Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Is Tesla a bubble? – Finance Drops
- How do COVID-19 lockdowns impact the economy? – WEF
- Here’s why Warren Buffett made a huge mistake selling his airline stocks – Market Watch
- The Scariest Moments in Stock Market History – Stocks & Coffee
- IMF downgrading its forecasts for 2021 & warns of a long, slow recovery that will stoke poverty & damage growth – Daily NY
- Federal Government Support Lift Asset Markets In September – Seeking Alpha
Americas:
- San Francisco apartment rents fall 31%, the biggest drop in the US – The Street Journal
- Hoping to shore up support, Trump directs more money to farmers – MSNBC
- Cuba prepares for ‘profound transformation’ of its monetary system, urges calm – NBC News
- Layoffs thought to be temporary are now permanent for nearly 4 million Americans – Mazech
- Social Security Benefits to Rise 1.3% in 2021 – WSJ
- The Median Household Will Pay More under Biden-Harris Tax Plan – National Review
- Young Americans Moving Back Home Because of Covid-19: Nearly 40 Percent of Younger Millennials Say the Pandemic has them Moving Home Again. – Dr Housing Bubble
Europe:
- Germany to give US$662 million in aid to Holocaust survivors amid pandemic – CTV
- EU summit to say Brexit progress “still not sufficient”. Do you think it will ever get to be sufficient? – Europe
- BBC News: Coronavirus: France to impose night-time curfew to battle second wave – BBC
- MI5 boss says Russian and Chinese threats to UK ‘growing in severity’ – The Guardian
- Germany doesn’t expect EU summit to draft sanctions against Turkey: source – Reuters
- ‘On brink of disaster’: shaken Europe overtakes U.S. in virus surge – Reuters
- ‘We must react’: France’s Macron announces nightly curfews – Reuters
Asia:
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- India’s economy to contract by 10.3%, says International Monetary Fund – The Hindu
- Massive beryllium find in China raises stakes in rare earth tensions – Asia Times Financial
- China’s iron ore, copper imports rise in September from August – Reuters
- China insists Genghis Khan exhibit in France not use words ‘Genghis Khan’ – The Guardian
- Thailand Uses Emergency Decree to Ban Gatherings After Bangkok Protests – The Guardian
- Chinese President Xi Jinping tells troops to focus on ‘preparing for war’ – CNN
Trans-Tasman:
- Renters skipping meals and paying bills late to afford rent during coronavirus pandemic, study finds – ABC
- Coalition blasted after blaming Covid for delay in creating federal anti-corruption body – The Guardian
- Berejiklian is defending her integrity, Andrews his competence, but one is more in danger – ABC
- Australians on cashless welfare card express ‘hopelessness’ after Coalition’s plan to cement scheme – The Guardian
- Daryl Maguire admits he was a ‘door opener’ for developers who needed an in with senior politicians – ABC
- Vales Point coal plant fined just $30,000 for dumping toxic pollution – Renew Economy
- ‘I’ve had ongoing symptoms for 6 months’: GPs warned about lingering effects of COVID-19 – ABC
- Victorian Premier Daniel Andrew’s electorate office vandalised – New Daily
- Foreign veto laws: Labor warns of ‘unprecedented power’ and lack of oversight – The Guardian
- The key to the productivity puzzle – Interest.co.nz
- No takers for Phil Twyford’s urban development tools just yet – Interest.co.nz
- Stimulating a housing bubble – Interest.co.nz
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