Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Treasuries on the move, U.S. 10-year yield back at 1.47% – CNBC
- A $21 Trillion Treasuries Mystery Is Bedeviling Global Markets – Bloomberg
- Bitcoin rises 5% to $50,942.58 – Reuters
- The pandemic has worsened Africa’s debt crisis. China and other countries are stepping in. – Washington Post
- Even With the Proposed Wealth Tax, Billionaires Would Get Richer Faster Than Everyone Else – Mother Jones
- Global economic recovery will be driven By $2.9 trillion that consumers saved – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Walmart says it will support U.S. manufacturers with $350 billion of added business. – CNBC
- Expanding the Child Tax Credit would cut U.S. child poverty by 40% – CSSNY
- Is universal income closer to reality? – USA Today
- Record US crude stockbuild as refining plummets after Texas freeze – Edge Markets
- Rip Up the Unemployment System and Start Again – New Republic
- Disney Closing at Least 60 Bricks-and-Mortar Stores in North America – WSJ
Europe:
- Post-Brexit London aims to lure tech IPOs and SPACs in challenge to New York – CNBC
- Scandinavian Countries does NOT have Minimum Wages. Amazing! – Investopedia
- Berlin’s Rent Controls Are Proving to Be a Disaster – Bloomberg
- Why northern Europe is so indebted – The Loop
- Talking about Europe: exploring 70 years of news archives – Bruegel
Asia:
- China’s R&D Spending Rises 10% to Record $378 Billion in 2020 – MSN
- Getting to $30 Trillion: China Aims for Largest Economy by 2035 – Macro Polo
- China is sounding the alarm about a global market bubble – CNN
- Will China fall into the middle/high income trap? – Bruegel
- Hong Kong energy fund sues Japan in groundbreaking case – FT
- China: preferred leisure activities among millionaires 2020 – Statista
Trans-Tasman:
- People aren’t unemployed because they’re lazy. We need to stop teaching people myths about work – The Conversation
- Christian Porter identifies himself as the unnamed Cabinet minister and strenuously denies historical rape allegation – ABC
- Response is what we’ve come to expect from Morrison – The Age
- Scott Morrison must call an independent inquiry into the Christian Porter rape allegation. It’s the only valid course – The Guardian
- UN chief demands Australia ends “deadly addiction” to coal by 2030 – Renew Economy
- Australia’s economy is recovering but remains very much in need of government stimulus – The Guardian
- No more farm water for the environment as Murray-Darling Water Efficiency Program canned – ABC
- ‘This is not a biscuit factory’: Gas plant workers walk off the job, striking for better pay – ABC
- Auckland is driving most of the growth in new dwelling consents – Interest.co.nz
- Orr: ‘Leverage is a significant risk’; LVRs might become permanent – 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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