Uber, Postmates Sue California to Block Gig-Worker Law

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-31/uber-postmates-sue-california-to-block-landmark-gig-worker-law

Top Jobs for Next Decade Are Behavioral Scientist, Data Analyst

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-30/top-jobs-for-next-decade-are-behavioral-scientist-data-analyst

Why It’s So Hard to Forecast the Economy

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-12-31/the-economy-is-getting-harder-to-forecast

Why Guaranteed Income for Life Might Not Be Such a Great Deal

https://www.thepennyhoarder.com/insurance/what-is-an-annuity/?aff_id=168&aff_sub3=smartnews_insurance/what-is-an-annuity/

The Fed seems to have halted a potential crisis in the overnight lending market — for now

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/30/the-fed-seems-to-have-halted-a-potential-crisis-in-the-repo-market.html

The Fed could face a possible ‘inflation scare’ in 2020 with commodity prices on the rise

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/30/the-fed-could-face-a-possible-inflation-scare-in-2020.html

Say Goodbye to Banking as We Know It

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-12-29/china-has-edge-over-silicon-valley-to-end-banking-as-we-know-it

Want to get your finances in order in 2020? Here’s the only New Year’s resolution you should make

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/want-to-be-financially-solvent-in-2020-make-this-new-years-resolution-2019-12-27

China's $45 Trillion Market Is Opening Up. Here's What to Watch in 2020

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-29/china-is-dismantling-its-great-financial-wall-a-guide-to-2020

Corporate Finance Has Two New Ticking Debt Time Bombs a Decade After the Financial Crisis | Fortune

https://fortune.com/2019/12/29/financial-crisis-corporate-debt-lev-loans-covenants/

While indicators are positive for now, here's what may go wrong with the economy in 2020

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/12/29/economy-2020-predictions-what-could-go-wrong-with-and-bring-recession/2768879001/

U.S. companies are forcing workers to train their own foreign replacements

https://www.axios.com/trump-att-outsourcing-h1b-visa-foreign-workers-1f26cd20-664a-4b5f-a2e3-361c8d2af502.html

Rise In Climate-Related Deaths Will Surpass All Infectious Diseases, Economist Testifies

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2019/12/27/climate-related-deaths-in-2100-will-surpass-current-mortality-from-all-infectious-diseases-economist-testifies/

U.S. companies spend $340 million a year and constantly break the law to beat unions

https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2019/12/28/1907042/-U-S-companies-spend-340-million-a-year-and-constantly-break-the-law-to-beat-unions

Average family can't afford to buy a home in 71% of country

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/2020-real-estate-forecast-still-too-expensive-for-most-people-to-buy-or-rent-a-home/

Donald Trump's Trade War Tariffs Reduced Employment at U.S. Factories and Hiked Prices, Federal Reserve Study Finds

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-trade-war-china-tariffs-1479462

Telemigrants are coming for your white-collar job, and a wall won’t stop them

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/telemigrants-are-coming-for-your-white-collar-job-and-a-wall-wont-stop-them-2019-02-25

Top football players are a class apart on many college campuses — due to online course offerings

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/top-football-players-are-a-class-apart-on-many-college-campuses-due-to-online-course-offerings-2019-12-27

No snowflakes here: U.S. consumers will keep the economy humming through 2020

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/no-snowflakes-here-us-consumers-will-keep-the-economy-humming-through-2020-2019-12-28

Fed study finds Trump tariffs backfired - MarketWatch

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/fed-study-finds-trump-tariffs-backfired-2019-12-27

Fed study: Trump tariffs backfired, caused job losses and higher prices

https://thehill.com/policy/finance/476100-fed-study-trump-tariffs-backfired-caused-job-losses-and-higher-prices

Amazon wants to patent technology that could identify shoppers by their hands

https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/12/26/21037923/amazon-go-hand-scanning-patent-biometrics-whole-foods-identity

Wheat Could Be Surprise Big Winner of the U.S.-China Trade Deal

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-26/wheat-could-be-surprise-big-winner-of-the-u-s-china-trade-deal

Your electric car and vegetarian diet are pointless virtue signaling in the fight against climate change

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/your-electric-car-and-vegetarian-diet-are-pointless-virtue-signalling-in-fighting-climate-change-2019-12-26

