This week’s links/readings include George Magnus on the Chinese labor market and unemployment, Platinum Asset Management’s market outlook for 2019, Askar Nursha on what’s next for Russian-Kazakhstani relations, a look at a new study on the anti-competitive effects of low interest rates and an interview with Link REIT CEO George Hongchoy.

• George Magnus: China’s unemployment is moving centre-stage.
• Macro overview: Platinum Asset Management’s market outlook for 2019.
• Russia and Kazakhstan: What’s next? An interview with with Askar Nursha.
• The anti-competitive effects of low interest rates: A new study argues that declining interest rates are in fact the cause of the recent decline in competition.
• CNBC transcript: Interview with Link REIT CEO George Hongchoy.