Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- How McKinsey Destroyed the Middle Class – The Atlantic
- Oil price hits 13-month lows as coronavirus cuts demand – The Star
- Stock futures point to rebound as China seeks to curb virus impact – Reuters
- Deep Dive: Assessing And Tackling Debit Card Fraud – Jaagnet
- Factories Brace for Virus Blow Just as Demand Starts to Pick Up – Yahoo
- Coronavirus Is ‘Probably Nothing’, But “It’s Possibly Everything” For Global Markets – Zero Hedge
- El Erian warns coronavirus may paralyse economy – CNBC
- Global digital tax talks to move forward – The Hill
Americas:
- Nobel Prize-winning economist: Trump is “wrong” to claim his economic policies help the middle-class – Salon
- Americans own a lot of stock right now — and that’s a bad sign – MarketWatch
- US: Low risks of a technical recession in 2020 – FX Street
- US industry hopeful of FDI relaxation in insurance – Business Line
- EIA expects renewables to overtake nuclear, coal and gas in US grid – Renew Economy
- Trump’s economy: Solid and steady but vulnerable to threats – Houston Chronicle
Europe:
- Pound falls as Boris Johnson takes tough line on EU trade deal – The Guardian
- After Brexit, Irish activists begin push for reunification – RFI
- France signals support for new EU enlargement plan – Politico
- Electric cars grab 44% market share in Norway in January – Reuters
- Ukraine EU membership bid possible within three years – Euractiv
- Finland’s prime minister said Nordic countries do a better job of embodying the American Dream – Business Insider
Asia:
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- Coronavirus Fears See $400 Billion Wiped Off China’s Stock Market – Forbes
- China prints $174 billion to offset economic effects of coronavirus – Decrypt
- China oil demand has plunged 20% on Wuhan virus lockdown; biggest shock since global financial crisis – Straits Times
- ‘Parasite’ movie: The people living in Seoul’s basement apartments – BBC
- China to inject $174B of liquidity on Monday as markets reopen. Reverse repo operations. – Reuters
- Chinese Stocks Sink 8% in Worst Rout Since 2015 Bubble Burst – Democratic Europe
Trans-Tasman:
- Housing crisis? What crisis? How politicians talk about housing and why it matters – The Conversation
- Adam Bandt pledges to push for Australian Green New Deal after being elected Greens leader – The Guardian
- NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian urged to call for logging moratorium to save koalas in leaked letter – ABC
- Adani gave $200,000 to Coalition weeks after securing approvals – Brisbane Times
- Australia’s biggest wheat farmer faces more charges of illegal land clearing – The Guardian
- Liberal MP linked $500k sports grant to ‘great strategising’ that led to victory – The Guardian
- Don’t blame nature for the disasters we’ve created – University of Melbourne
- Australia’s opioid crisis: Deaths rise as companies encourage doctors to prescribe – The Age
- Victorian networks plan for grid where 95 per cent of households have rooftop solar – One Step Off The Grid
- New dwelling consents keep heading higher, set new record in Auckland – Interest.co.nz
- Annual household deposit growth falls to lowest level in more than nine years – Interest.co.nz