International
- US labor market exits 2024 with strong job gains, drop in unemployment rate – Reuters
- BofA bets on a potential Fed rate hike after jobs report, top Wall-St brokers revise forecasts – Reuters
- UK debt market sell-off threatens to push up mortgage costs – Guardian
- US job market soars past expectations in last report before Trump retakes White House – Guardian
- Asia faces economic headwind from Trump and a sluggish China – DW
- Fears over UK borrowing costs as US jobs figures prompt bond market volatility – Guardian
- No 10 insists UK has sufficient energy supply despite ‘concerningly low’ gas storage levels – Guardian…as someone on the blower to Europe each night the word is Europe is short…
- Zuckerberg approved Meta’s use of ‘pirated’ books to train AI models, authors claim – Guardian
- China accuses EU of discriminatory trade practices – DW
- France and Germany falter as Trump presidency looms – DW…EU and UK have buckled…..
- Is Russia in a stagflation crisis? – BNE Intellinews…yes it is…
- Putin 25 years in office – has he been a boon or a bane for Russia? – BNE INtellinews…good read…
- Auto giants face some painful choices in the race to avoid hefty emissions fines – CNBC
- Trump seeks Putin meeting as Biden administration announces 11th-hour aid package to Kyiv – CNBC
- 10-year Treasury yield spikes to highest level since late 2023 after hotter-than-expected jobs report – CNBC
- Why China’s central bank has stopped bond purchases – CNBC
- Surging job market could prove costly for households, businesses as odds of quick rate cuts fade – AP
- Greenland’s leader says his people don’t want to be Americans as Trump covets territory – AP
- Shadow fleet of tankers keeps Russia’s oil money flowing despite Western sanctions – AP
- Trump tax cuts, if made permanent, stand to benefit highest income earners, Treasury analysis shows – AP…why is this not a surprise?…
Local
- A February interest rate cut is a real possibility, but there’s at least one hurdle to clear – ABC
- China’s property crash a warning for Australia’s housing market – ABC
- Are traffic controllers really earning $200k per year? The ABC crunches the numbers – ABC
- How having a baby makes it more likely Australian couples rely on the man’s income – The Conversation…babies are toxic?…
- Which party is the more competent economic manager – Labor or Liberal? – New Daily
- Foxtel: transactions you can’t trust, tax evasion you can’t ignore – Michael West
- Government advertising lurk unveiled. Public announcements, private secrets – Rex Patrick
- Australian social cohesion under threat – Pearls and Irritations
- The silent crisis killing public education – Pearls and Irritations…trashed by governments, and woke nonsense embedded in curricula…
- The rule of the Oligarchs and Machines is here – Pearls and Irritations
Vids
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