Stock market bubble is forming and a 50% plunge is inevitable: strategist

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/stock-market-bubble-is-forming-and-a-50-plunge-is-inevitable-strategist-164718742.html

Banks Set for Biggest Job Cull Since 2015 as Morgan Stanley Cuts

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-27/banks-set-for-biggest-job-cull-since-2015-as-morgan-stanley-cuts

Another reason to combat the obesity epidemic: scientists say overeating contributes to climate change

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/another-reason-to-combat-the-obesity-epidemic-these-scientists-say-overeating-contributes-to-climate-change-2019-12-26

The Corporate Bond Market’s $100 Billion Buyer Is Here to Stay

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-26/the-corporate-bond-market-s-100-billion-buyer-is-here-to-stay

Trump’s Phase One Trade Deal Shows He Envies Xi’s State-Control of China’s Economy

https://www.forbes.com/sites/harrybroadman/2019/12/25/trumps-phase-one-trade-deal-shows-he-envies-xis-state-control-of-chinas-economy/

Deflating a Bubble Before It Busts Would Be Huge

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-12-24/deflating-a-bubble-before-it-busts-would-be-huge

China's latest 'great friendship' in the Pacific is giving the US a strategic headache

https://www.businessinsider.com/chinas-friendship-with-micronesia-giving-the-us-headache-in-pacific-2019-12

American allies ‘needed for targeted decoupling from China’

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3043304/american-allies-needed-targeted-decoupling-china

Dow’s Mind-Blowing Rally at Risk as Economic Index Flirts with Recession

https://www.ccn.com/dow-jones-analysis-12-20-2019/

As stock indexes hit record heights, Guggenheim’s Minerd says we’re near a ‘Minsky moment’ and ‘silly season in risk assets’

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/as-stock-indexes-hit-record-heights-guggenheims-minerd-says-were-near-a-minsky-moment-and-silly-season-in-risk-assets-2019-12-23

Short bets against long-term Treasury bonds hit record as economic pessimism wanes

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/short-bets-against-long-term-treasury-bonds-hit-record-as-economic-pessimism-wanes-2019-12-23

U.S. durable-goods orders sink in November; decline is sharpest in six months

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-durable-goods-orders-sink-in-november-by-most-in-six-months-2019-12-23

Don’t count on a real de-escalation of the U.S.-China trade war

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/dont-count-on-a-real-de-escalation-of-the-us-china-trade-war-2019-12-23

Wall Street Leveraged Debt Desks Set to Dial Up Risk in New Year

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-23/wall-street-leveraged-debt-desks-set-to-dial-up-risk-in-new-year

U.S. New-Home Sales Rise to Cap Best Three Months Since 2007

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-23/u-s-new-home-sales-rise-capping-best-three-months-since-2007

Fed May Be Quietly Masking Extent of Efforts to Calm Repo Market

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-23/the-fed-may-quietly-be-doing-more-to-calm-repo-than-you-realize

'It's a complete mess': Energy market in flux ahead of a global shipping revolution, analysts warn

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/23/oil-energy-market-braces-for-imo-2020-as-analysts-warn-of-uncertainty.html

IMF calls for 'urgent' action by India amid slowdown

https://this.kiji.is/en/581975674554090593

Economists like annuities; consumers don’t — here’s the disconnect

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/economists-like-annuities-consumers-dont-heres-the-disconnect-2019-12-23

America Turns From Tea Party to MMT in a Decade

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-12-23/america-turns-from-tea-party-to-mmt-in-a-decade

Caught in Trump’s Trade Crossfire, Israel Chases Deal With China

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-23/caught-in-trump-s-trade-crossfire-israel-chases-deal-with-china

Two years into Trump’s tax cut, the results are not promising

https://qz.com/1769421/trumps-tax-cuts-and-jobs-act-shows-poor-results-after-two-years/

Here’s What Credit Pros Are Watching as China Defaults Rise

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-22/here-s-what-credit-pros-are-watching-as-defaults-rise-in-china

'Rates Were Pushed Off The Cliff By The Central Banks'

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4313777-rates-pushed-off-cliff-central-banks?utm_source=smartnews.com&utm_medium=referral

Federal Spending Explodes at Nearly $300,000 Per Household Since 2010

https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/12/22/federal-spending-explodes-at-nearly-300000-per-household-since-2010/

The City of London Starts to Crack Over Brexit

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-12-23/the-city-of-london-starts-to-crack-over-brexit

Stocks Face 50% Odds of Correction in 2020, Vanguard’s Davis Says

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-23/stocks-face-50-odds-of-correction-in-20-vanguard-s-davis-says

What kind of child plays with a Fisher-Price charcuterie set?

