Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- ‘Everything Is Not Fine’: Nobel Economist Calls on Humanity to End Obsession With GDP – Common Dreams
- Fed QE4 could happen before year end, Credit Suisse says – CNBC
- Chevron to Take $11 Billion Writedown Amid Weak Gas Prices – Bloomberg
Americas:
- The massive triumph of the rich, illustrated by stunning new data – Washington Post
- BIS Drops A Bombshell: Four U.S. Mega Banks Are Core of Repo Loan Crisis – Daily Coin
- Brookings: 90 percent of high-tech job growth happened in 5 metro areas – VOX
- San Francisco has nearly five empty homes per homeless resident – SF Curbed
- Peru plans taxing Netflix, Uber and digital businesses: official – Reuters
- US trade deficit drops in October to lowest level in more than a year – CNBC
- Jobs, Jobs Everywhere, But Most of Them Kind of Suck – NY Mag
Europe:
- UK commercial property capital values decrease in November – CRE Herald
- Europe approves US$3.5bn for R&D in major push to create sustainable battery manufacturing ecosystem – Energy Storage News
- Armenia votes against UN resolution on Crimea – Denmark News
- EU Commission chief vows tough stance on Turkey amid escalating row with Greece – Euractiv
- Number of Europe’s poorest regions in UK ‘more than doubles’ – The Guardian
- Greece aims to become ‘fiscal’ Paradise, Mitsotakis: Flat tax for ultra-rich – Global Press
- Denmark plans $30 bln offshore wind island that could power 10 million homes – Yahoo
Asia:
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- China’s Inflation Surged to 4.5 Percent in November – 7Bitcoins
- China to launch bank backed digital currency in Shenzhen and Suzhou – Forex Brokerz
- Myanmar: How a Peace Icon Ended Up At a Genocide Trial – BBC
- From Singapore to Sweden, China’s influence campaign is backfiring – SCMP
- China’s Housing Market Goes the WeWork Way – WSJ
- China’s pork price jumps 110 per cent, sending consumer inflation rocketing to eight-year high – SCMP
Trans-Tasman:
- ‘Cause for great concern’: Australia ranked last in global assessment on climate change action – SBS
- Hong Kong democracy protester says he was ambushed by masked Chinese men in Australia – The Guardian
- Former fire and emergency chiefs push for national bushfire emergency summit – The Guardian
- More than 720 homes lost in NSW fires as Sydney told to brace for huge losses – The SMH
- NSW Energy Minister blames bushfires on climate change – ABC
- Battery metals market may be worth twice coal exports – Renew Economy
- Morrison is perfecting the seal on his own personal Canberra bubble – The SMH
- Study spanning 20 years highlights a ‘structural’ housing crisis facing renters – Domain
- I received a bill for $1,900 that I never owed. Then my three-year nightmare began – ABC
- Grill’d doubles down as food safety issues simmer – The SMH
- Albanese plans full fibre replacement for ‘dog’s breakfast’ NBN – Independent Australia
- Almost 500,000 people in NZ on migrant visas at the end of November – Interest.co.nz