Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- UN climate summit ends with no deal to regulate global carbon markets – Global News
- Productivity Does Not Explain Wages – Evonomics – Evonomics
- Villains or visionaries? Hedge funds short companies they say ‘greenwash’ – Reuters
- Artificial Intelligence And Blockchain: A Perfect Match – Medium
- Inequality: Your slice of the pie is bigger than ever before, thanks to technology – Medium
- ‘Historic’ phase one deal with China will be very good for global growth – CNBC
- The New Trade Deal Could Help Boost The Global Economy Next Year – Stock Market News
Americas:
- Big Pharma empire behind OxyContin now selling overdose cure – AP News
- Huge Disparity in Corporate Profits Hints at Something Amiss – WSJ
- Fed’s Control Over Rates Tested by Growing U.S. Budget Deficits – WSJ
- The Trump economy generates self-reliance rather than government dependence – Miami Herald
Europe:
- Importers Scramble As Trump Eyes Large Tariffs On European Goods – WCBS
- Scotland ‘cannot be imprisoned’ in UK – BBC
- China Threatens Germany with Retaliation if Huawei 5G is Banned – Bloomberg
- Banned recording reveals China ambassador threatened Faroese leader at secret meeting – Berlingske
- Germans dish out one of the biggest GDPR fines yet over lax call centers – ZD Net
- Finland is winning the war on fake news – CNN
Asia:
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- China suspends planned tariffs on some US goods – The Star
- China to buy US$200b of additional US goods over two years – The Star
- China Suspends Planned Tariffs Scheduled For Dec. 15 – Stock Market News
- China Plans To Set A Lower Economic Growth Target Of Around 6% In 2020 – Stock Market News
- US critics worry the numbers don’t work in Trump’s trade deal with China – SCMP
Trans-Tasman:
- UN climate talks: Australia accused of ‘cheating’ and thwarting global deal – The Guardian
- Budget surplus trimmed as revenue slump forecast to hit Government – ABC
- No safe level: pollution labelled a public health emergency – The SMH
- Government’s mid-year budget update forecasts weaker wages growth – The Guardian
- Wayne Swan joins revolving door from Canberra to fossil fuel industry – Renew Economy
- ‘Six-year nightmare’: Shattered investors left with no one to sue for faulty units – The SMH
- A skinny surplus is easier to sell, but the Federal Government is under pressure to start spending – ABC
- Government sticks to surplus plan as economy hits budget – The SMH
- Groundwater bore drilling demand spikes as urbanites to try to keep laws green during drought – ABC
- Welfare recipients won’t find out about robodebt refund until new year – The Guardian
- KiwiBuild brand to go under National-led govt – Interest.co.nz
- Big jump in the number of new homes being completed in Auckland – Interest.co.nz
- Economic growth is slower, but hasn’t ground to a halt and may now have reached the bottom – Interest.co.nz