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/what-kind-of-fancy-a---child-plays-with-a-fisher-price-charcuterie-set-2019-12-20

Work on Russia Pipeline May Grind to Halt on Trump Sanctions

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-21/russian-pipeline-work-halted-on-threat-of-u-s-sanctions

In 2020, 2% Looks Like the New 3% for the World’s Benchmark Rate

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-22/in-2020-2-looks-like-the-new-3-for-the-world-s-benchmark-rate

Importing drugs from Canada won't lower prices in U.S.: experts

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/prescription-drugs-imported-from-canada-wont-lower-prices-for-american-consumers-experts-say/

U.S. government says verdict in Bayer's Roundup case should be reversed

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bayer-glyphosate-lawsuit-idUSKBN1YP0LD

One engine of the U.S. economy is revved up, but another is stalling

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/one-engine-of-the-us-economy-is-revved-up-but-another-is-stalling-2019-12-21

Going 100% Green Will Pay For Itself in Seven Years, Study Finds

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-20/going-100-green-will-pay-for-itself-in-seven-years-study-finds

Trade war fears spook US policymakers into thinking China could weaponise drug exports

https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3042749/trade-war-fears-spook-us-policymakers-thinking-china-could

U.S. consumer spending rises; inflation tame

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy-consumer-idUSKBN1YO1S5

Cattle Showdown Stews as U.S. Herd Grows Along With Fund Wagers

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-20/cattle-showdown-stews-as-u-s-herd-grows-along-with-fund-wagers

Nord Stream 2: Trump approves sanctions on Russia gas pipeline

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50875935

Opinion: I'm on Medicare, but I still got stuck with a $25,000 hospital bill

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-12-20/medicare-coverage-hospitalization-patient-costs

Trade War Turns Seasons Upside Down for Truckers at L.A. Port

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-20/trade-war-turns-seasons-upside-down-for-truckers-at-l-a-port

Cox Communications hit with $1B music piracy verdict - CNET

https://www.cnet.com/news/cox-communications-hit-with-1b-music-piracy-verdict/?taid=5dfc6e1630ffb60001e65f3d

This yield-curve measure touches its steepest level this year, as bond market takes heart in economy again

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-yield-curve-measure-touches-its-steepest-level-this-year-as-bond-market-takes-heart-in-economy-again-2019-12-19

U.S. Steel to lay off workers, cut dividend and terminate stock buybacks

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-steel-to-lay-off-workers-cut-dividend-and-terminate-stock-buybacks-2019-12-19

A helpless Europe is verging on economic and political humiliation

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/a-helpless-europe-is-verging-on-economic-and-political-humiliation-2019-12-20

U.S. Companies' Repatriated Cash Hits $1 Trillion Under Tax Law

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-19/u-s-companies-repatriated-cash-hits-1-trillion-under-tax-law

These Are the Big Brexit Battles Ahead

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-20/after-johnson-gets-brexit-done-a-bigger-battle-begins-in-europe

Almonds and Pecans May Be Key to U.S.-China Farm Deal

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-20/it-s-nuts-almonds-and-pecans-may-be-key-to-u-s-china-farm-deal

Food bank braces for surge in demand after Trump strips 700,000 of benefits

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/dec/19/food-stamps-bank-georgia-african-americans

Chipotle accused of violating U.S. labor law on union organizing

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-chipotle-labor-idUSKBN1YO076

Debt in developing economies rises to record $55tn

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/dec/19/debt-in-developing-economies-rises-to-record-55tn

The WTO Wins Title of Biggest Loser Amid U.S.-China Trade Deal

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-19/trade-war-latest-trump-wto-geneva-tariffs-china-economy-k4cobi6a

