Weekend Reading: 25-26 September 2021
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Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- A low-carbon economy is cheaper than the costs of climate change, a report says. – NY Times
- Going Big and Fast on Renewables Would Save Trillions in Energy Costs – Bloomberg
- Why everybody’s hiring but nobody’s getting hired – VOX
- The Fed has signalled an inflection point: US taper may be steeper, and its first rate rise sooner, than expected – FT
- Food inflation is here to stay – The Economist
- Single world currency – could it work and what would be the impacts? Is the Euro a valid model of comparison? – Investopedia
- The global housing market is broken, and it’s dividing entire countries – Bloomberg
- China Says All Crypto-Related Transactions Are Illegal – Bloomberg
- ‘Eerie silence’ as Evergrande misses payment deadline – Guardian
- The new population bomb – Nikkei Asia
Americas:
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About the author

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.