Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Favoring finance over the economy has a bad result – Economo
- The ruins of the global economy look even more tragic for the IMF – Economo
- Study shows that you’re more likely to be successful if you’re born dumb and rich than poor and smart – The Atlantic
- Why stock market crash, bubble pop is imminent: 30-year investing vet – Business Insider
- There’s a Flood of Japanese Money Rushing Into Dollar Assets – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Millennials are the biggest – but poorest – generation – CBS News
- U.S. banks are ‘swimming in money’ as deposits increase by $2 trillion amid the coronavirus – CNBC
- U.S. labor market improvement stalling; second wave of layoffs seen – Reuters
- Run it up? Trump accelerating our debt – NJ
- U.S citizens putting more money in banks than ever – Crypto Price
- Here are five charts that track how the U.S. economy is recovering from coronavirus – CNBC
Europe:
- Developing Europe is more important to the United States than ever – Economic Daily
- Europe must not respond to America’s digital provocation – Economo
- Stuttgart: Police probe ‘unprecedented’ night of rioting – DW
- Police treating Reading stabbings as terror attack – BBC
- Coronavirus: Germany’s R number rockets again – from 1.79 to 2.88 – Sky
- ‘Striking’ Crisis Gap Exposed as Swedish Economy Stands Out – Bloomberg
Asia:
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- China’s Economy Faces Another Hurdle: Darkened Movie Theaters – NY Times
- Major Chinese Shopping event sees record $136.5 Billion in sales for Alibaba and JD.com – Daily Column
- Millions at risk as China miracle crumbles – The Australian
- Bangladesh Dirty Money Fight Complicated by Coronavirus Twist – Nikkei
- Beijing to Gain Sweeping Power Over Hong Kong Security Law – Nikkei
- India to Change Rules of Engagement and Allow Firearms along LAC Against China – NDTV
- “Don’t assume China has the military edge over India” – CNN
Trans-Tasman:
- Australia’s devotion to coal has come at a huge cost. We need the government to change course, urgently – The Conversation
- NSW considering border restrictions because ‘there’s a real threat from Victoria’ – ABC
- Foreign actors targeted Facebook users during Australian 2019 election, thinktank finds – The Guardian
- Changes to Australian Higher Education Funding: An Attack on Expertise – Medium
- Why, in God’s name, is the Catholic Church getting JobKeeper? – Crikey
- Do the grandchildren really pay the debt? The problem with Scott Morrison’s plan for recovery, and MMT – Michael West
- Vehicle emission gains stall even as electric car sales rise – The Age
- ‘A peek into the future’: how worst-case scenario coronavirus modelling saved Australia from catastrophe – The Guardian
- ‘It’s really hurting us’: Victoria’s coronavirus-free regions desperate to open up – ABC
- Uni fee hikes another blow for class of 2020 – The SMH