Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Worries grow over a K-shaped economic recovery that favors the wealthy – CNBC
- Dow Jones Futures: After Stock Market Rally Dive, What To Do Now; Tesla Gets S&P 500 Surprise – Investors
- Beyond imports: The supply chain effects of trade protection on export growth – VOX
- The Next Frontier of Artificial Intelligence Predictability in Financial Markets – Street Insider
- China’s yuan could become the world’s third largest reserve currency in 10 years, Morgan Stanley predicts – CNBC
- Remote-work visas will shape the future of work, travel and citizenship – The Conversation
- Global air travel unlikely to recover until 2024 due to the corona virus pandemic – The Finsense
Americas:
- Economist warns full reopening won’t happen until Americans feel safe – CBS News
- Majority of Young Adults in the U.S. Now Live With Their Parents: Report – Yahoo
- Fed study: Wage growth an “illusion” that’s “almost entirely attributable” to low-wage job losses. The surprising rise in wage growth “primarily reflects the departure of low-wage workers who have been laid off” – Salon
- Amid shift to remote working, US companies find new hires outside US – Yahoo
- The economy is not Trump’s strong suit – AEI
Europe:
- European Solar roof for Roads and Train Tracks. Good for the electric trains. – Clean Technica
- UK’s Johnson planning to override parts of Brexit withdrawal agreement – Reuters
- Hungary: Students form human chain to support autonomy for universities – DW
- Hungary: Protesters rally against university ‘takeover’ in Budapest – BBC
- UK plan to undermine withdrawal treaty puts Brexit talks at risk – FT
- Lithuania says EU’s inaction over Belarus undermines foreign policy credibility – Reuters
Asia:
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- China’s exports rise at fastest pace in nearly 1-1/2 years as economies reopen; imports slip – Reuters
- China may ditch US Treasuries as tensions with US spike: Global Times – The sharp weakening of the US dollar amid historically low interest rates will make China more willing to sell its US debt, experts say – SCMP
- U.S. considers blacklisting China’s largest chipmaker as tech tensions escalate – CNBC
- Tencent loses nearly $34 billion since the PUBG Mobile ban in India — its second-largest valuation dip this year – Business Insider
- China’s baby boomers are set to retire, triggering a sharp shift in health-care trends – CNBC
Trans-Tasman:
- Australia clinches vaccine production deals worth $1.7b – The SMH
- PM puts pressure on Victoria to fast-track its reopening – ABC
- Unesco urged to oppose ‘alarming’ changes to Australian environment laws – The Guardian
- Early tax cuts would be windfall to high income earners but ‘ineffective stimulus’, report says – The Guardian
- Queensland’s gas and coal-fired power stations have most outages in the country, report finds – ABC
- Australian coal plants ‘on a hiding to nothing’ and likely to close before schedule – The Guardian
- Victoria now has a good roadmap out of COVID-19 restrictions. New South Wales should emulate it – The Conversation
- Four new electric cars are now available for Australia – as grey imports – The Driven
- Have we just stumbled upon the biggest productivity increase of the century? – ABC
- National newswire AAP turns to crowdfunding after finding itself in early financial strife – The Guardian
- Keep building those houses – Interest.co.nz