Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- It Is Time to Open Your Eyes, the Stock Market Is in the Middle of a Tech Bubble – Medium
- We Looked At How The Stock Market Performed Under Every U.S. President Since Truman — And The Results Will Surprise You – Forbes
- The ‘cobra effect’ will have a ‘disastrous and unimaginable’ impact on the market, Wall Street vet warns – Market Watch
Americas:
- Job Picture Worsens: Millions More File For Unemployment, In Reversal – NPR
- A double-dip recession is forming – Yahoo
- Banks are closing credit cards and slashing credit limits amid the pandemic, survey finds – Yahoo
- Media Continues to Misreport Unemployment: 31.8 Million People on State & Federal Unemployment Insurance. Week 18 of U.S. Labor Market Collapse – Wolf Street
- Zurich Insurance drops cover for Trans Mountain oil pipeline: will not renew cover for the Canadian government’s Trans Mountain oil pipeline – Reuters
- More than 31 million Americans are still relying on unemployment – Axios
- Why there’s a growing divide between poor and rich – Medium
- Turns Out Mass Death Is Bad For The Economy – Huff Post
- The coronavirus threatens auto industry recovery as cases rise and more employees miss work – CNBC
Europe:
- Macron seeks EU sanctions over Turkish “violations” in Greek waters – Euractiv
- Macron posts message in Greek, voicing solidarity with Greece, Cyprus – ekathimerini.com
- Renewable power surpasses fossil fuels for the first time in Europe. – Japan Times
- UK and US say Russia fired a satellite weapon in space – BBC
- Turkey threatens to block social media sites in ‘draconian’ new law – FT
- German court convicts 93-year old man for Nazi crimes – Reuters
- Brexit: Trade deal some way off, say UK and EU – BBC
Asia:
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- Unions and NGOs call on big brands to stop using forced labor from China – Politico
- China’s Three Gorges Dam Buckles as Country Battles Floods – Real Money
- South Korea enters recession as exports plunge by most since 1963 – Jakarta Post
- China refuses to commit to closing Houston consulate despite US demand – SCMP
- Mike Pompeo tells MPs World Health Organisation chief has been bought by China – mazainside.com
- Chinese Communist Party ‘will punish the UK’ for Huawei withdrawal as Sino-British tensions soar – Redaction Politics
Trans-Tasman:
- Weekly cut of $150 to jobseeker coronavirus supplement will throw 370,000 Australians into poverty – The Guardian
- Sydney apartment block above M4 WestConnex tunnel evacuated after cracks appear in building – ABC
- Queensland Government investigates whether new trains use parts made by slave labour from Chinese Uyghur camps – ABC
- Victoria’s aged care system on verge of collapse amid Covid-19 surge, doctors warn – The Guardian
- Australian lizards destined for Chinese black market found in rice cookers – ABC
- ‘Game of mates’ being played in COVID-19 Commission – Independent Australia
- ‘They should be broke now’: Liquidators warn stimulus measures are keeping zombie businesses alive – ABC
- Coon cheese to dump ‘racist’ name after complaint from Aboriginal activist – News.com.au
- Michael Pascoe: A decade of lies exposed, now to get on with the job – New Daily
- Young Australians told to be resilient as COVID-19 wipes out jobs and housing hopes – Michael West
- Grid emissions hit record low, as renewables displace coal and prices plunge – Renew Economy
- Passing the Buck: why Victoria’s Covid is raging in private aged care homes – Michael West
- Govt fulfills promise to boost progressive home ownership – only just – Interest.co.nz
- Councils will no longer be able to require developers to provide a minimum number of car parks – Interest.co.nz