Daily News Links

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Sunday, November 12, 2023

General

• US Shutdown Risk Eased in Stopgap Plan Offered by Johnson
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Stubborn Core Inflation Helps Explain Some Fed Restlessness
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Rising delinquencies offer economic warning signs
  Yahoo Finance
• Israel Latest: US Says Deal Possible Soon on Hostage Exchange
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Hezbollah says front with Israel will remain active
  Reuters
• Investors pull record sums from Saudi in Middle East fund flight
  Reuters

Saturday, November 11, 2023

General

• Moody's turns negative on US credit rating, draws Washington ire
  Reuters
• US Credit-Rating Outlook Changed to Negative by Moody’s
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Israel Latest: Iran’s President Calls for Arming Palestinians
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Yellen warns Beijing: Chinese firms aiding Russia face 'significant consequences'
  Reuters
• Russia renews missile attacks on Kyiv, pounds Ukraine's east and south
  Reuters
• Top four US banks grab a growing share of industry’s profits
  FT

Friday, November 10, 2023

General

• Stocks Gain as Traders Look Past Hawkish Talk: Markets Wrap
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Oil Set for Third Weekly Drop as Demand Fears Outweigh War Risk
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Israel Latest: Reports of Strike on Gaza City’s Main Hospital
  Reuters
• Israel Fears War on the Horizon Against Hezbollah in the North
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Some investors see Powell's hawkish lean as response to looser financial conditions
  Reuters
• Morning Bid: Powell dishes out cold reality check
  Reuters
• Logan Says Fed Could Bolster Liquidity Tools For Crises
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Fed and banks can do more to reduce liquidity risk -Logan
  Reuters
• What’s on the economic agenda as President Biden prepares to sit down with Xi Jinping
  Yahoo Finance
• China can raise 2024 budget deficit ratio to spur growth - c.bank adviser
  Reuters
• China Banks Rush to Raise Funds After Cash Crunch Spooks Market
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• China’s Deflation Pressures Are ‘Temporary,’ PBOC Adviser Says
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Long before rescue talks, Country Garden struggled to build homes, pay bills
  Reuters
• China's biggest lender ICBC hit by ransomware attack
  Reuters
• Landlord SBB Faces Demand for Bond Repayment on Breach Claim
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• China has a sweeping vision to reshape the world — and countries are listening
  CNN
• How Risky Is Private Credit? Analysts Are Piecing Together Clues
  WSJ
• China Is Making Too Much Stuff—and Other Countries Are Worried
  WSJ
• Investors pull record sums from corporate bond ETFs as lending rates soar
  FT
• Who are the Wall Street bankers selling stock like Jamie Dimon?
  FT
• ECB will not start cutting rates in ‘next couple of quarters’, Lagarde says
  FT

Thursday, November 9, 2023

Evening

• S&P 500, Nasdaq snap winning streaks after Powell, Treasury auction
  Reuters
• Two-Year Yield Tops 5% on Powell’s ‘Sterner’ Tone: Markets Wrap
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Fed's Powell, others, not ready to call policy peak
  Reuters
• Israel Latest: US Says Forces Attacked Again After Syria Strike
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Individual Investors Pull Most Cash From US Stocks in Two Years
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• China’s Under-Developed CDS Market Worsens Real Estate Pain
  Bloomberg
• Even If the Fed Stays on Hold, Jerome Powell Is Keeping His Options Open
  WSJ

Afternoon

• Stocks Fall, Yields Climb After Powell’s Remarks: Markets Wrap
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Oil Claws Back Some Losses After Technicals Signal Drop Overdone
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Israel agrees to pauses in Gaza attacks, US says, but fighting rages
  Reuters
• Drone, explosive attacks target US forces across Iraq - sources
  Reuters
• Powell calls Fed policy 'restrictive,' cautions on being 'misled' by data
  Yahoo Finance
• Fed Repo Facility Sinks Below $1 Trillion as Investors Buy Bills
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Wall Street Warns of Risks in Push to Rein In Home-Loan Banks
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Banks Are Doling Out Fewer Business Loans
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• El-Erian Says Credit Risk Will Replace Interest-Rate Risk as 2024’s ‘Big Fear’
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Fed Chair Recalls Inflation ‘Head Fakes,’ Pledges to Do More if Needed
  NYT
• Jerome Powell Outlines Cautious Approach to Raising Rates or Declaring End to Hikes
  WSJ
• Jay Powell warns Fed against risk of being ‘misled’ in inflation fight
  FT
• Russia and China are opening a new anti-western front in the Arctic
  FT

