Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Stunned Investors Reap 95% Gains on Defaulted Puerto Rico Bonds – Bloomberg
- Savers Rejoice: Your Interest Rate Is About to Climb – Bloomberg
- Traders May Finally Be Getting Tired of Trump’s Amazon Bashing – Bloomberg
- Stock Market Pain Bleeds Into Junk Bonds – Bloomberg
- OTC crypto market flourishes – Reuters
- The World’s Most Important Number – Bloomberg
- Bitcoin Network Researchers See ‘Substantial’ Overvaluation – Bloomberg
- The Danger Lurking in a Safe Corner of the Bond Market – WSJ
Americas:
- US suspects listening devices in Washington – AP
- White House’s Navarro criticizes Fed interest-rate forecast – MarketWatch
- Donald Trump’s grudge against Amazon and Jeff Bezos – FT
- Manhattan Home Sales Tumble Most Since 2009 as Buyers Push Back – Bloomberg
- Foreign visas plunge under Trump – Politico
- Trump discussed rolling back spending deal with GOP leaders: Source – CNBC
- New York Fed Names John Williams President, Bucking Calls for Diversity – NY Times
- Fed’s John Williams Goes to New York Heavy on Economics, Light on Markets – Bloomnerg
- People have stopped paying their mobile-home loans, and it’s a warning sign for the economy – Business Insider
- Crack and Pack: How Companies Are Mastering the New Tax Code – WSJ
- GM Throws Wrench in U.S. Auto Sales by Deserting Monthly Reports – Bloomberg
- Trump Pushing for Preliminary Nafta Deal by Mid-April, Sources Say – Bloomberg
Europe:
- Inside the Decade-Long Russian Campaign to Infiltrate NRA and Elect Trump – Rolling Stone
- City’s Brexit transition deal is nothing to be cheered – FT
- The Great Recession, Austerity and Inequality: Lessons from Ireland – Wiley
- European Central Bank’s marathon man moves to front of the pack – FT
- Emmanuel Macron compares ’too big to be governed’ Google and Facebook to oil barons – The Telegraph
- The UK’s productivity puzzle is in the top tail of the distribution – Bank Underground
Asia:
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- More wealthy Chinese shell out for UK ‘golden visas’ – FT
- Chinese ambassador to US: We will take measures to fight back very soon – CNBC
- U.S. Announces Tariffs on $50 Billion of China Imports – WSJ
- China Finds California Wine Pairs Well With a Trade War – NY Times
- The Chinese economy is rebalancing, at last – FT
- China’s tariff retaliation against U.S. hitting Trump’s base hardest: Economist – BNN
- Looming China Trade Action Divides Industry and Roils Markets – NY Times
- The U.S. wrote the rules for global trade. Now China is using them against Trump. – Washington Post
- Was Letting China Into the WTO a Mistake? – Foreign Affairs
- China to Respond to New U.S. Duties With ‘Same Scale, Intensity’ – Bloomberg
- China moves its factories back to the countryside – FT
- President Trump’s Unwinnable Trade War with China – Mercatus Center
Trans-Tasman:
- Welfare crackdown on relationships a ‘double standard’ not applied to MPs – The Guardian
- Celebrated by the tabloids, the welfare bill punishes those already doing it tough – The Guardian
- Japan partially bans Australian barley over excessive pesticide levels – ABC
- Biggest wind farm in NSW makes way for greener energy, more jobs – ABC
- ATO raids tax-office whistleblower amid Fairfax-Four Corners investigation – The SMH
- Why we should be wary of politicians who break their word – New Daily
- Coal-fired power stations caused surge in airborne mercury pollution, study finds – The Guardian
- Julie Bishop advised South Africa to ignore Dutton’s comments, Pretoria says – The Guardian
- Reserve Bank to become a direct lender under radical Greens plan – Canberra Times
- A new coal-fired power plant would cost $3 billion, drive up energy prices and take eight years to build – The SMH
- We asked if and how you thought Australia’s democracy was broken. This is what you said – The SMH
- Joyce joins pro-coal MPs pushing Turnbull – SBS
- PM: “My Boomer-Friendly May Budget Will Trickle Down To Millennials. Trust Me.” – Betoota Advocata
- Alinta Energy says it wants to buy AGL’s Liddell coal-fired power station – The Guardian
- Landlords, you provide a service … and that requires minimum standards – Domain
- Defence Department scientist had separate role with China-linked firm – Brisbane Times
- Melbourne is a busy city these days – get used to it – The Age
- Should international airlines be allowed to fly domestic routes to reduce airfares? – ABC
- ‘Large carrots’ and ‘brittle sticks’ encourage banking bad behaviour: APRA – ABC
- Stock of homes for sale rising in Auckland, Waikato and Canterbury – Interest.co.nz
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