Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Millennials are getting older – and their pitiful finances are a timebomb waiting to go off – The Guardian
- Twitch’s New Streaming Rival Kick Tests Waters of Lighter Moderation – Bloomberg
- The millennial baby boom probably isn’t going to happen – Touz Affair
- Silvergate Bank Halts Withdrawals After $1 Billion Loss – Coin Press
- Cannabis Companies Are Having Trouble Winning Over Institutional Investors – Bloomberg
- Google CEO defends desk-sharing policy, says some offices are like a ‘ghost town’ – CNBC
- Amid Global Hunger Crisis, Commodity Speculators Reap Record-Shattering Profits – Common Dreams
Americas:
- Alaska’s Fisheries Are Collapsing. – Politico
- Senators call for two changes to help encourage Social Security beneficiaries to claim retirement benefits later – CNBC
- Half of Americans have less emergency savings than last year or no savings at all – Business Insider
- Biden Will Veto Senate Rule Blocking ESG Investments – Clean Technica
- Home prices could face double-digit drop in these 4 cities, Goldman Sachs warns – Fox Business
- ‘I just found myself struggling to keep up’: Number of teachers quitting hits new high – USA Today
- Millions of Americans nearing retirement age with no savings – CBS News
- The Fed now has no choice but to push the US into a ‘hard landing’ recession to pull inflation down, strategist says – Yahoo
- Larry Summers: US economy could hit an ‘air pocket’ in the coming months – CNN
- Brazil’s central bank authorizes business payments on WhatsApp – Central Banking
Europe:
- 1 in 5 Ukrainians Forced to Seek Refuge as the Devastating Impacts of War Continue. – The Macrolist
- Putin hoped to break NATO after Ukraine invasion – Euractiv
- Estonia prime minister wins landslide election victory – FT
- Germany and Italy stall EU ban on combustion engines – FT
- Turkey’s earthquake death toll rose to 45,968 – Reuters
- Germany planning to ban Huawei, ZTE from parts of 5G networks, Zeit Online reports – Reuters
Asia:
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- Indonesia to tighten used shoe import controls after Reuters report – Reuters
- Japan Piled Back Into U.S. Treasurys This Year. Investors Worry It Won’t Last. – WSJ
- China’s Economy May Never Overtake the US: Rockefeller International – Business Insider
- Macro-Control: Making Sense of a Central Concept in Chinese Economic Policy – American Affairs Journal
- China takes a cautious approach to its economy in 2023 – CNBC
- Chinese banks cause alarm as capital flight measures intensify – Asian Markets
- Hong Kong elite pressed to give up western passports – FT
Trans-Tasman:
- Perth Mint sold diluted gold to China, got caught, and tried to cover it up – ABC
- ‘I’ll be PM before you’ Monique Ryan tells Dutton as teals demand more staff – The SMH
- The Reserve Bank is tipped to raise interest rates again, even as some families struggle to meet higher home loan repayments – ABC
- ‘No evidence of corrupt conduct’: ICAC delivers verdict on John Barilaro’s trade job posting – ABC
- ‘Long march’: The right-wing Christian plan to infiltrate politics – Brisbane Times
- Read the room, tax the rich – With the cost of living biting, there is increasing support for making the uber wealthy pay their fair share – The Monthly
- Victoria urged to cut gas use if it is to achieve 75% emissions reduction target – The Guardian
- ‘Seize or squander’: Bowen challenges parliament to accept emissions reduction laws, or risk losing momentum – ABC
- Tax the rich: Dick Smith’s message for Anthony Albanese – The SMH
- ‘It’s worryingly easy to imagine inflation remaining above the RBNZ’s target over the next few years’ – Interest.co.nz
- February auction activity down by more than half compared to a year ago – Interest.co.nz
- ‘The risks are tilted towards further small gains in shorter-term mortgage rates’ – Interest.co.nz