Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Morgan Stanley fined $22 million over alleged bond-market ‘pump and dump’ scheme – Business Insider
- “It’s About To Get Very Bad” – Repo Market Legend Predicts Market Crash In Days – Zero Hedge
- Gold Price Increases Ahead of Tariffs Decision on Chinese Imports – Gold Silver Bitcoin
- BIS Drops A Bombshell: Four U.S. Mega Banks Are Core of Repo Loan Crisis – Daily Coin
- Bitcoin Viability Strengthened by New Cash Limits in Italy – Be In Crypto
- Wealth Tax Epitomizes Class Warfare – Epoch Times
- Global spending in construction to reach $17.5tn by 2030, says new analysis – CRE Herald
Americas:
- S&P 500 Buybacks Now Outpace All R&D Spending in the US – The Sounding Line
- Don’t Be Shocked If Trump’s Economy Goes the Way of Bush’s – Bloomberg
- Student Loans A Lot Like The Subprime Mortgage Debacle, Watchdog Says – NPR
- Here is why the tariffs won’t go into effect on 12/15 – Bloomberg
- There’s a huge change coming from the Fed – MarketWatch
- People marginally attached to the labor force down 432,000 in November 2019 from a year earlier – BLS
- How a decade-old financial crisis is driving Christmas tree prices through the roof – The Star
- Poll shows most Americans prospering more now than in 2016 – NOQ Report
- The massive triumph of the rich, illustrated by stunning new data – Washington Post
Europe:
- Greeks set to face heavy fines if they don’t spend 30 per cent of their income electronically – The SMH
- Spain declared the World’s healthiest country – Independent
- Boris Johnson retreats into fridge to avoid TV interview – The Guardian
- Czech tycoon’s company paid for pro-Chinese campaign – Euractiv
- Finland seeks to teach 50 million Europeans basics on AI – Reuters
- How the EU created a crisis in Africa – and started a migration cartel – The Correspondent
- EU aims to stir global action with pledge on climate crisis – The Guardian
Asia:
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- Jitters Over China’s Local Defaults Start to Spread Offshore – Bloomberg
- Chinese fury at call to name Berlin Zoo pandas ‘Hong’ and ‘Kong’ – The Times
- Huawei Strikes German 5G Deal Despite Political Pushback – WSJ
- China, Turkey jail more journalists than any other country: report – DW
- Canada parliament votes for committee to probe China relations in defeat for Trudeau – Reuters
- Growing number of Canadians oppose Huawei’s 5G bid as China hardens foreign policy stance – National Post
Trans-Tasman:
- Australia’s use of accounting loophole to meet Paris deal found to have no legal basis – The Guardian
- Tesla’s Australian virtual power plant propped up grid during coal outage – Utility Drive
- Queensland school runs out of water as commercial bottlers harvest local supplies – The Guardian
- Brisbane weather relief as storm brings six months’ worth of rain in one night – ABC
- ATO data reveals one third of large companies pay no tax – ABC
- Opinion What Albanese could have said: We lied – Australian coalmines have no future – The Guardian
- NSW bushfires could cripple forests’ ability to reabsorb carbon dioxide, climate scientists say – ABC
- Liberal party member denies links to Chinese Communist party after Belt and Road controversy – The Guardian
- These super funds have been named as the worst in the country – Business Insider
- Vacant land tax idea torpedoed by Productivity Commission – Interest.co.nz