General

• Stocks Up, Bonds Down After Jobless Claims Data: Markets Wrap
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Oil Claws Back Some Losses After Slumping on Demand Worries
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Markets Price an End to Interest-Rate Hikes Across the World
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Displaced pack Gaza hospitals, others flee as Israeli troops and Hamas fighters clash
  Reuters
• US forces under fire in Middle East as America slides towards brink
  Reuters
• US carries out airstrikes in eastern Syria targeting IRGC and Iranian-backed groups’ weapons storage facility
  CNN
• US jobless claims fall in latest week in still-strong labor market
  Reuters
• Falling Treasury yields could turn Fed hawkish if financial conditions ease
  Reuters
• Bypassing mortgage rates: Share of US homes bought with cash hits highest level in nearly a decade
  AP
• Griffin Says Peace Dividend Over, High Inflation to Last Decades
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Investors spurn options hedges as U.S. stock rally crushes fear
  Reuters
• BOJ debated groundwork for future easy-policy exit at Oct meeting
  Reuters
• Japanese Funds Buy Most US Debt in Half Year, Pressuring Yen
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• China's consumer prices back in decline as recovery wobbles
  Reuters
• North Korea on Blinken's agenda in Seoul under shadow of Gaza, Ukraine
  Reuters
• China tells Britain to stop efforts to 'enhance' ties with Taiwan
  Reuters
• Why the US Can’t Stop Iran’s Lucrative Oil Trade With China
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• ‘No One Is Safe From Climate Change’ After Hottest 12 Months Ever Recorded
  Bloomberg
• U.S. and China to Meet as Shifting Economic Fortunes Alter Relationship
  WSJ
• More Executives Vanish in China, Casting Chill Over Business Climate
  WSJ
• Surge and Swarm: How China’s Ships Control the South China Sea
  WSJ
• Overdue commercial property loans hit 10-year high at US banks
  FT
• Bank of Japan governor warns unwinding ultra-loose policy is ‘serious challenge’
  FT
• China’s economy tumbles back into deflation in blow to recovery
  FT
• How global chaos has given Kim Jong Un a stronger hand
  FT

Evening

• Asian Stocks to Climb as S&P 500 Hits Hot Streak: Markets Wrap
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• US carries out new strikes against facility used by Iran in Syria
  Reuters
• Israeli aerial attack targets Syrian military sites -Syrian state media
  Reuters
• Hezbollah's anti-ship missiles bolster its threat to US navy
  Reuters
• Republican US House Speaker Johnson nears choice on avoiding gov't shutdown
  Reiters
• UAW to 'pull out all stops' organizing nonunion automakers
  Reuters
• Australia records driest October since 2002 due to El Nino
  Reuters
• VIX Notches Its Longest Slide Since October 2015: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Bond Sales Are Becoming a Bigger Deal for Stocks Than US Jobs Data
  Bloomberg

Wednesday, November 8, 2023

Afternoon

• Wall St slips as investors assess cbank comments
  Reuters
• Treasury 10-Year Yield Declines to 4.5% After Sale: Markets Wrap
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Brent Oil Dips Below $80 Amid Economic Concerns, Ample Supply
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Israel Latest: G-7 Backs Pause, Houthis Say They Downed US Drone
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• WeWork Creditors Brace for Losses as Bankruptcy Case Starts
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• US companies' debt cushion smallest since Q1 2021 :BofA
  Reuters
• The coming wave of business bankruptcies
  FT
• Central bankers adamant rates will remain high, as markets bet on cuts
  FT

