Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Bitcoin breaks $10,000 – Coin Rivet
- Stock Market Shows Signs of Bubble as Bitcoin, Safe Haven Investments Pop – BeInCrypto
- OPEC Wants To Raise Oil Prices – Stock Market News
- China’s virus crisis sickens global gas market – Asia Times
Americas:
- US Economy Misses Trump’s 3% Growth Target – Fiscal Times
- Trump’s Trade War Will Cost Average Family $1,277 This Year, Budget Office Reveals – Huffington Post
- Trump’s new budget proposal expected to show how far he has moved away from some 2016 campaign promises – Washington Post
- Real pay data show Trump’s ‘blue collar boom’ is more of a bust for US workers, in 3 charts – The Conversation
- Argentina won’t repay IMF debt till recession over, VP Fernandez says – Reuters
- U.S. energy secretary hopes Mexico, Canada will help export American coal – Financial Post
- Puerto Rico Is Canary in Coalmine for States: Five Lessons from the Territory’s Default – Epoch Times
- Holiday on plastic: US credit card debt surged in December – ABC
- Americans Joining Workforce at Record Rate – WSJ
Europe:
- Tesla can get support for German factory: German Economy Minister – Reuters
- Poll says 57% of Irish voters want unification vote within 5 years – Irish Times
- Tired of a two-party system, Irish voters have made Sinn Féin mainstream – The Guardian
- Briton in French Alps may have spread coronavirus to others across Europe – Reuters
- Switzerland holds referendum on making homophobia illegal – Independent
- EU way off the mark on energy savings goal, latest figures show – Euractiv
Asia:
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- Hong Kong Imposes New Quarantine Rules Over Virus – BBC
- Taiwan scrambles jets as mainland Chinese air force flies around island – SCMP
- Doctor who exposed Sars cover-up under house arrest in China, family confirms – The Guardian
- Coronavirus crisis reveals the dark side of China’s success – Nikkei
- The coronavirus outbreak has exposed the deep flaws of Xi’s autocracy – The Guardian
- Coronavirus: China reports 97 new fatalities as death toll officially surpasses Sars – SCMP
Trans-Tasman:
- Older Australians who own their home more than 20 times better off than those who rent, data shows – ABC
- Electric car sales tripled last year. Here’s what we can do to keep them growing – The Conversation
- Disability pensioners were increasingly drawn into robodebt while scheme was under scrutiny – The Guardian
- Australia is considering adopting a net-zero carbon emissions target by 2050 – SBS
- Climate change policy: Coalition misses the memo on renewables – SMH
- Morrisons strategy of confusion – The Guardian
- Heston restaurant owners blame ‘partner’ Crown for underpayment scandal – The Age
- No one is buying the Minerals Council’s coal ‘slime’ – SMH
- Australia will take new emissions reduction target to Glasgow climate summit – The Age
- Motorists warned to buy local or watch car dealerships disappear as regional car yards close – ABC
- New homes are getting smaller but construction costs are still going up – Interest.co.nz
- Economists take their pruning shears to NZ economic growth forecasts – Interest.co.nz