Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Some of the world’s biggest economies are on the brink of recession – CNN
- Financial Markets – Top 5 Things to Watch This Week – Stock Market News
- Coronavirus shock weighs on global bond yields – Nikkei
- The Virus Is Interrupting Supply Chains From Watches to Lobsters – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Subprime Credit Card Delinquencies Spike to Record High, Past Financial-Crisis Peak – Naked Capitalism
- Canada: Wet’suwet’en leaders reject PM Trudeau’s demand to remove the barricades, setting the stage for clashes – The Spec
- The days of fast growth are ending for L.A. and California, report says – LA Times
- ‘Now Is the Time’: A Fed Official Urges Congress to Plan for Recessions – NY Times
- The Trump Effect on the Economy Is Undeniable – Bloomberg
- U.S. Business Gauge Tumbles to Lowest Since 2013 on Virus – Bloomberg
- There’s No Resurgence In American Manufacturing. It’s A Myth. – Talking Points Memo
Europe:
- New EU Law Will Make it Impossible for Banks to Ban Cryptocurrency-Related Transactions – Be In Crypto
- France stands by Greece over tensions in Aegean Sea: French defense minister – Reuters
- Austria stops train from Italy due to suspected coronavirus infections – Reuters
- Elections in Hamburg, AfD faces possible drop of parliament – DW
- Italy battles ‘explosion’ of coronavirus cases as third patient dies – Reuters
- Coronavirus: Towns in lockdown as Italy races to contain Europe’s biggest outbreak – Sky
Asia:
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- Trans-TaPoised to be the third largest consumer retail destination in the world, India is now an attractive investment destination for retail – Gulf Today
- Alibaba Stock Price Declines in February, partly because of COVID-19 – Igorb News
- Chinese restaurants starved for cash due to virus – Asia Times
- Chinese Economy Took a Hit During SARS, COVID-19 Could Knock It Over – Wire
- China’s economy has been slowing for years, well before the coronovirus outbreak. China’s economic slowdown: How bad is it? – BBC
- China Car Sales Slump 92% in First Half of February on Virus – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- ‘Nightmare’: Government blamed for Australia’s cost of living burden – News.com.au
- World’s top climate negotiator condemns Australian response to climate change – ABC
- The dead sea: Tasmania’s underwater forests disappearing in our lifetime – The Guardian
- Queensland approves massive 1,200MW wind farm in state pine forest – RenewEconomy
- Australian power prices forecast to fall by 7% by 2022 as cost of renewables drops – The Guardian
- State deal blocking world’s largest coal port from fossil fuel exit – The SMH
- Why Scott Morrison and Josh Frydenberg should rethink the surplus – ABC
- Climate change wars reignite in Canberra – SBS
- National considers reciprocal deportations for Australians – RNZ