U.S. industrial output rebounds sharply after end of GM strike

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-industrial-output-rebounds-sharply-after-end-of-gm-strike-2019-12-17

A Major Shipping Change Is Coming, and So Are Higher Fuel Prices

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-19/a-major-shipping-change-is-coming-and-so-are-higher-fuel-prices

Housing to recession-proof U.S. economy in 2020 - HousingWire

https://www.housingwire.com/articles/housing-to-recession-proof-economy-in-2020/

The thing that freaked everyone out about a recession is now moving in the opposite direction

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/18/the-thing-that-flashed-recession-signal-is-moving-in-opposite-direction.html

The ‘ultimate smart money indicator’ is signalling a big move in the stock market by the end of the week

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-ultimate-smart-money-indicator-is-signalling-a-big-move-in-the-stock-market-by-the-end-of-the-week-2019-12-18

Truckmakers Slash Jobs by the Thousands as Orders Dry Up

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-17/truckmakers-slash-jobs-by-the-thousands-as-semi-orders-dry-up

U.S. Concedes Defeat on Gas Pipeline It Sees as Russian Threat

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-18/u-s-concedes-defeat-on-nord-stream-2-pipeline-officials-say

House Passes $1.4 Trillion Spending Plan With Tax Provisions

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-17/house-passes-1-4-trillion-spending-plan-with-tax-provisions

A $630 Billion Pension Market Set to Enter a New Rate World

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-17/a-630-billion-pension-market-is-about-to-enter-a-new-rate-world

Pea farmers hit by trade war and low prices get a lifeline from Beyond Meat, other meat substitutes

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/17/pea-farmers-hit-by-trade-war-and-low-prices-get-a-lifeline-from-beyond-meat-other-meat-substitutes.html

Look Out: Some Chinese Thinkers Are Girding for a “Financial War”

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2019/12/17/look-out-some-chinese-thinkers-are-girding-for-a-financial-war-086610

Shipping Industry Plans Its Own $5 Billion Climate Change Fund

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-18/shipping-industry-plans-its-own-5-billion-climate-change-fund

Alan Greenspan says inflation 'is inevitably going to rise' as deficit balloons over $1 trillion

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/17/alan-greenspan-says-inflation-is-inevitably-going-to-rise-as-deficit-balloons-over-1-trillion.html

Rising debt used for financial risk-taking could leave major economies vulnerable, IMF says

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/17/imf-rising-debt-used-for-financial-risk-taking-could-endanger-major-economies.html

Chinese corporate debt is the ‘biggest threat’ to the global economy, says Moody’s chief economist

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/17/chinas-corporate-debt-is-biggest-threat-to-global-economy-moodys.html

Dangerous Debt Hidden Reason for Monetary Madness

https://spectator.org/dangerous-debt-hidden-reason-for-monetary-madness/

‘System failure’ is what investors got from the Federal Reserve in 2019

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/system-failure-is-what-investors-got-from-the-federal-reserve-in-2019-2019-12-17

‘We did not cheer': China hints at breaking trade deal before it is signed

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/we-did-not-cheer-china-hints-at-breaking-trade-deal-before-it-is-signed

Spending Bill Includes Seismic Retirement Changes, Curtails Stretch IRAs

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2019/12/16/spending-bill-includes-seismic-retirement-changes-curtails-stretch-iras/

U.S.-China Deal Will Be a Short-Term Truce

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-12-17/u-s-china-trade-deal-will-be-a-short-truce-not-a-lasting-peace

Japan Widens Lead on China as Top Foreign Treasuries Holder

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-16/japan-widens-lead-over-china-as-top-foreign-treasuries-holder

Trump Helped Nix Electric Car Tax Measure Sought by Tesla, GM

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-16/trump-helped-nix-electric-car-tax-measure-sought-by-tesla-gm

China’s Oil Imports Are Most World’s Ever Seen And Still Growing

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-17/china-s-oil-imports-are-most-world-s-ever-seen-and-still-growing

Goldman Sachs becomes 1st major US bank to pledge no funding for Arctic oil projects

https://abcnews.go.com/Business/goldman-sachs-1st-major-us-bank-pledge-funding/story?id=67757750

New USMCA hurdle as Mexico says it will ‘never accept’ U.S. labor inspections

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/new-usmca-hurdle-as-mexico-says-it-will-never-accept-us-labor-inspections-2019-12-15

