Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Those Who Underestimate Omicron Aren’t Doing the Math – Infection Control
- Insurance executive says death rates among working-age people up 40 percent – WYFI
- The World’s Lowest Fertility Rate Is About to Get Even Lower – Bloomberg
- Hyundai stops engine development and reassigns engineers to EVs – Ars Technica
- Theranos whistleblower: How to prevent another $600M Silicon Valley disaster – Market Watch
- Oil Jumps as OPEC Sees Limited Omicron Impact – WSJ
- Major Shift to Blockchain Based Tech by Square Enix and other Game Developers – Forex Review
- Tax flight was a myth, but Covid-19 may change that – CNBC
- Warren Buffett makes over $120 billion on Apple’s rise to $3 trillion, among his best bets ever – CNBC
- World economy in 2022: the big factors to watch closely – The Conversation
Americas:
- A record 4.5 million Americans quit their jobs in November – CNN
- The United States struggles to avoid widespread shutdowns as Omicron spreads. – NY Times
- The importance of California’s agricultural water supplies – Cal Matters
- Implementing building codes in California helped reduce the risk of structural loss in a wildfire by 40% – Market Watch
- Fed Finally Identifies Banks that Received $4.5T in Q4 2019 Repo Program – Tokenist
- Schools nationwide confront the chaos of Omicron. – NY Times
- Toyota overtakes GM to lead US auto sales for 2021 – Tech Xplore
- Joe Biden’s Lobbyists Are Helping Big Pharma Profiteers – Jacobin Mag
- Biden disapproval hits new high as voters give him bad grades on economy, new CNBC/Change poll says – CNBC
Europe:
- Germany rejects EU’s climate-friendly plan, calling nuclear power ‘dangerous’ – Digest Journal
- ‘Right to disconnect’: boss may no longer call employees after working hours in Belgium – Brussels Times
- Turkey Orders Exporters to Convert 25% of Income to Liras – Bloomberg
- Austria threatens to sue Commission over EU taxonomy rules – Euractiv
- Spain returns to pre-pandemic employment levels thanks to creation of 776,000 jobs in 2021 – Elpais
- Swedbank ex-chief charged over Baltic money-laundering scandal – FT
Asia:
- Evergrande suspends shares in Hong Kong as firm tries to raise cash – BBC
- Evergrande crisis mounts amid reports it needs to demolish some Hainan developments – SCMP
- Sri Lanka unveils $1BN relief plan as soaring food prices bite. – Aljazeera
- Evergrande Gets a New Reason to Worry – Sales fall 31% in December – WSJ
- China’s smallest firms failing at historic pace as 4.37 million close up shop and registrations plummet – SCMP
- China’s Central Bank Urges Financial Institutions to Fund Property Sector Asset Buyouts – Caixin Global
- Indonesia bans coal exports in January over domestic supply worries – Yahoo
- RCEP kicks in as China seeks to lead regional economic integration – Nikkei
Trans-Tasman:
- ‘We have been taken for fools’: Australia reacts to Novak Djokovic exemption – ABC
- Morrison announces govt won’t help Cyclone Seth victims to avoid undercutting Harvey Norman’s umbrella sale – Chaser
- Greg Hunt: “If RATs were free, there would be nothing stopping people just going and looking after their health” – The Shovel
- The foundations of our healthcare system have been washed away – The Guardian
- Scott Morrison backflips on COVID tests decision – Yahoo
- NSW nurses say they feel pressure not to take sick days as COVID-19 stretches healthcare resources – ABC
- Rapid antigen test chaos casts doubt on Morrison’s competence – The SMH
- Work from home is the new normal as employers struggle to make the daily grind work – ABC
- ‘What’s the plan?’: Australia needs to prepare for the collapse of American democracy – The SMH
- Doherty Institute boss says rapid antigen tests should be free in Australia – The Guardian
- ‘I feel abandoned’: Australians waiting hours to be tested and days for their Covid results blame government – The Guardian
- Economic storm clouds lie ahead – Interest.co.nz
- How we got to the start of the 2022 mortgage rate market – Interest.co.nz
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