Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- The economic crisis will expose a decade’s worth of corporate fraud – The Economist
- The Stock Market Is Ignoring The Economy – Stock Market News
- To make money, study maths or economics at a top university – The Economist
- The next employment challenge from coronavirus: how to help the young – The Conversation
- The post-pandemic economy — airlines are treated as utilities, banks serve the people and the government runs a jobs program – Market Watch
- Coronavirus has destroyed the myth of the deficit – The Guardian
- Millennials Don’t Stand a Chance: They’re facing a second once-in-a-lifetime downturn at a crucial moment. – The Atlantic
- Oil falls as data shows China’s economy hobbled by Covid-19 – Business Live
- Half a billion people could be pushed into poverty by coronavirus, warns Oxfam – Oxfam International
Americas:
- 24 Hour Fitness weighs bankruptcy as coronavirus pushes fitness industry to brink – CNBC
- Steyer: Opening the economy before its safe ‘would be a dramatic mistake economically’ – MSNBC
- Less than half of L.A. County residents still have jobs amid coronavirus crisis – LA Times
- Some small-business owners got $0, while lenders got billions in fees – NBC
- “Everyone Is So Afraid”: COVID-19’s Impact on the American Restaurant Industry – The Ringer
- How does the FED decide how to increase M1 and how to increase balance sheet? How are these related to each other? – Trading Economics
Europe:
- China Isn’t Helping Italy. It’s Waging Information Warfare. – Foreign Policy
- Spain’s Minister of Health recalls 100,000 defective masks made in China – Euro Weekly News
- Europe needs at least 500 billion euros from EU institutions for recovery: ESM – Reuters
- Sweden’s coronavirus death toll rapidly increasing compared to other countries – Independent
- China moves to keep EU investment talks on track – SCMP
- Moscow has more coronavirus cases than state testing shows, private lab data suggest – Reuters
Asia:
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- Wall Street’s Bid to Conquer China Faces Same Pitfalls as Before: Past China efforts snarled by regulations, strategy pitfalls. – Bloomberg
- China moves to keep EU investment talks on track: Discussions took place against growing European suspicion of China and its handling of the Coronavirus crisis. – SCMP
- China’s economy shrinks for the first time since records began. – Yahoo
- China’s Xi Jinping promises action as economic growth machine stalls in first quarter of 2020: Politburo meeting chaired by President Xi Jinping vowed to support the economy, amid biggest crisis in decades. – SCMP
- Coronavirus: China refuses to be beholden to US dollar even as pandemic creates shortage – SCMP
- Beijing Pays a Coronavirus Price – WSJ
- China’s Economy Shrinks, Ending a Nearly Half-Century of Growth – NY Times
Trans-Tasman:
- MPs refuse to download official COVID-19 app and demand privacy guarantees – The SMH
- $5000 spitting and coughing penalty expanded to protect all workers – The SMH
- Morrison’s senior adviser accused of pirating Malcolm Turnbull’s unreleased memoir – The SMH
- Australia likely to lift coronavirus ban on elective surgery and IVF within days – ABC
- Healthcare workers fighting coronavirus to receive millions of new face masks after Australia’s stocks are boosted – ABC
- Wet winter likely as speculation over La Nina and a negative IOD mounts – ABC
- ‘It’s like detective work’: how Australia traces coronavirus contacts – The Guardian
- Coronavirus: the graphs that show how Australia is containing the pandemic – The Guardian
- Australia’s Morrison Wants Pensions to Fund Company Bailouts – Bloomberg
- The one-in-three Australians who rent have been let down during the coronavirus crisis – ABC
- Monday’s COVID-19 decision will be a defining moment for New Zealand – Interest.co.nz
- Real estate industry’s first quarter residential commissions up 14% year-on-year – Interest.co.nz
- Will public transport ridership ever meet the City’s grandiose targets? – Interest.co.nz
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