Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Coronavirus Is Forcing Companies To Speed Up Automation, For Better And For Worse – Forbes
- How to Create a Pandemic Depression: Opening the economy too soon can backfire, badly. – NY Times
- Will coronavirus lead to fairer societies? Thomas Piketty explores the prospect – The Guardian
- The world must fear from deflation more than from hyperinflation – Economo
- Coronavirus crisis could see wealth taxes implemented around the world, economist claims – CNBC
Americas:
- US grocery costs jump the most in 46 years, led by rising prices for meat and eggs – CNBC
- Americans Are Really Scared About The Future, Their Jobs, And The Economy – Buzz Feed
- Nearly 4 Million Mortgages in Forbearance Because of COVID-19 – MBA
- Prices are tumbling at an alarming rate – CNN
- Why these economists say the recovery will be L-shaped – Market Watch
- U.S. runs $737.9 billion April budget deficit: Treasury – MKTW
- Americans create new economic threat with their own savings – CNN
Europe:
- The European Union’s post-Brexit reckoning with financial markets – Bruegel
- The EU precarious employment is expected to rise due to the pandemic – Economo
- Lidl owner launching its own rival to Amazon Web Services – Charged Retail
- Coronavirus: ‘Modern slavery’ at the heart of German slaughterhouse outbreak – DW
- Europe needs to be a superpower, not a superstate – ekathimerini.com
- Could lockdown be the death of bullfighting in Spain? – The Guardian
Asia:
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- China’s $1 Trillion Of U.S. Treasuries Are A Bet On Trump’s Casino That May Go Bust – Forbes
- PM Modi announces ₹20 trillion stimulus package to restart the Indian economy – Live Mint
- China Economic Data Indicate V-Shaped Recovery Is Unlikely – WSJ
- ECB: Cyclical systemic risk and downside risks to bank profitability – Europa
- Factory deflation in China deepened in April, while consumer price growth slowed – Economo
- China faces historic test as pandemic stokes fears of looming unemployment crisis – SCMP
Trans-Tasman:
- Australia listened to the science on coronavirus. Imagine if we did the same for coal mining – The Conversation
- Taiwan hopes to join Trans-Tasman Bubble with Australia and New Zealand – Taiwan News
- Head of national coronavirus commission to be paid $500,000 for six months work – SBS
- Coronavirus tests brought to Australia by Andrew Forrest at $200m cost to taxpayers not being used – The Guardian
- Liberal senator hits out at university China reliance, reveals whistleblower documents – The SMH
- Government’s ‘mismanagement’ of China relationship to blame for trade woes, Labor says – ABC
- Toll Group’s corporate data stolen by attackers – IT News
- China ignores requests for talks after suspending imports from Australian meat processors – SBS
- Chinese buyers flooding back in to snap up Aussie property as prices fall due to COVID-19 crisis – News.com.au
- CBA flags $1.5b coronavirus hit, warns of 32pc house price fall in ‘prolonged downturn’ scenario – ABC
- Vegetable growers supplying supermarkets enjoy high demand, while restaurant suppliers face long road to recovery – ABC
- Government to fast track the introduction of a national interest test for foreign investment – Interest.co.nz
- Even lower mortgage rates are on their way – Interest.co.nz
- PM: ‘This will be a jobs budget’ – Interest.co.nz
