‘A Billabong in the Goulburn Valley, Victoria, Australia’ 1878, H.J. Johnstone, Art Gallery of South Australia
Macro & Markets
- Bond markets should brace for tighter central bank squeeze – Reuters
- Record low rates are here to stay regardless who sits in the Oval Office. Will that keep markets pumping in the age of Covid-19? – SCMP
- The Market’s Best of All Possible Worlds – Project-Syndicate
- How much of the stock market’s rise over the last 11 years is due to QE? Here’s an estimate – MarketWatch
- Oil price path depends on coronavirus control – Reuters, Kemp
Americas
- Richest Americans Win With a Divided U.S. Government – Bloomberg
- Was the US election about the economy or not? – DW
- US seizes $1bn in bitcoin linked to Silk Road site – Guardian
- There’s no erasing Arizona, nor the malevolent heart of Trump’s America – Ninefax
- Fed Has the Economy’s Weight on Its Shoulders Again – Bloomberg
- U.S. job growth slows; millions experiencing long bouts of unemployment – Reuters
- Trump’s Weaker Dollar Arrives on Cue to Help Biden – Bloomberg, Authers
- Joe Biden has won. Here’s what comes next. – Vox
- How Joe Biden, the ultimate insider, defeated Donald Trump, the ultimate outsider – Vox
- Joe Biden’s health care plan, explained in 800 words – Vox
- The Slow-Motion Humiliation of an Empty Demagogue – Slate
- Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell calls for more economic stimulus – CBS News
- IRS says time is running out for people to get their stimulus check – CBS News
- Winter threatens 1.4 million U.S. jobs, analysis finds – CBS News
- Trump Won’t Accept Defeat. Ever. – The Atlantic
- America’s Next Authoritarian Will Be Much More Competent – The Atlantic
- There are ‘pretty high’ risks of the U.S. economy backtracking, Moody’s economist warns – CNBC
- How the White House Rolled Back Financial Regulations – NY Times
- The Election That Broke the Republican Party – Politico
- “THEY LIVE FOR F–KING GRIDLOCK”: WALL STREET IS GIDDY OVER THE PROSPECT OF A BIDEN PRESIDENCY—AND GOP SENATE – Vanity Fair
- Trump’s America: poor targeted, red carpet for wealthiest tax avoiders – Michael West
- We Now Return to Our Regularly Scheduled Pandemic – Bloomberg
- Unemployment Drops To 6.9%, But Pandemic Surge Clouds Recovery – NPR
- Hospital quality and deaths from COVID-19 in US counties – VoxEU
Asia
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- China’s exports surged unexpectedly last month, as pace of import growth cooled off – SCMP
- The US Must Accept China’s Rise – Project-Syndicate
- China’s October exports jump 11.4% from last year, highest in 19 months – CNBC
- China smartphone shipments fall 14% as sanctions sting Huawei – Nikkei Asian Review
- China seeks to flip the script on Covid blame game – Asia Times
- Xi’s $22 trillion import vow a contrary indicator – Asia Times
- Biden restoration cause to rejoice in Beijing – Asia Times
- China leapfrogs world with first 6G experimental satellite – Asia Times
- Unbridled transport infrastructure growth in China – VoxEU
- Fifth Plenum maps China’s response to a more hostile world – Bruegel
- China’s roaring economy has sparked a yuan rally, but it may not last – SCMP
- China birth rate: Beijing vows to be ‘inclusive’, will stop punishing people for having too many babies – SCMP
- China-Australia relations: importers remain under pressure to cut orders of Australian products as ban looms
- China-Australia relations: looming ban on Australian goods clouds Shanghai import expo – SCMP
- China tells Australia to ‘reflect on its own deeds’ as it imposes new import bans – SCMP
- China exports remain strong in October – Asia Times
Europe
- Putin’s Flatlining Economy – Project-Syndicate
- Coronavirus: Merkel promises to shore up German economy – DW
- Kremlin slams reports of Putin resignation as ‘complete nonsense’ – DW
- UK house prices jump at fastest rate in four years – Guardian
- UK economy heading for double-dip recession as summer recovery stalls – Guardian
- The problems with sanctions – BNE Intellinews
- EU set to impose tariffs on $4 billion U.S. goods next week – Reuters
- Turkish central bank at bay as fears of currency crisis loom – DW
- Turkey in financial desert as liquidity dries up in USD/lira market – BNE Intellinews
- Mysterious ‘spy boat’ sparks alarm in Scotland – Asia Times
- The euro’s moment – El Pais
- Hotels and ferries slash operations – Ekathimerini
Terra Specufestorus
- China’s trade threats hit Australia with ‘psychological warfare’ – Ninefax
- Do not cave to China on trade: government MPs hold strong line – Ninefax
- Australia’s Treasury chief warns economic recovery could ‘falter’ without strong fiscal boost – Guardian
- Pandemic, recession, closed borders: can anything stop the Australian housing juggernaut? – Guardian
- Senator Eric Abetz: A career of negativity and division – Pearls and Irritations
- Let’s have a proper review of public sector remuneration – Pearls and Irritations
- Whoever wins, Australia can’t rely on its great and powerful ally – Pearls and Irritations
- Woodside leaves oil rig for taxpayers to clean up; is Exxon next in the Bass Strait? – Michael West
- Peas in a pod: Labor, Coalition join forces to weaken political donation laws – Michael West…they ought to be ashamed…
- Australian fruit picking exploitation claims prompt push on protections against ‘modern slavery’ – ABC
- Qantas to close airport service desks in response to travellers moving online – ABC
- Australian property bubble hasn’t yet burst, but can house prices keep rising amid the pandemic? – ABC
- Zero gravity: RBA’s emergency measures take us far from normal – Ninefax
- Wine, lobster, copper … what’s at stake in our trade tensions with China? – Ninefax
- Australia’s interest rates are low and staying low. Time to ask for a better home loan – Guardian
- Reserve bank slashes interest rate to historic low of 0.1% in bid to prop up Australian economy – Guardian
- Young Australians delaying life goals due to pandemic and feel pessimistic about future – Guardian
- 5 ways the Reserve Bank is going to bat for Australia like never before – The Conversation
…and furthermore…
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- Are all white people racist? Why Critical Race Theory has us rattled – Ninefax…CRT is yet another distraction from the certainty that the uber rich harvest the rest, and that the only real war is the class war…
- Coronavirus impact on global trade prompts ship firms to cut back on new vessels – SCMP
- Universal income gains traction on the right – DW
- Travellers may need to prepare for changes to in-flight offerings by airlines, experts say – ABC
- The foul-smelling fuel that could power big ships – BBC
- Gender differences in COVID-19 perception and compliance – VoxEU
- The political consequences of the Covid pandemic: Lessons from cross-country polling data – VoxEU
- Corruption in public procurement – VoxEU
- Job polarisation and the Great Recession – Bruegel
- How a Coronavirus Mutation in Minks Could Wreak Havoc on Vaccine Development – Slate
- The wage curve across the wealth distribution – VoxEU
- Couple formation and parental wealth – VoxEU
- Economics for the people – Aeon