Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- JPMorgan Chase shareholders reject options bonus for CEO Jamie Dimon – Market Watch
- Crypto Billionaires Lose All of their Fortune to the Crypto Crash – Cryptolka
- Bitcoin Washout Is Leaving Mom-and-Pop Buyers Holding the Bag – Valkyrie Crypto Funds
- Fed’s Evans wants smaller U.S. rate hikes by July or Sept – Yahoo
- Millennials and Gen Z Don’t See the Point in Saving for the Future – Business Insider
- The right hand of Elon Musk: who manages the largest fortune in the world – Medium
Americas:
- U.S. Economy Is Headed for a Downturn, Wells Fargo CEO Says – WSJ
- Is the Typical CEO Really Worth $15 Million? Of course not. But that’s what they make as they profit from the inflation that’s hurting the middle class. – New Republic
- Ben Bernanke … sees huge warning signs on inflation, stagflation and student debt – Yahoo
- Gas prices average over $4 a gallon in every state for first time – NY Times
- Goldman Sachs warns companies to ready for a US recession, declaring it a’very, very high risk.’ – Coin Buzz Feed
- Bank of America Clients Hoard Cash at Highest Level in Two Decades – Yahoo
- Decarbonizing US Energy System Would Save 50,000 Lives and $600 Billion a Year: Study – Common Dreams
Europe:
- The parliament of Finland has voted 188 to 8 in favor of NATO membership – YLE
- Russian TV host refuses to apologise for report on mock nuclear attack on Ireland – Irish Times
- Four EU countries to increase offshore wind power capacity tenfold – Reuters
- Macron tells Zelenskiy: French arms deliveries to Ukraine will intensify – Reuters
- NATO ‘has an open door’ for countries like Ireland – News Talk
- EU threatens sanctions after UK proposes law to override NI protocol – Euractiv
- Greece begins cooperation with US to purchase F-35 fighter jets – News.am
Asia:
- How to Mend the Rift Between Japan and South Korea – Foreign Affairs
- Sri Lanka Down to Last Day of Petrol, New Prime Minister Says – BBC
- Iraq balks at greater Chinese control of its oilfields – Reuters
- Is the era of free movement for Chinese citizens coming to an end? – Yahoo
- WHO: Omicron Makes China’s ‘Zero-COVID’ Policy Unsustainable – US News
- Uyghur heartland has world’s highest detention rate: data – Alaraby
- Ten years from boom to bust, Chinese football in a tailspin – CNN
Trans-Tasman:
- More than 30 retired judges call for ‘urgently needed’ federal Icac – The Guardian
- These gas and oil companies have paid $0 tax for the past 7 years: ‘Unbelievable’ Yahoo
- We reserve homes for over 55s. Why don’t we have villages for first home buyers? – The SMH
- Experts warn the ‘intergenerational bargain is starting to fray’ as changes top up perks for older voters – ABC
- Wages growth edges up, but still a long way short of the rising cost of living – ABC
- Grant King and the Big Gas Con – how fossil fuel giants are cheating Australia’s emissions system – Michael West
- ‘Whole new cost’: Disaster victims bemoan election policy silence amid sky-rocketing insurance – ABC
- Coalition costings: $3.3bn in public service cuts to fund election pledges worth $2.3bn – The Guardian
- Is the labour market a bigger problem for RBNZ Monetary Policy than inflation? – Interest.co.nz
- Westpac NZ economists raise their forecast OCR peak by 50 basis points – Interest.co.nz
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