Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Stocks fall as coronavirus cases jump in some states – Yahoo
- The world loves the US dollar. Trump and the pandemic could change that – CNN
- Oil prices rise as supply starts to fall – News Journal
- Goldman Sachs estimates S&P 500 will generate average annual returns of 6%, including dividends, over the next 10 years – Business Insider
Americas:
- A National Evictions Cliff is Coming. America’s Failing Legal System Will Make it Worse – Appeal
- National Survey Reveals 64% Americans Ready To Boycott NFL – News Punch
- U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Signal Slowing Labor-Market Rebound – Bloomberg
- U.S. Job Gains Look Like They’re Slowing or Reversing in July – Bloomberg
- U.S. Home Starts Fall on Further Weakness in Apartment Building – MSN
- Senate Democrats push to extend enhanced unemployment benefit until jobless rates fall – CNBC
Europe:
- A fifth of Brazilian soy in Europe is result of deforestation – The Guardian
- Europe’s highest court has ruled that Privacy Shield is invalid – Wired
- Germany wants EU ‘hospital trains’ as new military project – Euractiv
- Russian cyber spies attempting to steal vaccine research from Britain, US and Canada – Sky
- UK, US, Canada accuse Russia of hacking virus vaccine trials – AP News
- Germany’s economy minister defends Berlin’s muted response to China’s crackdown in Hong Kong “I still believe that change can be achieved through trade” – Politico
- EU lawmakers want action over ‘continuing deterioration of democracy’ in Poland – Reuters
Asia:
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- Coronavirus: Chinese economy bounces back into growth – BBC
- A Spate of Bank Runs Breaks Out in China, Fueled by Social Media – Bloomberg
- Foreign Holdings Of Chinese Bonds Rise As Investors Seek Safety – IB Times
- China’s debt-fuelled county admits ‘reckless borrowing’ after video questions 40 billion yuan construction spree – SCMP
- Huawei ban should kick-start a new era of foreign policy – The Times
- U.S. Weighs Sweeping Travel Ban on Chinese Communist Party Members – NY Times
Trans-Tasman:
- Cashed-up university sector accused of hypocrisy over mass casualisation of workforce, job losses – ABC
- Why everything you’ve been told about debt and deficits could be wrong – ABC
- Jail time now an option for travellers from coronavirus hotspots caught lying at Queensland borders – ABC
- ‘It’s like a police state’: More than 1,100 vehicles refused entry at Qld border as new barricade erected – ABC
- Aussie Broadband warns of possible peak speed cuts when CVC holiday ends – ZDNet
- Victoria may be excluded from trans-Tasman bubble as Covid-19 cases surge – Stuff.co.nz
- Fossil fuels get four-times more Covid stimulus than renewables, report says – Renew Economy
- Jobs-bleaker: Nearly one million Australians are unemployed – The Monthly
- Coalition will boost scheme to attract big movie productions to Australia by $400m – The Guardian
- Monash University to cut 277 jobs as slump in international students bites – The Guardian
- Goldsmith wants to suspend NZ Super Fund contributions – Interest.co.nz