Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Buffett buys back record $5.1 billion in Berkshire stock as coronavirus hits operating earnings – CNBC
- Stock-market expert sees a ‘monstrous’ rally taking hold next week, if one recent trend holds – Market Watch
- Robinhood investors are beating the stock market — and here’s the data that proves it – Market Watch
- The Robinhood Craze Is Now Moving Stocks Everywhere – Bloomberg
- Negative interest rates cannot save indebted economies – Economo
Americas:
- Trump Signs Four Executive Orders For Economic Relief. No Stimulus Checks Included. – Forbes
- Grocery prices have skyrocketed since the pandemic began, forcing struggling Americans to make tough choices – NY Daily News
- Trump extends unemployment benefits, defers payroll tax – AP News
- Recession Squared: the massive cost of the COVID relief delay – PR White
- America Is About To Feel Like A 3rd World Nation – Ian Welsh
- More Bailout Cash Won’t Stop Wave of Credit Card Defaults – MSN
- Increase In Corporate Bankruptcies Is Bad News For Workers And Job Seekers – Forbes
- Last-ditch talks on virus aid for US economy fail – BBC
- Canada Outpaces U.S., Recouping 55% of Jobs Lost to Pandemic – Bloomberg
- The Underemployment Crisis – The Atlantic
- A growing side effect of the pandemic: Permanent job loss – Politico
Europe:
- Switzerland may go through the coronavirus crisis more easily than other countries in Europe – Economic Daily
- The BoE lowered its expectations for the recovery of the British economy – Economo
- Belarus election: President Lukashenko faces toughest test in years – BBC
- Belarus: Opposition campaign manager ‘detained’ on eve of vote – BBC
- Spain’s ex-King Juan Carlos lands in Abu Dhabi – BBC
- Airbus to build ‘first interplanetary cargo ship’ – BBC
Asia:
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- China and Russia ditch dollar in move toward ‘financial alliance’ – Nikkei
- Japanese lawmaker wants sales tax ditched as coronavirus weighs heavily on economy – Japan Times
- Japan short of rescue plans for regional lenders hit by pandemic – Japan Times
- No, Japan Is Not Decoupling from China – Tokyo Review
- Japan plans to expand and extend its employment benefits – Economo
- China’s actions risk Hong Kong’s future as global financial center – DW
Trans-Tasman:
- Ruby Princess: Gladys Berejiklian refuses calls to extend inquiry to hear from official who refused to appear – The Guardian
- ‘Queensland first’: Palaszczuk closes the borders and amps up election rhetoric – The Guardian
- These are dark days for Australia’s universities – The SMH
- Australia’s economy was weak before coronavirus. Could a ‘job guarantee’ help repair the economy? – ABC
- Australia imports most of its cut flowers but growers fear international blooms may breach biosecurity – ABC
- Propaganda Wars: US state department funds anti-China news outlet in Australia – Michael West
- Why experts say we need to plan for a future that might not hold a coronavirus vaccine – ABC
- Canberra residents stranded in Victoria may get police escort through NSW back to ACT – ABC
- Foxtel in the outhouse: Things are bad for Murdoch’s pay-TV operation … and about to get worse – New Daily
- Coronavirus triggers drop in prisoner numbers and an opportunity to reinvent the criminal justice system, lawyers say – ABC
- A city divided: COVID-19 finds a weakness in Melbourne’s social fault lines – The Age
- From the wreck of the pandemic we can salvage and resurrect an inner life – The Guardian
- The Crown’s interest bill may be a better metric for fiscal prudence than net-debt-to-GDP – Interest.co.nz
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- Have we passed peak wealth? NZ’s future in a gloomy global prognosis – Interest.co.nz