Importance Of College Drops Nearly 50% Among Young Adults In Just Six Years

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brandonbusteed/2019/12/15/importance-of-college-drops-nearly-50-among-young-adults-in-just-six-years/

GOP Senator Criticizes Trade Agreement as ‘Complete Capitulation to Pelosi’

https://www.mediaite.com/tv/gop-senator-criticizes-trade-agreement-as-complete-capitulation-to-pelosi/

Mexicans throw 11th hour curveball at Trump's biggest trade deal

https://www.axios.com/usmca-mexico-labor-trump-trade-deal-653767fd-cbf8-4fb5-9c7f-6e51a980d25f.html

What’s The Current Risk Of A U.S. Recession?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonmoore/2019/12/14/whats-the-current-risk-of-a-us-recession/

The locomotive of the U.S. economy might be losing steam

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-locomotive-of-the-us-economy-might-be-losing-steam-2019-12-14

Stock Markets Failed To Rally On China Trade Deal, Here’s Why

https://www.forbes.com/sites/sergeiklebnikov/2019/12/13/stock-markets-failed-to-rally-on-china-trade-deal-heres-why/

Trucking companies failing at nearly triple the rate of 2018

https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/trucking-companies-failing-at-nearly-triple-the-rate-of-2018

Self-made Millionaires Who Retire Early Have These 17 Financial Habits in Common

https://www.travelandleisure.com/trip-ideas/senior-travel/syndication-self-made-millionaire-early-retirement-habits

A Warren Buffett Investment That You Don’t Want To Own

https://www.fool.com/investing/2019/12/14/a-warren-buffett-investment-that-you-dont-want-to.aspx

China is cautiously welcoming the new 'Phase One' deal struck with the US, but the trade war is far from over

https://www.insider.com/china-welcomes-preliminary-deal-in-trade-war-it-blames-on-us-2019-12

Doubts Surface on $50 Billion in China Farm Buys Touted by Trump

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-13/doubts-surface-on-50-billion-in-china-farm-buys-touted-by-trump

Trump’s Dud of a Deal Shows the Futility of Trade War

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-12-13/trump-s-u-s-china-deal-wasn-t-worth-a-trade-war

Here’s proof that 401(k) plans are not working for most Americans — can you guess who they ARE working for?

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/heres-proof-that-401k-plans-are-not-working-for-most-americans-can-you-guess-who-they-are-working-for-2019-12-12

The Fed Just Blew the Lid on the Next Financial Crisis

https://www.ccn.com/the-fed-just-blew-the-lid-on-the-next-financial-crisis/

Amazon is delivering half its own packages as it becomes a serious rival to FedEx and UPS

https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/13/21020938/amazon-logistics-prime-air-fedex-ups-package-delivery-more-than-50-percent

The US has signaled China will buy $50 billion of farm goods. But one chart shows they've never come anywhere close to that before.

https://www.businessinsider.com/chart-showing-us-farm-goods-china-trade-war-purchases-tariffs-2019-12

Chinese officials give details about the proposed trade agreement with the US

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/13/china-is-awfully-quiet-amid-reports-it-has-agreed-to-phase-one-trade-deal-with-the-us-in-principle.html

Trump casts doubt on China deal

https://thehill.com/policy/finance/474426-trump-casts-doubt-on-china-deal

Democrats, GOP Reach Deal to Avert Government Shutdown

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-12/deal-reached-to-avert-government-shutdown-democrat-lowey-says-k437yj94

Europe’s ‘Green Deal’ Opens Door to Economic Renewal—And Risks

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-13/europe-s-green-gamble-opens-door-to-economic-renewal-and-risks

World Is Stuck With the Dollar as the Reserve Currency

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-12-11/world-is-stuck-with-the-dollar-as-the-reserve-currency

60% of big US corporations say a head count reduction is coming in 2020

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/12/60percent-of-big-us-corporations-say-head-count-reduction-is-coming-in-2020.html

Jobless claims suddenly jumped to a two-year high

https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/12/economy/unemployment-benefits-jobless-claims/index.html

The world has its first $2 trillion company. But for how long?

https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/12/investing/saudi-aramco-2-trillion/index.html

