Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Tesla, the Triple-WTF Chart of the Year: Just Put Your Brain on Tesla Autopilot and Believe in It – Wolf Street
- The Concept of a U.S Dollar Collapse Goes Mainstream – Concoda
- Second part to my Deflation series. This time we look at debt’s role in the deflation cycle. – Medium
- The Case for a Modern Debt Jubilee – RNZ
- Just Add Another Zero: A Deflationary Tale – Medium
- There’s Never Been a Better Time to Be a White-Collar Criminal – New Republic
- Millennials will pay the price for their parents’ luck and self-indulgence – Financial Post
Americas:
- Automaker Suffering Continues as August Vehicle Sales Fall – Detroit Bureau
- U.S. construction spending almost flat in July: Commerce Department – Reuters
- U.S. industrial production has ‘gain’ in July, but index remains well below pre-pandemic levels – MarketWatch
- Congress of millionaires robs the unemployed – WSWS
- USA gets outlook downgraded , retains AAA rating – Fitch Ratings
- A surge in evictions could lead to a financial crisis – CNBC
- Here comes the real recession – Axios
Europe:
- Britain’s Monzo bank flags going concern doubts due to COVID-19 impact – Reuters
- The Eurozone services sector is weighing on the recovery in August – Economo
- Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz: “If we give in to Erdogan and Turkey, then good night, Europe” – ekathimerini.com
- Merkel pressured to end Nord Stream 2 support after Navalny poisoning – The Guardian
- France’s Macron: I won’t condemn cartoons of Prophet Mohammad – Reuters
- Alexei Navalny: Germany urges EU action over Novichok poisoning – BBC
Asia:
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- Yang Hengjun: Australian writer held in China ‘will fight to the end’ – BBC
- Rare rallies in China over Mongolian language curb – BBC
- FBI: Chinese researcher caught trying to fly to China with stolen bio-inspired computer code – Washington Examiner
- Calls mount, frustration grows over Trudeau’s promise to help Hong Kong – CTV News
- Chinese Police Offer Cash Rewards in Hunt for Inner Mongolia Protesters – Bloomberg
- World Bank probes possible China data manipulation in “Doing Business” report – SCMP
Trans-Tasman:
- Australian government weakens already inadequate environmental protections, refuses to debate new legislation. – The Guardian
- Coles and Woolies duopoly is one of the biggest threats to Australian food security: Report – New Daily
- Labor accuses Scott Morrison of being ‘up to his neck’ in sports grants scandal – The Guardian
- Jobactive and job service providers are unfit for purpose – Eureka Street
- ‘It’s enough to break you some days’: What it’s like applying for a job right now, in a field of hundreds – ABC
- Eviction bans end for 8 million renters. Could this be the start of a housing disaster? – ABC
- COVID-19 ‘conspiracy theorist’ James Bartolo arrested over alleged anti-lockdown protest – 7News
- Young family left in financial limbo after houses built so close they touched – ABC
- Coalition plans to lure big foreign companies to Australia with tax breaks – The Guardian
- Protests have been criminalised under COVID. What is incitement? How is it being used in the pandemic? – The Conversation
- Thousands of businesses to hit the wall unless insolvency supports extended – The SMH
- Medical experts say Australia’s border exemption system inconsistent and is ‘not sustainable’ – The Guardian
- Covid has put the equivalent of New Plymouth’s population onto a benefit – Interest.co.nz
- Auckland and Canterbury have the lowest house price growth, Gisborne the highest – Interest.co.nz