Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- ‘A perfect storm’: supply chain crisis could blow world economy off course – The Guardian
- Nike, Under Armour and others face supply problems in Vietnam – CNN
- Inflation Gauge Hits Highest Since 1991 as Americans Spend More – Bloomberg
- Key inflation gauge watched by the Federal Reserve hits another 30-year high – CNBC
Americas:
- PwC offers U.S. employees full-time remote work – Reuters
- Goldman Sachs CEO: One way to help solve the nation’s labor shortage – CNN
- Americans Have No Idea What the Supply Chain Really Is – The Atlantic
- Wave of US labor unrest could see tens of thousands on strike within weeks – The Guardian
- Venezuela introduces new currency, drops six zeros – Aljazeera
- Biden Administration Seeks to Regulate Stablecoin Issuers as Banks – WSJ
- U.S. COVID-19 death toll hits 700,000 – Reuters
- So long, pandemic pricing. Rents are skyrocketing – CNN
Europe:
- Prisoners to plug worker shortage in meat industry – BBC
- European gas prices hit all-time highs as Russian flows slump – Reuters
- Europe’s Energy Crisis Is About to Go Global – Bloomberg
- Macron, France reject American ‘woke’ culture that’s ‘racializing’ their country – Newsweek
- Paris demonstrators demand EU ban products linked to Uighur slave labour – France 24
- In Portugal, There Is Virtually No One Left to Vaccinate – NY Times
Asia:
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- Biden’s top trade advisor will say China isn’t complying with phase 1 deal reached under Trump, according to sources – CNBC
- Goldman Flags $8.2 Trillion Threat Worse Than China Evergrande – Forbes
- It’s official. China’s manufacturing industry is in trouble – CNN
- US-EU agree to target China on trade & tech, but Beijing has plenty of room to run – Global Times
- China owed $385bn – including ‘hidden debt’ from poorer nations, says report – The Guardian
- Why did China banning cryptocurrency cause the value to fall? – BBC
Trans-Tasman:
- Queensland police refuse to remove traditional owners occupying Adani’s coalmine site – The Guardian
- ‘I don’t see how we can be separate’: Shorten backs mandatory jabs for MPs – The Age
- Legal expert backs ICAC after criticism over timing of Berejiklian probe – The SMH
- ‘Timing is perfect’ for ICAC investigation into Berejiklian, top silk says – ABC
- China’s Sinovac, India’s Covishield recognised in Australia, giving hope to international students – ABC
- Andrew Constance set to resign from NSW parliament for federal tilt – The SMH
- Robert Menzies wouldn’t recognise the Liberal Party’s employment policies today – ABC
- Scott Morrison rejects states’ pleas for more hospital funding – The SMH
- China gorges on American grain-fed beef amid shrinking supplies from Down Under – Reuters
- Australia’s climate policy is being dictated by a former accountant in a cowboy hat – CNN
- Renewed calls for national integrity commission after Gladys Berejiklian resigns – SBS
- Auckland’s property market hammered by lockdown – rest of NZ already recovering – Interest.co.nz
- Could low interest rates be causing low growth? – Interest.co.nz
- The cheapest home loan rates just got less cheap – Interest.co.nz