Macro & Markets
- US, China both lag badly in industrial robot race – Asia Times
- Global housing market chaos nowhere near end – Asia Times
- Central banks’ coronavirus bailouts are distorting the market, but do they even realise it? – SCMP
- WTO contender Amina Mohamed backs a new rule book in US-China trade war – SCMP
- The Challenges of the Post-Pandemic Agenda – Bruegel …say goodbye to NeolIberalism…
- It’s going to take some government to save capitalism. The question is, how much? – Financial Post
- Central banks face a new challenge – Economo
Asia
- China forces British passport holders to take sides – Asia Times
- Now China asks: Who lost America? – Asia Times
- The military flare-up along the Armenia-Azerbaijan border is a modern-day James Bond film plot – BNE Intellinews
- Japan’s GDP likely plunged 26% in April-June quarter – Nikkei Asian Review
- China factories accelerate recovery in July to meet fresh demand – Nikkei Asian Review
- China taps old growth model to boost recovery, as US and European economies flounder – SCMP
- Chinese industry is growing for the fifth consecutive month – Economo
- Pandemic to delay Japan’s quest to achieve fiscal health until 2029 – Japan Times
Americas
- Bolsonaro tells Brazilians, face up to catching coronavirus – RTE
- Trump to Ban Chinese-Owned TikTok From Operating in U.S. – Bloomberg
- Why America Is Afraid of TikTok – The Atlantic
- Where the System May Break – The Atlantic
- How Many People in the U.S. Are Hospitalized With COVID-19? Who Knows? – ProPublica
- Chile’s Pinera offers new stimulus spending, warns against populism – Reuters
- US consumer spending up 5.6%, but virus could stall gains – AP News
- Millions of people will see a sharp drop in their unemployment benefits because Congress failed to act – Vox
- America’s democracy is failing. Here’s why. – Vox
- Canadian economy bounces back in May, but ‘normal’ could be a long time coming – Financial Post
- Time Is Running Out for a Last-Minute Economic Rescue – Bloomberg
Europe
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- Government U-turn on excluding business owners from wage subsidy – Irish Times
- Saving by Irish households jumps to over €5bn during lockdown – Irish Times
- Pensions to be hit as Bank of Ireland charges negative interest on cash – Irish Times
- Eurozone GDP drops 12.1% in record pandemic plunge – DW
- Germany’s economy can’t count on bouncing back fast – DW
- Despite Historic Plunge, Europe’s Economy Flashes Signs of Recovery – NY Times
- Robots and the rise of European superstar manufacturers – VoxEU
- Germany is the world’s largest market for gold bars and coins – Economo
- EU restricts exports to Hong Kong over China security law – DW
- EU Extends Ban on Dangerous Foreign Travelers (Americans) – Slate
- China Has an Unfair Advantage in the EU Market. What Can Be Done to Level the Playing Field? – Bruegel
- Russia Plans to Roll Out Mass Covid-19 Vaccinations From October – Bloomberg
Terra Specufestor
- Australians fret over cuts to JobKeeper and JobSeeker COVID aid – Nikkei Asian Review
- Safe as houses: hopes high that Australian property can avoid Covid-19 doomsday scenario – Guardian
- Australian tax office moves to track down people who withdrew super inappropriately – Guardian
- Workers compensation scheme in NSW faces financial crisis, Treasury briefing confirms – ABC
- Australia to force Google and Facebook to pay news publishers – CNBC
- Pentagon to fund rare-earth refinery by Australia’s Lynas – Nikkei Asian Review
- RBNZ’s Geoff Bascand doesn’t want cliff end to mortgage repayment deferrals; Says the implementation of ‘aspects’ of new bank capital rules shouldn’t be further pushed out – Interest.co.nz
- The elephant in the room – age and inter-generational equity – Pearls & Irritations, Duken
- Josh Frydenberg is dressing up class politics as responsible economics – Pearls & Irritations
- Mystery surrounds woman who tested positive for Covid-19 after flying from Auckland to Sydney; Ministry of Health investigating – NZ Herald
- Is New Zealand destined to become a cashless society? – Stuff.co.nz
- Population ‘Bomb’ Already exploded – Pearls & Irritations
- In the midst of battle, the monetary policy war may be over – Ninefax, Wright…the cue is in the rack…
…and furthermore…
- It’s the healthcare system, stupid – Le Monde
- Russian startup to bioprint KFC chicken nuggets – BNE Intellinews
- Record low interest rates and coronavirus uncertainty fuel gold price rally – ABC
- Washington officials captured their first invasive murder hornet, with less than two months until mating season – CBSnews
- Sleepy lions, empty bars, lost jobs: A world without tourism – AP News
- Champagne losing its fizz as global pandemic clobbers sales – AP News
- Small businesses worldwide fight for survival amid pandemic – AP News
- Scientists have ruled out the worst-case climate scenario — and the best one too – Vox
- When godfathers become entrepreneurs: On the organized crime’s infiltration in legal economy – VoxEU…theres a little bit of godfather in every ‘entrepreneur’…
- The effectiveness of lockdowns: Learning from the Swedish experience – VoxEU
- Growth, sustainability, and the measurement of global gross product – VoxEU
- The proximate determinants of economic development since 1913: A historical study – VoxEU
- The microeconomics of cryptocurrencies – VoxEU
- Consumers should own their data – VoxEU
- If we’re going to tackle systemic racism, we need to rethink how we teach history – CBC
- Focusing on Facebook and Google’s Monopoly Misses the Point – Bloomberg, Smith
- Governments cannot pay people forever to not work – Economo
- Flexible inflation targeting is not a panacea – Economo