Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Share buybacks have been the “only net source of money entering the stock market” since 2008 – WSWS
- Coronavirus Market Devastation Reveals Hedge Fund Strategy Successes and Failures – BeInCrypto
- Yellen says the Fed doesn’t need to buy equities now, but Congress should reconsider allowing it – CNBC
- Why the global recession could last a long time – Indian Express
Americas:
- Congress has doubled the amount you can borrow from your 401(k)/IRA – Market Watch
- Young Adults, Burdened With Debt, Are Now Facing an Economic Crisis – NY Times
- Rent Strike Nation – New Republic
- Will We Flunk Pandemic Economics? – NY Times
- Americans are hoarding cash as recession fears grow – QZ
- US car insurers refund drivers stuck at home – BBC
- Coronavirus is revealing how broken America’s economy really is – Yahoo
- U.S. economy will eventually reopen but with big changes: Kudlow – Reuters
Europe:
- German industrial production is threatened with a massive slump – Interview Welt
- ECB eases bank funding rules in ‘unprecedented’ step – Breitbart
- Sweden’s ‘Lagom’ Response to Coronavirus: No Masks, Keep The Economy Going With a “No Limit” Printing Press – News Bitcoin
- Germany bolsters corporate defenses against Chinese ‘predators’ European officials worry coronavirus-weakened companies could be acquisition targets – Nikkei
- Russia and China ‘exploit Covid-19 crisis’ to discredit European Union – RFI
- EU ministers likely to agree half a trillion-euro coronavirus rescue – Reuters
- EU science chief resigns with blast at coronavirus response – FT
Asia:
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- China becomes world’s top patent filer: UN – Breitbart
- Indonesia sells Asia’s first 50-year dollar bond to fight pandemic – Nasdaq
- Robots Replace Japanese Students at Graduation Amid Coronavirus – Reuters
- Can We Trust China Claims of Virus Success? – BBC
- New Data Shows U.S. Companies Are Definitely Leaving China – Forbes
- PBS’s Frontline goes undercover in NEW Xinjiang documentary – PBS
Trans-Tasman:
- City fuel prices fall to decade-long lows but regional bowsers remain high, prompting calls for inquiry – ABC
- Flour on supermarket shelves set to be restocked as flour mills ramp up production – ABC
- We must combat Covid-19 but creeping authoritarianism could do more harm than good – The Guardian
- Australians stuck on coronavirus-infected Antarctic cruise ship to be brought home on $15,000-a-head charter flight – ABC
- JobKeeper legislation will allow employers to change workers’ roles and hours – The Age
- Some NSW coronavirus restrictions could be eased next month, Premier says – ABC
- Big win for fossil fuels as regulators seek 12 month delay on 5-minute rule change – Renew Economy
- JobKeeper is quick, dirty and effective: there was no time to make it perfect – The Conversation
- These maps show the impact of the coronavirus lockdown on our cities – ABC
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