Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Wall Street hits record, boosted by trade and earnings optimism – Reuters
- Has The Digital Economy Hastened The End of the Free-Market Paradigm? – Project Syndicate
- One of the world’s top companies is giving young people the chance to veto projects that hurt the climate – CNN
- The coolest robots of CES 2020 – Medium
- Boomers are going to get hurt and don’t know it – Seeking Alpha
- Bitcoin Jumps While Low Interest Rates Drive Second Largest Corporate Debt Issuance – Be In Crypto
- Constant incentives have held back global economic growth – Economo
Americas:
- 97 percent of CFOs surveyed believe economic slowdown or recession coming before end of 2020 – News Week
- Building market-rate apartments makes nearby housing more affordable – Up John
- Treasury Releases Report on Macroeconomic and Foreign Exchange Policies of Major Trading Partners of the United States – Treasury
- Trade War With China Took Toll on U.S., but Not Big One – WSJ
- Low unemployment isn’t worth much if the jobs barely pay – Brookings
Europe:
- Same-sex marriage now legal in Northern Ireland – BBC
- Austria Pledges To Fit 1 Million Roofs With Solar By 2030 – Forbes
- Germany posts record breaking budget surplus of €13.5 billion. – DW
- EU Commission bans Bayer pesticide linked to harming bees – Reuters
- Germany has 609-MW offshore wind farm up and running as of Friday – Renewables Now
- Austria’s leader says immigration as much a risk as climate change – FT
- Pound falls as UK economy unexpectedly shrinks by 0.3% in November – Independent
Asia:
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- China’s Currency Extends 2020 Rally – Stockmarket News
- India is creating fewer jobs for world’s biggest workforce – Free Malaysia
- The U.S. and China Have Agreed to Restart Semi-Annual Talks Aimed at Resolving Economic Disputes – Stock Market News
- China Cries Foul After 60 Countries Congratulate Taiwan’s President Tsai on Re-Election – Taiwan News
- Myanmar Sends Nearly 200 Rohingya Captured at Sea to Rakhine Camps – Japan Times
- Beijing must not be allowed to bully Southeast Asian nations in the South China Sea – SCMP
- U.S. Says China Is No Longer a Currency Manipulator – NY Times
Trans-Tasman:
- Essential poll: more voters disapprove of Scott Morrison and see him as arrogant – The Guardian
- ‘Fake number’: Labor says Morrison is fudging emissions figures – The Age
- Government refuses to release draft Pacific climate aid report, after nine months’ delay – The Guardian
- The government has been forced to talk about climate change, so it’s taking a subtle – and sinister – approach – The Guardian
- Some say we’ve seen bushfires worse than this before. But they’re ignoring a few key facts – The Conversation
- I’m a Greens minister and ordered hazard-reduction burning – The Age
- The decade of News Corp’s demise – Independent Australia
- ‘Blanket secrecy’ surrounds Australian weapons sales to countries accused of war crimes – The Guardian
- Firefighter compensation scheme may exclude many volunteers – ABC
- Bureau of Meteorology chart shows how temperatures have increased in Australia over the past century – ABC
- ‘Port Arthur moment’: Business urges PM to lead on climate amid bushfire crisis – The Age
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NZ house building hits 45-year high – Interest.co.nz