Home Depot blames the opioid crisis for shoplifters stealing millions

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7783201/Home-Depot-blames-opioid-crisis-wave-shoplifters-stealing-millions-goods.html

These 4 changes helped Trump and Democrats agree to the USMCA trade deal

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/making-sense/these-4-changes-helped-trump-and-democrats-agree-to-the-usmca-trade-deal

China, Turkey and Brazil top emerging market CDS trading volumes

https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-emerging-market-cds-idUKKBN1YG015

China retaliatory tariffs cost billions in lost consumption: study

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-economy-idUSKBN1YF23W

Watch Out For China’s Currency In Case Of No-Deal Scenario

https://www.forbes.com/sites/aliciagarciaherrero/2019/12/11/watch-out-for-chinas-currency-in-case-of-no-deal-scenario/

Opinion: Congress might have to actually cough up for everything it promises to pay for. Imagine that

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-12-11/supreme-court-insurers-owed-by-congress

The Federal Reserve’s ‘dot plot’ sent the wrong signal again

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-federal-reserves-dot-plot-sent-the-wrong-signal-again-2019-12-11

Powell says changes to Fed’s inflation-fighting framework will be meaningful

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/powell-says-changes-to-feds-inflation-fighting-framework-will-be-meaningful-2019-12-11

Argentina to Hold Talks With Bondholders to Delay Debt

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-11/argentina-says-it-will-open-talks-with-bondolders-to-delay-debt

Fed Leaves Rates on Hold; Forecasts Show No Change Through 2020

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-11/fed-leaves-rates-unchanged-and-forecasts-show-no-change-in-2020

The WTO Will Never Be the Same After Today

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-11/trade-war-latest-wto-lighthizer-global-economy-geneva-k418rnlt

‘We were lied to’: bankruptcy leaves truckers stranded as holidays near

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/dec/10/celadon-bankruptcy-truckers-stranded

America’s Forgotten Debt – Reason.com

https://reason.com/2019/12/11/americas-forgotten-debt/

A 5,000-Year-Old Plan to Erase Debts Is Now a Hot Topic in America

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-10/a-5-000-year-old-plan-to-erase-debts-is-hot-topic-now-in-america

US deficit soars to $342 billion in two months

https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/us-deficit-soars-by-342-billion-in-first-2-months-of-fiscal-year

Americans keep gorging on debt, thanks to the Federal Reserve

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/americans-keep-gorging-on-debt-thanks-to-the-federal-reserve-2019-12-10

World trade without rules? US shuts down WTO appeals court

https://apnews.com/8e0accfe7fb3fc10b97c87c2b7e00cd8

Africa Borrowing Like It’s the 1990s Worries the IMF

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-10/african-countries-borrowing-like-it-s-the-1990s-worries-the-imf

Water Levels at World’s Biggest Dam Sink to Two-Decade Low

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-10/world-s-biggest-dam-at-its-emptiest-in-more-than-two-decades

Refinancing surges as homeowners pull out the most cash in 12 years

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/09/refinancing-surges-as-homeowners-pull-out-the-most-cash-in-12-years.html

Gundlach: The 2020s will see 'real turmoil' as US debt woes come home to roost

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/jeffrey-gundlach-on-outlook-for-2020-decade-182455166.html

Investors are terrified of something a year from now and they're placing bets to hedge themselves

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/09/investors-are-terrified-of-something-a-year-from-now-and-theyre-placing-bets-to-hedge-themselves.html

‘End of the world’: This futurist has some grim news for the middle class

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/end-of-the-world-this-futurist-has-some-grim-news-for-the-middle-class-2019-12-09

U.K. Economy Fails to Grow Ahead of Brexit-Dominated Election

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-10/u-k-economy-fails-to-grow-ahead-of-brexit-dominated-election

Paul Volcker, the towering former Fed chairman and economist, has died at age 92

https://www.businessinsider.com/paul-volcker-dies-at-age-92-obituary-fed-chair-2019-12

Now Repo Distortions Emerge in Europe’s $9 Trillion Market

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-08/now-repo-distortions-are-emerging-in-europe-s-9-trillion-market

Singapore’s Food Security Seen at Heavy Risk From Climate Change

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-09/singapore-s-food-security-seen-at-heavy-risk-from-climate-change

