Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- It’s getting more expensive to eat, and economists are worried – Financial Post
- Foreign currency traders at Morgan Stanley had hidden a trading loss of upwards of $140 million – Bloomberg
- Ten trillion dollars of US corporate debt set off alarm bells – WSWS
- Bitcoin halving will definitely Surge the price due to Scarcity, Claims Analyst – Token Hell
- Central Bankers Have Declared War on Your Savings – Mises
Americas:
- French fry squeeze hits North America after poor potato harvest – The Star
- US Federal Reserve considers letting inflation run above target – FT
- The Water Wars that Defined the American West Are Heading East – WSJ
- U.S commercial real estate executives expect positive market conditions in 2020 – CRE Herald
- Why The US Job Market Is About To Crack In 8 Charts – Zero Hedge
Europe:
- Trump Administration Proposes Tariffs Against $2.4 Billion of French Goods – WSJ
- Germany’s auto industry jobs boom comes to a halt – Europe Auto News
- London Bridge attack: Poland honors narwhal tusk-wielding hero – DW
- Nuclear Forms Part Of Climate Change Solution, Says European Parliament – Eurasia Review
- Italy to remove its air-defense assets from Turkey by year’s end – Defense News
Asia:
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- China’s factory activity surprises with fastest expansion in three years: Caixin PMI – Reuters
- Growth recession: Can Modi govt ensure India rides out the storm? – India Today
- North Korea’s Kim Expresses “Great Satisfaction” Over Latest “Super-Large” Rocket Launcher Test – Japan Times
- Leaked documents show how China’s treatment of Uighurs mirrors Hitler’s treatment of Jews – CNN
- Time for Canada to treat China like an enemy – Toronto Sun
- Unprecedented Leaks Underscore The Deep Discontent Inside China – The Federalist
- Hong Kong shows Taiwan what unifying with China really means – The Hill
Trans-Tasman:
- Australia creates task force to combat Chinese influence – WSJ
- Offshore detention costs taxpayers up to $573,000 each person – The Guardian
- Great Barrier Reef world heritage values damaged by climate change, government admits – The Guardian
- The minister, the ex-Liberal candidate and the $2.2 million contract – The Age
- When you get right down to the fundamentals, the economy is looking pretty crook – The Guardian
- A ‘national embarrassment’: Australia to end bilateral aid to Pakistan – The SMH
- Woolworths to “fully defend” class actions over underpayment – Inside FMCG
- Rare earths industry welcomes new US-Australian deal to ensure critical minerals supply – ABC
- Govt to ban foreign political donations over $50 – Interest.co.nz
- Will more govt spending on infrastructure deliver more roads? – Interest.co.nz
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Poll: Support for Labour slides to 2-year low – Interest.co.nz