Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- The Stock Market Is Near Correction Levels – Forbes
- Private equity is a club and the ordinary investor is not invited – FT
- Private Equity Is Cannibalizing the Post-Pandemic Economy – New Republic
- Mohamed El-Erian says ample Fed liquidity is causing ‘excessive risk taking’ in the market – Markets Insider
- A Detailed Insight Into Lebanon’s Economic Crisis – Econoblog
- U.S. tech stocks are now worth more than the entire European stock market – CNBC
- The World Is Becoming More Equal Even as Globalization Hurts Middle-Class Westerners – Foreign Affairs
Americas:
- New York’s not dead, but pandemic has laid bare deep-seated problems – The Guardian
- Are you angry with the Fed? You should be – The Hill
- Congress has failed to act as jobless claims remain high and workers scrape by on inadequate unemployment benefits – EPI
- With Second Stimulus Checks on Hold, Americans Spend Less at the Grocery Store – WSJ
- The assault on Social Security is under way – MarketWatch
- New Covid-19 Layoffs Make Job Reductions Permanent – WSJ
- Working From Home Saved American Commuters Nearly $91 Billion – Bloomberg
- Tax cuts produce fewer jobs in times of high unemployment: CBO study – The Hill
Europe:
- What is the Current Situation With Brexit? – Econoblog
- An appropriate European Union response to tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean – Bruegel
- Corporate lending in the Eurozone reaches an almost 11-year high – Finances Herald
- Europe has an artificial-intelligence skills shortage – Bruegel
- The ECB cannot decide alone the reasons for the negative interest rates – Finances Herald
- The German economy registered a record quarterly decline – Finances Herald
Asia:
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- An Analysis of the US-China Trade War – Econoblog
- Predicting India’s GDP Growth Is Getting Even Harder – Bloomberg
- China’s Economy Is Bouncing Back—And Gaining Ground on the U.S. – WSJ
- Destroyed Lives and Submerged Homes in Flood-hit India – BBC
- President fires back at Chinese netizens over Taiwan’s sovereignty – Taiwan News
- Xi says China to step up efforts to fight ‘splittism’ in Tibet – Reuters
Trans-Tasman:
- What hiring a failed Australian prime minister tells us about corrupt Britain – The Guardian
- Dreamworld disaster victim’s daughter still fighting lawsuit against theme park owners – ABC
- Airlines warn flying back 100,000 stranded Australians will take six months unless travel caps eased – The Guardian
- Gas companies say they are working with Covid commission and expect federal support soon – The Guardian
- Are young Australians being turned off China as diplomatic ties grow frostier? – ABC
- WA man set to be first Australian fitted with tracking device for alleged COVID-19 breach – ABC
- Ming’s merciful pursuit of budget deficits and full employment – ABC
- Our infection-control response is broken. We need a new model – and fast – The Age
- Power to the people: why clean energy must give more Australians a slice of the pie – The Guardian
- How Do Australia’s Quarantine Hotels work? – ABC
- Breakthrough for Andrews on emergency power as cases fall again – The Age
- The Week in Tax: CGT back on the agenda? – Interest.co.nz
- Building consents no longer required for garden sheds, carports, verandas, sleep outs and the like – Interest.co.nz