Wall Street Goes Slightly Crazy Each Weekday Afternoon. Here's Why

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-08/noise-for-sale-in-giant-u-s-auctions-used-to-end-stock-sessions

Trump's trade war creates 'nightmare before Christmas' for US toy-makers

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/dec/09/trump-trade-war-creates-nightmare-before-christmas-for-us-toy-makers

AI Will Drive The Multi-Trillion Dollar Longevity Economy

https://www.forbes.com/sites/cognitiveworld/2019/12/07/ai-will-drive-the-multi-trillion-dollar-longevity-economy/

Japanification the Scourge Threatening to Go Global in 2020

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-09/japanification-is-the-scourge-threatening-to-go-global-in-2020

China’s Latest Bond Scare Casts Doubt on a $1.3 Trillion Market

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-09/china-lgfv-bond-failure-raises-fresh-concerns-over-sector

Central Banks Battle Trade War Teams for Attention: Economy Week

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-08/central-banks-battle-trade-war-teams-for-attention-economy-week

Banks May Need Political Help to Survive Big Tech: a Nordic View

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-08/banks-may-need-political-help-to-survive-big-tech-a-nordic-view

U.S. Wage Growth Eclipses Mortgage Rate for First Time Since 1972

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-06/u-s-wage-growth-eclipses-mortgage-rate-for-first-time-since-72

U.S. Payroll Gain of 266,000 Trounces Forecasts as Wages Heat Up

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-06/u-s-jobs-trounce-forecasts-with-266-000-gain-as-wages-heat-up

Kansas City becomes first major U.S. city to make public transit free

https://www.curbed.com/2019/12/6/20998617/kansas-city-missouri-free-public-transportation

World Bank adopts $1 billion-plus annual China lending plan over U.S. objections

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-worldbank-china-idUSKBN1YA038

As China’s ‘Belt And Road’ Initiative Replaces U.S. On Global Stage, The Implications For Energy And Trade

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kensilverstein/2019/12/05/as-the-us-becomes-isolationist-china-is-becoming-globalist-the-implications-for-energy-and-trade/

German Industrial Slump Deepens With Worst Output Drop in Decade

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-06/german-industry-gets-nasty-reminder-of-fragility-as-output-drops

One of Wall Street’s Most Lucrative Businesses Is at Risk

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-06/silicon-valley-curbs-ipo-fees-with-help-from-citadel-securities

The Federal Reserve is prolonging the trade war, keeping the biggest financial bubble in history going – and risking the entire global system

https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3040618/federal-reserve-prolonging-trade-war-keeping-biggest-financial

Germany factory output unexpectedly falls — its 'industrial recession may be getting worse'

https://www.insider.com/germany-october-factory-output-falls-industrial-recession-getting-worse-2019-12

A ‘clear, unambiguous and broad-based’ economic slowdown means stocks go nowhere in 2020, says Deutsche Bank strategist

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/a-clear-unambiguous-and-broad-based-economic-slowdown-means-stocks-go-nowhere-in-2020-says-deutsche-bank-strategist-2019-12-05

College Football Is a Money Pit, and One School Has Had Enough

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-05/college-football-is-a-money-pit-and-one-school-has-had-enough

China says U.S. must cut tariffs in trade deal

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/china-says-us-must-cut-tariffs-in-trade-deal-2019-12-05

Climate simulations are mostly accurate, study finds

https://apnews.com/9898308e485f8dea65adb699cb2054a0

Democrats See USMCA Deal Near, Urge Mexico to Accept Compromise

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-04/democrats-see-usmca-deal-near-urge-mexico-to-accept-compromise

U.A.E. Economy Falters With First-Ever Drop in New Orders

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-05/second-biggest-arab-economy-falters-as-firms-see-orders-drop

Former US envoy says Chinese officials anticipate ‘partial decoupling’ of the nations’ economies

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3040668/former-us-envoy-says-chinese-officials-anticipate-partial

Germany Gets Warning That It’s a Long Way From Overcoming Slump

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-05/germany-gets-warning-that-it-s-a-long-way-from-overcoming-slump

Negative Rates Are Starting to Worry ECB Officials

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-05/ecb-resolve-on-negative-interest-rates-is-waning-under-lagarde

