Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Jeff Bezos would pay over $ 5 Billion a year under Warren Wealth Tax Plan. – CNBC
- Startups Lose Innovative Edge Under Corporate Funding. When an established tech company invests in a startup, innovation suffers – Medium
- American Homeowners Are Adding Fuel to Bond Market Sell-Off – Bloomberg
- Experts Expect More Frauds in the Crypto currencies Market – Guardian Mag
Americas:
- Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders propose 3% wealth tax on billionaires – CNBC
- The decline of the American middle class began around the mid- to late-1980s – Pairagraph
- ‘I don’t have money for food’: millions of unemployed in US left without benefits – MSN
- Texas power company seeks bankruptcy protection after storm – Yahoo
- Canadian economy contracted 5.4 per cent in 2020, worst year on record – Vicnews
- A Big Fiscal Push is Urgent, The Risk of Overheating Is Small – Ineteconomics
Europe:
- US freeze hits Europe’s fuel oil exports – Aljazeera
- Belarus journalist sentenced for report on protester’s death – AP News
- Calls for Nicola Sturgeon to quit over Alex Salmond revelations – BBC
- Biden to hit Russia with sanctions for opposition leader Navalny’s poisoning, detention – ABC News
- Berlin’s rent controls are proving to be a disaster – Bloomberg
- UK to import vacine doses from India amid global jabs race – Politico
Asia:
- China overtakes US as home to the most dollar billionaires – SCMP
- Biden’s team says it will use ‘all available tools’ to fight China’s unfair trade practices – CNBC
- Jack Ma loses title as China’s richest man after coming under Beijing’s scrutiny – Forexsomali
- Chinese millennials are on a mutual fund buying spree – CGTN
- Hong Kong energy fund sues Japan in groundbreaking case – FT
- China Charges Ahead With a National Digital Currency – DigiWorld News
Trans-Tasman:
- Coalition’s NBN bungle may have cost the country billions – Independent Australia
- The AFP is a political tool of government. – Pearls and Irritations
- ‘Deeply concerning’: One in five Chinese Australians threatened or attacked during coronavirus – The Age
- Labor asks for investigation into $30m jobkeeper payments to Qube despite earnings increase – The Guardian
- Josh Frydenberg has the opportunity to transform Australia, permanently lowering unemployment – ABC
- International students in limbo as Australian states refuse to commit to a timeline for their return – SBS
- Cabinet Minister at the centre of historical rape allegation to break silence – ABC
- Andrews backs Qantas call for 24 hours notice on border closures – The Age
- NZ’s average dwelling value increased by $21,275 in February – Interest.co.nz
- RBNZ reminds markets it could up its bond-buying if bond yields keep rising – Interest.co.nz
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness.
Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.
Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.
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