Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- OPEC and allies finalize record oil production cut after days of discussion – CNBC
- No, the Fed’s Latest QE Round Won’t Lead to Inflation – Barrons
- Why coronavirus could devastate charities even more than the Great Recession did – Market Watch
- World Bank Forecasts Worst Economic Slump In 40 Years … – Stock Market News
- Global Oil Deal at Risk After Mexico Refuses Saudi-Russia Plan – Bloomberg
- The Normal Economy Is Never Coming Back – Foreign Policy
Americas:
- The coronavirus pandemic exposes America’s devastating inequalities – VOX’
- U.S. States Prepare Test-and-Trace Programs to Reopen Their Economies – Bloomberg
- I’ve read the plans to reopen the economy. They’re scary. – VOX
- White House Seeks To Lower Farmworker Pay To Help Agriculture Industry – NPR
- Kashkari Says U.S. May Face 18 Months of Rolling Shutdowns – Yahoo
- The pope just proposed a universal basic income. Is the United States ready for it? – America Magazine
- Back-of-the-Envelope Estimates of Next Quarter’s Unemployment Rate – St. Louis Fed
- Record Bankruptcies Predicted in Next Year as Unemployment Soar – Bloomberg
Europe:
- Where Have 140 Million Dutch Tulips Gone? Crushed by the Coronavirus – NY Times
- For ECB, coronabonds could be shield against legal challenges – Reuters
- European Carbon Market Slashed Emissions Despite Low Prices – Environmental Leader
- EU finance minsters agree Covid-19 rescue deal – RTE
- Bank of England to directly finance extra government spending – FT
- EU risks break-up over ‘coronabonds’ row, warns Italian PM – The Guardian
Asia:
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- Kudlow: ‘Pay The Moving Costs’ Of American Companies Leaving China – Forbes
- It’s Time for Conscious Uncoupling With China – China Law Blog
- China to Prioritize Digital Currency Amid Coronavirus – Crypto Associate
- Baidu Company Gets Bludgeoned by China’s Censors Again – Fool
- China factory gate deflation deepens as coronavirus paralyses global economy – Reuters
- China’s Bank of Gansu, hit by depositor nerves, moves to provide loans to state firms – Reuters
Trans-Tasman:
- Qantas staff consider class action alleging airline failed to protect them against Covid-19 – The Guardian
- Tasmania to close two hospitals due to coronavirus outbreak, forcing more than 1,000 people into quarantine – ABC
- The kids who will never return to school after COVID-19 – The SMH
- Independent schools demand federal government withdraws threat and guarantees ‘vital’ funding – Yemen Press
- Why the ABC’s reporting of the Pell case wasn’t a witch-hunt – ABC
- Construction workers lash out at union over handling of pandemic – The Age
- Sport in Australia will survive Covid-19 but those currently in charge might not – The Guardian
- Australian universities warn Covid-19 relief package not enough to stop 21,000 job losses – The Guardian
- Universities to cut prices on courses to help re-skill workers after coronavirus – SBS
- Why Australia needs to aim for at least 75% renewables by 2030 – Renew Economy
- Panicked Australians have been rushing to withdraw cash – ‘into the millions’ in some cases – as markets tank – Business Insider
- The fall and fall of the Aussie dollar – Is it all over? – Interest.co.nz
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