Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Macroeconomic Implications of COVID-19: Can Negative Supply Shocks Cause Demand Shortages? – Papers SSRN
- A Brief History of Free Trade and Protectionism – The Economic Historian
- How Free Enterprise Became ‘Common Sense’ – The Economic Historian
- Economic History and the New History of Capitalism: A Case for Dialogue – The Economic Historian
Americas:
- The Second Phase of Unemployment Will Be Harsher – The Atlantic
- Fed Reserve Balance sheet reaches $6.42 Trillion – Reuters
- U.S. leading economic indicators sink record 6.7% in March as coronavirus spreads – Market Watch
- Trump throws support behind re-opening of US economy – ABC
- The US is ‘not prepared’ to reopen its economy yet: Citi Private Bank – CNBC
Europe:
- While Americans hoarded toilet paper, hand sanitiser and masks, Russians withdrew $13.6 billion in cash from ATMs – News Week
- Italy sees 2020 budget deficit near 10% of GDP – Reuters
- Young Britons have been hit hard. We owe them a future they can believe in – The Guardian
- Italy is in more danger than the eurozone will acknowledge – FT
- Europe Needs At Least 500 Billion Euros For Recovery … – Stock Market News
- EU trade chief urges tougher defences against foreign takeovers – FT
Asia:
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- Watch Out For China Buying Spree, NATO Warns – Forbes
- China trade war tariffs stay, even as US suspends some duties to aid importers – SCMP
- China moves to keep EU investment talks on track – SCMP
- China’s excavator sales soar as Beijing opts for old-school economic stimulus – SCMP
- China may try to boost influence on global economy amid virus crisis – Kyodo News
- China’s Xi Jinping promises action as economic growth machine stalls in first quarter of 2020 – SCMP
Trans-Tasman:
- Malcolm Turnbull concluded Scott Morrison likely played a double game during leadership challenge – ABC
- Scott Morrison staffer apologises as Malcolm Turnbull’s publisher plans to refer memoir leak to AFP – ABC
- New coronavirus cases at record lows in most Australian states and territories – SBS
- Sydney Airport borrows $850 million as traffic sinks 97% – The SMH
- How Australia bypassed WHO’s China Problem – WA Today
- Queensland’s education websites crash despite ‘weeks to prepare’ – Brisbane Times
- NSW and Queensland fight over future headquarters for Virgin Australia – if it survives – The Guardian
- Government insists coronavirus tracing app will not track people’s locations, says data will be stored on phones – ABC
- ‘We feel abandoned’: international students in Australia facing coronavirus alone – The Guardian
- Liberal Party conservatives want ‘immediate’ expulsion of Turnbull – The SMH
- One more week of Alert Level 4 – Interest.co.nz
- Irony abounds as NZ sees highest inflation rate for over eight years – Interest.co.nz