Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Famed economist David Rosenberg lays out the evidence that recession risks are alive and well – Business Insider
- The world’s best pension system is being pushed to the brink – CNN
- Full-blown profits recession could hit US in 2020 – CNBC
- The World May Have A Bigger Problem Than A Potential Recession – Bloomberg
- US Federal Reserve Exploring Digital Dollar and Its Effect on Monetary System – Crypto Syringe
- Dow Futures Crash as Moody’s Reveals 16 Fatal Recession Triggers. – CNN
- Bill Gates becomes the richest man in the world again – Bloomberg
- Bitcoin under $8k: Possible Reasons behind Ongoing Bearish Mood – Token Hell
Americas:
- Rail Recession: U.S. Carloads Continue Collapse As Manufacturing Slows – Zero Hedge
- U.S. commercial property prices increase in October – CRE Herald
- Trump Signs Short-Term Spending Bill – NPR
- Tesla picks a fight with Detroit by going after the pickup market – Channel News Asia
- Economists at Societe Generale SA are sticking with their outlier view that the U.S. will enter a recession in the middle of 2020. – Bloomberg
Europe:
- First German Bank Hits Small Savers With Negative Rates – IB Times
- Tories set up fake Labour manifesto website as party’s disinformation spree continues – Independent
- Sweden’s central bank dumps Australian bonds – Ponderwall
- Austria is turning site of Hitler’s birth into a police station to repel neo-Nazis – The Week
- Netherlands cuts aid to Palestinian Authority over terrorist salaries – Haaretz
- Putin attacks ‘strange’ European plans to reduce gas usage – Yahoo
Asia:
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- China Plays Blockchain Ace in Trade War, Leaving the United States Stranded – Be In Crypto
- Trump wants Apple to get involved in US 5G infrastructure – SCMP
- Hong Kong Home Prices Look Immune to Protests – Bloomberg
- Harvard crypto war games highlight Chinese digital currency threat – DeCrypt
- Earthquake Shakes Thailand, Laos, Sways Bangkok High-Rises – VOA News
- The world must not let the Xinjiang whistleblower down – Washington Post
- Beijing vents fury at Washington over passage of Hong Kong Human Rights Act – CNN
Trans-Tasman:
- Power and Paranoia: Why the Chinese government aggressively pushes beyond it’s borders – Ninefax
- The moment a Chinese spy decided to defect to Australia – Ninefax
- New fight looms over pension, super tax breaks – Ninefax
- Teachers, schools in firing line as conservatives rail against ‘leftist agenda’ – ABC
- Think Australia can’t make or break global climate fight? Think again – and quickly – The Age
- Insulin is unaffordable for millions. These ‘biology nerds’ want to fix that – SBS
- From spills to scandals, the Betoota Advocate want us all to ask ‘How Good’s Australia?’ – ABC
- Ageism alive and well, says one woman who applied for 200 jobs – ABC
- Here’s how Australia’s recycling system can be fixed for just $150m – ABC
- Peter Hartcher on China’s infiltration of Australia – The Age
- Why not a big stick for Westpac and the banks? They’re acting like Marvel villains – The Guardian
- Amazon Australia pays 2 percent tax on $1bn in revenue – RNZ
- New Zealand winning big-time in food trade with China – Interest.co.nz