French police teargas firefighters in Paris protesting working conditions – France 24
- Swiss election: Greens gain while far-right loses ground – projection – Euro News
Asia:
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- Markets Nervous As China’s Economy Clocks Worst Performance In 26 Years – Huff Post
- China’s growth weakens further to 6.0% in third quarter – Nikkei
- China’s economic growth drops to lowest level since 1992 – CNN
- Purged Chinese Leader Buried 14 Years After Death – BBC
- Hong Kong Legislative Session Adjourned Amid Protests and Heckling – Reuters
- Chaos as Hong Kong ‘State of the Union’ Disrupted – BBC
Trans-Tasman:
- Home affairs officials left scrambling over $7m strategic review that didn’t exist – The Guardian
- Liberals outdo themselves with untruths, hubris and hypocrisy – Independent Australia
- Why Australia’s media front pages are blacked out today – SBS
- Scott Morrison’s surplus obsession is hurting the economy – SMH
- This government has abandoned economic logic – and no one seems willing to call them on it – The Guardian
- Cash Converters to pay $42.5m to settle class action – ABC
- Recycling crisis prompts call to switch to six-bins system for Victorian rubbish collection – ABC
- ABC sets aside $23m for underpaid staff as union blames ‘budget pressures’ – The Guardian
- ‘A culture of secrecy’: what is the Right to Know campaign about? – Brisbane Times
- Kiwi progressives outflanked on the left by, of all people, the Americans! – Interest.co.nz
- Time for a little economic magic – Interest.co.nz