Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Why stock market crash, bubble pop is imminent: 30-year investing vet – Business Insider
- ‘La la land?’ The stock market is ‘insanely disconnected’ and due for a ‘reckoning,’ Warren Buffett warns – Market Watch
- A look at the top 100 companies according to market cap added YTD amid the pandemic – FT
- If it looks like a bubble… – CNBC
- $190 Oil Sounds Crazy. But JPMorgan Thinks It’s Possible Even After The Pandemic – Stock Market News
- Quantitative easing floods capital markets – Interest.co.nz
Americas:
- 50% of Americans Say Their Savings Will Run Out This Month – Lacrosse Tribune
- National coin shortage: Pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters part of latest COVID-19 shortage – USA Today
- Jerome Powell: Recovering the US economy will be difficult – Economo
- Members of Congress took small-business loans — and the full extent is unknown – Politico
- U.S. labor market improvement stalling; second wave of layoffs seen – Reuters
- Layoffs Keep Coming as Jobless Claims Top 45 Million – Yahoo
- A tale of two recessions: Some Americans thrive as others suffer – CNBC
- The United States needs foreign workers for its recovery – Economo
Europe:
- Christine Lagarde warned of turmoil if EU leaders do not agree on incentives – Economic Daily
- The Bank of England is worried about the labor market – Economo
- Economists push for establishing a European Silk Road – Economo
- Product of theft’: Greece urges UK to return Parthenon marbles – The Guardian
- Putin Says Poland’s Leaders Were to Blame for Their People’s Suffering Under the Nazis – Haaretz
- European Parliament condemns Beijing over Hong Kong national security law – Hong Kong FP
Asia:
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- Asia’s electric car sales drift into the slow lane – KR Asia
- China rattled by ‘boycott China’ campaign launched by Ladakhis, echoed by rest of India – Tribune India
- Hong Kong dollar safe from speculators for now – SCMP
- Beijing to Gain Sweeping Power Over Hong Kong Security Law – Nikkei
- Harbouring Hong Kong “Rioters” Will Harm Taiwan, China says – Channel News Asia
- In China’s COVID-19 Vaccine Race, Shortage of Monkeys and Weekends – Channel News Asia
Trans-Tasman:
- Chief scientist joins calls for Australia to dramatically boost energy efficiency – The Guardian
- Jobkeeper has failed, and it’s hitting women and young people the hardest – The Guardian
- ‘If the situation doesn’t change, the borders are not opening’ – ABC
- Failing the pub test: how can Australian voters call time on MPs’ expense claims? – The Guardian
- Australian government departments are routinely audited for cyber readiness. Most fail – ABC
- Victoria announces hardship payment for those who test positive – The Guardian
- New jobseekers may have to wait three months to access $1,200 fund for training and expenses – The Guardian
- Adani mine: fourth major insurer declines to renew policies with coal project – The Guardian