Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- One of the World’s Richest Petrostates Is Running Out of Cash – Bloomberg
- Bank of England Slams Bitcoin, Praises Stablecoins and State Digital Currencies – Decrypt
- This US stock bubble could rank among the biggest in history – FT
- Sudden Volatility in Tech Stocks Unnerves Investors – WSJ
- This ‘Nasdaq whale’ may have helped trigger the stock-market’s brutal rout – Market Watch
- Tesla could be the most dangerous stock on Wall Street, investment researcher says – CNBC
Americas:
- U.S. Ranked Worst for Workers’ Rights Among Major Economies – Bloomberg
- We now live in the Unemployed States of America. Here are 50 stories of life without a paycheck in 2020 – Business Insider
- 1 in 4 Americans have either lost their job or had pay cut from coronavirus shutdowns: Survey – CNBC
- The Labor Day gatherings health experts warned against during the coronavirus pandemic are popping up all over the US – CNN
- The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief says his story about Trump calling vets ‘losers’ is just the beginning – CNN
Europe:
- Negative inflation – what will the ECB do now? – Economic Daily
- Belarusian opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova was abducted in downtown Minsk by unidentified people – Euro News
- Russia’s Navalny out of coma after poisoning – BBC
- Lithuania fears Lukashenko will sign away Belarus independence to Russia – Reuters
- Europe is making faster cars and better batteries than Tesla – Sifted
- Leaked EU cables reveal growing mistrust of UK in Brexit talks – The Guardian
Asia:
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- India’s horror ‘wet markets’ sell charred monkey hands as dogs wait for slaughter – Mazech
- South Korea struggles to lure factories home from China – FT
- China accuses India’s army of entering its territory and making threats as tensions rise that could lead to war – Mazech Media
- Coronavirus Crisis Shatters India’s Big Dreams – NY Times
- Six Abenomics Lessons for a World Suffering from “Japaneseization” – Economo
Trans-Tasman:
- Last two Australian correspondents pulled out of China after five day diplomatic standoff over national security case – ABC
- Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack under fire on Q+A over Black Lives Matter comments and Australians stuck overseas – ABC
- Coalition’s push for secret trials: behaviour of a tin-pot dictatorship – Michael West
- Australia’s jobless benefits will be among worst in OECD after Covid supplement cut – The Guardian
- ‘Instinctive monopolist’: Kevin Rudd attacks Murdoch over News Corp rival to AAP newswire – The Guardian
- Essential poll: Australians losing faith in government handling of Covid – The Guardian
- Paul Bongiorno: Throwing tantrums can only make pandemic crisis worse – New Daily
- Morrison’s foreign relations bill should not pass parliament. Here’s why – The Conversation
- NSW is the ‘gold standard’ for COVID-19 management according to the PM — here’s why – ABC
- A ‘short-term window’ to build infrastructure for long-term gain – The SMH
- Teys Australia blames JobSeeker for historically high vacancy rate – ABC
- Westpac expects house prices to rise 8% next year, interest rates to keep falling – Interest.co.nz
- Labour pledges to extend interest-free small business loan scheme – Interest.co.nz