Shoppers Won’t Save the U.S. Economy

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-12-04/recession-watch-consumers-won-t-save-the-u-s-economy

Fed’s Quarles agrees with JPMorgan CEO Dimon on cause of repo-market turmoil

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/feds-quarles-agrees-with-jpmorgan-ceo-dimon-on-cause-of-repo-market-turmoil-2019-12-04

The trade war is just the start: distrust of China is bipartisan in Washington and EU environmental tariffs loom

https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3040216/trade-war-just-start-distrust-china-bipartisan-washington-and-eu

Don’t be too quick to give the economy the all-clear signal

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/dont-be-too-quick-to-give-the-economy-the-all-clear-signal-2019-12-04

A Fund Manager Is Using Big Plastic’s Money to Stop Ocean Trash

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-04/singapore-fund-plans-to-attract-billions-to-clean-world-s-oceans

2019 top city destinations report pushes the Americas out of the top 10

https://www.fastcompany.com/90438500/fewer-tourists-are-visiting-america-nyc-pushed-out-of-top-10-world-destinations

China’s $17 Billion Default Wave Is About to Break a Record

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-03/china-s-17-billion-default-wave-is-about-to-break-a-record

UK factories are laying off workers at fastest rate for seven years

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/dec/02/uk-factories-are-laying-off-workers-at-fastest-rate-for-seven-years

France threatens EU retaliation over U.S.’s cheese tariff plan

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/france-threatens-eu-retaliation-over-uss-cheese-tariff-plan-2019-12-03

China Hints U.S. Blacklist Imminent in Threat to Trade Talks

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-03/china-hints-u-s-blacklist-imminent-in-threat-to-trade-talks

Two China Firms Miss $526 Million Bond Payments as Woes Grow

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-02/founder-group-faces-fresh-test-as-285-million-bond-comes-due

Trump restores metal tariffs on Brazil and Argentina in surprise move

https://www.insider.com/trump-new-metal-tariffs-trade-war-brazil-argentina-surprise-move-2019-12

When China stumbles, the world economy will shudder

https://thehill.com/opinion/international/472289-when-china-stumbles-the-world-economy-will-shudder

Fed's Symmetric Inflation Approach May Benefit Markets

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-12-02/federal-reserve-s-inflation-approach-to-benefit-markets

Fix the unfair trade-war farm bailouts

https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/editorials/fix-the-unfair-trade-war-farm-bailouts/

Trillion-dollar deficits as far as the eye can see, and hardly a voice of caution to be heard

https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/472480-trillion-dollar-deficits-as-far-as-the-eye-can-see-and-not-a-voice-of

Trump says he's reintroducing Brazil and Argentina steel tariffs

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-says-hes-reintroducing-brazil-and-argentina-steel-tariffs-2019-12-02

U.K. Factory Downturn Was Less Severe Than Feared in November

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-02/u-k-factory-downturn-was-less-severe-than-feared-in-november

China Spares Trade in First Retaliation to U.S.’s Hong Kong Law

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-02/china-to-sanction-ngos-halt-u-s-navy-visits-over-hong-kong

The Way Out for a World Economy Hooked On Debt? Yet More Debt

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-01/the-way-out-for-a-world-economy-hooked-on-debt-yet-more-debt

China wants U.S. tariffs rolled back in phase one trade deal: Global Times - Reuters

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-tariffs-idUSKBN1Y50Q4

Cosmic Crisp: New apple launched that 'lasts for a year'

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50619281

Here’s one thing you should be shopping for this holiday season

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/heres-one-thing-you-should-be-shopping-for-this-holiday-season-a-house-2019-11-29

China’s Manufacturing Is Back in Expansion

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-30/china-s-manufacturing-is-back-in-expansion-as-outlook-brightens

Online Sales Break Black Friday Record as Clicks Beat Queues

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-30/online-sales-break-black-friday-record-as-clicks-beat-queues

Forget Your Business Plan. Create a Strategy Map.

https://www.inc.com/soren-kaplan/forget-your-business-plan-create-a-strategy-map.html

Black Friday shoppers stay away from stores, make $7 billion-plus splurge online

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-holidayshopping-sales-idUSKBN1Y40NZ