Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Vladimir Putin: The US Dollar Will Collapse Soon – Economic Policy Journal
- Help me understand two things about the repo market – St Louis Fed
Americas:
- After the 2017 tax cuts legislation, FedEx saw its effective tax rate drop from 34% to 0% – NY Times
- To Lower Costs, Trump to Force Hospitals to Reveal Price of Care – NY Times
- Fed’s push into funding markets stirs fears of widening role – Politico
- Bolivia Proves That Latin America Cannot Exit The American Empire, PCR – Zero Hedge
- Google wants to be your bank: It will soon offer checking accounts – CNN
- US Freight Shipments Skid Below 2014 Level, Hit by the Slowdown in Industrial, Manufacturing & Construction – Wolf Street
- Economic growth is close to zero for the fourth quarter, according to Fed gauges – CNBC
- Despite a strong economy, just 29% of Americans are financially ‘healthy,’ according to a new report – CNBC
- Job Gains Help Extend U.S. Economic Growth – WSJ
Europe:
- Germany should stop aiding Chinese military, Amnesty warns – DW
- War crimes scandal: UK Army ‘covered up torture and child murder’ in the Middle East – The Times
- Euro zone economy continues steady growth in third quarter – Reuters
- Is data privacy a basic right in the EU? Maybe it’s time to find out – Irish Times
- Jeremy Corbyn declines to say four times if he backs Remain – New European
Asia:
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- Here Are The States Where Trump Trade War Is Hammering China Exports – Zero Hedge
- Has Asia’s Third-Largest Economy Just Slipped Into a Downward Spiral? – Sputnik News
- U.S-China Chief Trade Negotiators Hold Calls Saturday – Bloomberg
- China mulls $10 trillion Earth-moon economic zone – Global Times
- Hong Kong expects first annual recession since 2009 as protests rage – CNN
- Two German students arrested for ‘unlawful assembly’ over Hong Kong protests – Hong Kong FP
- China’s Risky Endgame in Hong Kong – Project Syndicate
Trans-Tasman:
- NBN Co threatens to halt future FTTN upgrades if it is forced to pay up for faults and slow services – IT News
- Australia’s broken recycling system – The Guardian
- ‘OK Boomer’ resentment will grow over intergenerational wealth transfer – The SMH
- Warnings over Australia’s high level of household debt – ABC
- This oil company wants to clean up spills in the Great Australian Bight with a chemical that’s been banned overseas – SBS
- Projects judged most worthy of regional grants miss out in Coalition-held seats – The Guardian
- 19,000 jobs gone: Australia’s labour market is sick – Yahoo
- Howard tells entrepreneurs it would be odd to phase out coal – The SMH
- NSW bushfires destroy nearly 500 homes as crews scramble to build containment lines – ABC
- More New Zealanders are leaving the country and more non-NZ citizens are arriving – Interest.co.nz