Global Macro / Markets / investing:
- The stock market is detached from economic reality. A reckoning is coming. – Washington Post
- Oil prices add to losses as supplies swell amid weak demand – Edge Markets
- Insurance market Lloyd’s of London swings to loss after $3 billion in coronavirus claims – CNBC
- A Record Number of Americans Are Expected to Renounce U.S. Citizenship This Year – US News
- Top fund still sees value in Apple, Amazon after sizzling rally – Edge Markets
- Billionaires On The Brink: How The Forbes 400 Makes And Loses Billions During Market Crashes – Forbes
Americas:
- Jobless claims: Another 884,000 Americans filed new unemployment claims last week – Yahoo
- Alan Greenspan lists inflation and the budget deficit as his biggest concerns – CNBC
- The Fed Now Owns Nearly One Third of All US Mortgages – The Street
- Fox hosts attack network’s own reporting confirming Trump’s troop insults – Salon
- COVID-19 has another long-term side effect: A shrinking tax base – Fortune
- ‘Severe lumber shortage’ is adding $14,000 to the cost of a new home – Fortune
Europe:
- UK economy recovered 6.6% in July – CNBC
- European GDP recorded its largest decline in Q2 2020 since 1995 – Economo
- Macron: Turkey is no longer a partner in the region – Cyprus Mail
- Mediterranean leaders ready for EU sanctions on ‘confrontational’ Turkey – France 24
- Europe’s south tells Turkey: resume talks this month or risk sanctions – Euractiv
- Europe’s relationship with Facebook gets ‘complicated’ with data crackdown – Fox Business
Asia:
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- Nikkei gains as coronavirus fears ease in Tokyo – Reuters
- China may dump U.S. Treasuries as Sino-U.S. tensions flare – Yahoo
- Huawei fears it may be excluded from Poland’s 5G network – Reuters
- “China’s Disdain for Human Rights No Longer Affects Only its Citizens”: Over 300 NGOs urge UN to probe China rights abuses. – Hong Kong FP
- Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Disaster Highlights Dangers of China Deals – Foreign Policy
- The Long Shadow of Xinjiang: Anger Grows in Muslim Countries at China’s Treatment of the Uighurs – Foreign Affairs
Trans-Tasman:
- NSW Government on brink of collapse after Nationals spat over koala policy – ABC
- Winding back JobKeeper and JobSeeker will push 740,000 Australians into poverty – The Conversation
- Australia Post workers threatened with disciplinary action for exposing parcel backlogs – New Daily
- Rio Tinto CEO and top executives step down amid shareholder revolt over cave blast – The Age
- Morrison denies he considered status of seats when deciding sports grant expansion – The Guardian
- Jobseeker cut will leave 80% skipping meals, survey finds – The Guardian
- Ita Buttrose asks ABC staff to vote on six-month wage freeze – The Guardian
- The longer this pandemic lasts, the harder it is for politicians to say they’re following the experts – ABC
- Victorian landlords to avoid land tax on properties vacant in 2020 – Domain
- The housing market just went BOOM – Record house prices in Auckland and 7 other regions – Interest.co.nz
- Labour promises to reserve 10% of managed isolation capacity for critical workers – Interest.co.nz
- Decades of dietary advice misguided – Interest.co.nz