Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- How Amazon Raised Prices to Profit from the Pandemic – Citizen
- Will home office kill big city centers? – Finances Herald
- How the Coronavirus is Changing Personal Finance – Medium
- Global oil demand may have passed peak, says BP energy report – The Guardian
Americas:
- “The Top 1% of Americans Have Taken $50 Trillion From the Bottom 90%—And That’s Made the U.S. Less Secure.” Reverse-Robin Hood is celebrated in the USA. – Time
- Trump’s hostility to cities threatens to worsen the recession – Washington Post
- US jobless claims rise back above one million – Yahoo
- U.S. Cost of Living Is Higher Than Official Inflation Rate Shows – Bloomberg
- The flip side of Trump’s eviction ban: Landlords face big crunch – Politico
- ‘Now is not the time to worry’ about the fiscal deficit or the Fed’s balance sheet, Mnuchin says – CNBC
- New US Fed Announcements Have Lowered Chances of Their Own Targets Being Hit – Econo Blog
Europe:
- Coronavirus crisis will not change Germany’s fiscal discipline – Economo
- Germany says French, Swedish labs confirm Navalny’s Novichok poisoning – Reuters
- Armenia reiterates solidarity with Greece and Cyprus – Arm Radio
- EU and China sign food protection deal: the two sides will respect the names of 100 European regional food designations and 100 Chinese equivalents – Reuters
- PM’s Brexit bill clears first hurdle in Commons – BBC
- International law is a ‘political construct’ and breaking it is ‘routine’, Tory MP says – Independent
- France’s Macron says Europe has “lost” the global battle in cloud computing – Reuters
Asia:
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- Chinese firm amasses trove of open-source data on influential Canadians – Globe & Mail
- Europe said ‘never again.’ Why is it silent on Uighur genocide? – Politico
- The IOC should move the 2022 Olympics out of Beijing – Washington Post
- China’s influence on the global human rights system – Brookings
- The Great Chinese data takeaway: Beijing’s secret global surveillance revealed – ABC
- Tear down your barriers, EU says after summit with China’s Xi – Reuters
Trans-Tasman:
- Gas Gush: the toadies of mainstream media trot out government’s fossil fuel fracking campaign – Michael West
- NSW Nationals leader John Barilaro to face no-confidence vote in parliament – The Guardian
- UTS recommends teachers censor lessons to keep China at ease – ABC
- We will build it if you don’t: Federal Government preparing to build a gas plant in Hunter Valley – ABC
- Morrison to back construction of new gas-fired power station – The SMH
- WA joins calls for federal quarantine facility for returning Australians – The Guardian
- ‘A slap in the face’: Return to old JobSeeker rate could see 145,000 jobs lost – ABC
- MPs back proposal to give refugees residency for fruit picking – The SMH
- Will Spring keep the spring in the housing market? – Interest.co.nz
- The real roadmap to recovery – Interest.co.nz
- Paying the mortgage off faster – Interest.co.nz
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