Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Bank of America warns negative U.S. rates could hurt operations – Stock Market News
- Coronavirus Begins to Spread Economic Gloom Worldwide – Foreign Policy
- Coronavirus could cost global economy $1tn in lost output – The Guardian
Americas:
- There’s No Resurgence In American Manufacturing. It’s A Myth– Talking Points Memo
- Continued surge in strike activity signals worker dissatisfaction with wage growth – Epi.org
- US IRS sues Facebook for $9 bn in unpaid taxes – Yuv News
- Los Angeles Has Become The Nation’s Least Affordable Housing Market – CBS
- Economic fallout from coronavirus deepens, threatening tech, retail, auto supplies – USA Today
- How the rail blockades are hurting the Canadian economy – Canada Forum
- Vancouver’s 1% Will Face a Tax Hike in Latest Affordability Push – Bloomberg
- 2020 Economic Report of the President – White House
- Globalist Magazine: Less Migration Makes Americans Richer, Economy Stronger – Breitbart
Europe:
- Sweden Starts Testing E-Krona, The First Central Bank Issued Digital Currency in the World – 7 Bitcoins
- Airbus plans to cut thousands of jobs throughout Europe – DW
- U.K. Inflation Accelerates to Its Fastest Pace in Six Months – Stock Market News
- Euthanasia bill approved in Portugal – Publico
- Germany shootings: Merkel vows to fight right-wing ‘poison’ after Hanau attack – DW
- Poland is becoming America’s key NATO ally – Defense News
Asia:
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- Another push towards digital and financial inclusion in India – Medium
- As Coronavirus Improves in China, Will The Economy Follow? – Macro Polo
- Japan’s economy heading for recession – The Guardian
- China floods economy with cash in bid to offset coronavirus impact – SCMP
- Singapore dollar, South Korean won tumble as coronavirus cases rise – Straits Times
Trans-Tasman:
- One in eight people in Australia living in poverty, report finds – The Guardian
- Every child’s future under threat from climate change and poor health, major report warns – ABC
- Australians evacuated from the Diamond Princess test positive for coronavirus after arriving in Darwin – ABC
- New methane data shows gas industry can no longer “hide behind burping cows” – Renew Economy
- Peter Dutton renews calls for ‘public debate’ over domestic surveillance powers – The Guardian
- ACCC clears Chinese takeover of brands like Dairy Farmers and Big M – The SMH
- Federal Government spends $1.1 billion on Northern Territory air base, expanding reach into the Indo-Pacific – ABS
- Medicinal cannabis regulation costing patients $600 a month, forcing some to turn to the black market – ABC
- It’s official: People are stretching themselves more financially to buy houses – Interest.co.nz