Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- The World Is Drinking Less Coffee While Office Workers Stay Home – Bloomberg
- Sustainable-investing flows have smashed records in 2020. What’s going on? – Market Watch
- Elon Musk just surged past Warren Buffett on the list of the world’s richest people – Forbes
- Teleworking is Not Working for the Poor, the Young, and the Women – IMF
- US digs in on rare earth, the next front in its supply chain war with China – SCMP
- Behind the Relentless Stock Rally, Waves of Anxiety Are Building – Bloomberg
- The global consumption lost during the pandemic has the size of the German economy – Economic Daily
Americas:
- US coronavirus ‘bailout’ scam is $6 trillion giveaway to Wall St – Moderate Rebels
- Target’s Gig Workers Will Strike to Protest Switch to Algorithmic Pay Model – Vice
- The $600 unemployment benefit probably won’t be extended – Treasury Secretary Mnuchin – Crypto Price
- Where Does The U.S. Housing Market Go From Here? Five Experts Share Predictions For The Rest Of 2020 – Forbes
- Looming evictions may soon make 28 million homeless in U.S., expert says – CNBC
- Everyone wearing face masks could save America from a $1 trillion GDP loss – CBS News
Europe:
- Leading German Economist: “The Virus Must Be Contained Before the Economy Can Recover” – Spiegel
- U.S. slaps French goods with 25% duties in digital tax row, but delays effective date – Reuters
- U.K. House Prices Drop Most Since Financial Crisis in Lockdown – Bloomberg
- The European Central Bank accepts Bulgaria and Croatia into the European Exchange Rate Mechanism – Reuters
- Dutch resistance stands in way of deal on EU recovery fund – FT
- Thousands march for French bus driver who died after face mask attack by passengers – The Guardian
Asia:
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- Apple supplier Foxconn to invest $1 billion in India, sources say – Reuters
- Asian markets fall after Wall Street retreats on economic worries – Asia Times
- Why china’s leading chipmaker is surging – The Economist
- The Bank of Japan presented its gloomiest economic forecasts in 12 years – Economo
- Chinese banks prepare contingency plans over threat of U.S. sanctions – Reuters
- Rise in margin lending stokes fears of China bubble – FT
Trans-Tasman:
- Bringing forward tax cuts is giving to the wealthy when we can least afford it – The Guardian
- As Victoria grapples with a coronavirus outbreak, all eyes are on the Government’s second ‘wave’ of support – ABC
- Today’s ‘full employment’ is not what John Curtin had in mind – ABC
- A few rich families control our economy – CPA
- Australia’s Drought-Ending Rains Restore Critically Endangered Woodlands – Eco Watch
- Public schools still missing out on funding – The Saturday Paper
- Hong Kong Police urged to “punish” Chinese Australians social media activity – ABC
- Australia ships record volume of iron ore to China in June – Reuters