General

• Stocks Falter as Central Banks Dent Rate-Cut Hopes: Markets Wrap
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Oil Declines Again as Demand Outlook Flashes Bearish Signs
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Thousands of civilians flee north Gaza as Israeli troops and Hamas fighters clash
  Reuters
• Israel Latest: G-7 Calls for ‘Pauses’ in War for Hostage Release
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Fed report shows US loan officers see tighter credit, weaker demand
  Reuters
• Fed Governor Lisa Cook Says Worsening Geopolitical Tensions Pose Market Risk
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• US 30-Year Mortgage Rate Tumbles by Most in More Than a Year
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Liquidity gridlock worsens in US commercial real estate sector
  Reuters
• Endangered FX Funds Double Their Returns Thanks to Carry Trades
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• China Is Having a Hard Time Wooing Foreign Investors Back
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Ping An Sold Country Garden Stake, Has No Plans for Takeover
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Exclusive: China authorities ask Ping An to take controlling stake in Country Garden
  Reuters
• Reaction to Reuters report on potential Ping An rescue of Country Garden
  Reuters
• China property rescue? Who are Ping An Insurance Group and Country Garden?
  Reuters
• Putin calls for closer Russia-China cooperation on military satellites and prospective weapons
  AP
• China warns against maritime 'camp' confrontations but stops short of naming US
  Reuters
• This year 'virtually certain' to be warmest in 125,000 years, EU scientists say
  Reuters
• China Warns Estonia on Taiwan Ties as Tension Simmers in Baltic
  Bloomberg
• Why the Fed Shouldn’t Get Credit for the Fall in Inflation
  WSJ
• American Airlines Dangles $250,000 Bonuses to Poach FedEx and UPS Pilots
  WSJ
• China Is Becoming a Problem for Investors
  WSJ
• US beef prices hit record high as drought threatens cattle herds
  FT
• ‘Hot mess’ as Earth heads for warmest year on record in 2023
  FT

Tuesday, November 7, 2023

Evening

• S&P 500, Nasdaq score longest win streak in 2 years on rates view
  Reuters
• Oil prices sink 4% on 'demand destruction' worries, weak China exports
  Yahoo Finance
• US regulator says it plans to overhaul Federal Home Loan Bank system
  Reuters
• US Presses China for More Yuan Transparency as Yellen Meeting Looms
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Automakers Delay Electric Vehicle Spending as Demand Slows
  NYT

Afternoon

• Wall St regains ground on megacap boost; Fed speakers in focus
  Reuters
• Oil Falls as China Trade Data, Fed Comments Cloud Demand Outlook
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Defence minister says Israeli forces in the 'heart of Gaza City'
  Reuters
• As shutdown looms, US House Republicans search for stopgap solution
  Reuters
• US Calls for New Limits to Wall Street Bank Backstop After March Crisis
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Fed's Waller calls Q3 US GDP growth a 'blowout,' but newer data suggest slowdown
  Reuters
• US Labor Market Is Cooling Without Big Losses, Fed’s Waller Says
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Fed's Bowman says she expects further policy tightening will be needed
  Reuters
• Millennials are struggling with credit card debt, NY Fed study finds
  Yahoo Finance
• Credit card balances spiked in the third quarter to a $1.08 trillion record. Here’s how we got here
  CNBC
• US Wheat Exports Plunge to 20-Year Low as Mississippi River Dries Up
  Yahoo/Bloomberg

General

• Stocks Fall as Fed Rate-Cut Doubts Creep In: Markets Wrap
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Oil Slips Below $80 as Fed Rate Worries Cloud Market Outlook
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Tanks poised around Gaza City; Netanyahu says Israel to run security after war
  Reuters
• Israel Latest: Netanyahu Sees ‘Indefinite’ Gaza Security Control
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Israel open to 'little pauses' in Gaza fighting, Netanyahu says
  Reuters
• US Debt Interest Bill Rockets Past a Cool $1 Trillion a Year
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• US Republicans expect no votes on stopgap this week as shutdown looms
  Reuters
• SoftBank's WeWork, once most valuable US startup, succumbs to bankruptcy
  Reuters
• Kashkari Says Fed Inflation Fight Not Over, to Do More If Needed
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Australia's central bank raises rates to 12-year high, tempers hawkish stance
  Reuters
• Japan's wages, consumer spending extend declines in test for BOJ policy
  Reuters
• Exclusive: China's clashing priorities behind rare money market distress
  Reuters
• China lent $1.34 trln in 2000-2021, focus shifts from Belt and Road to rescue finance-report
  Reuters
• China Revamps Overseas Lending as US Narrows Spending Gap
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Wall Street Bosses in Hong Kong See Financial Dangers Everywhere
  Bloomberg
• China’s Banks and Property Sector Threaten a Growing Economy
  NYT
• China Is Lending Billions to Countries in Financial Trouble
  NYT
• China’s Exports Tumble Again in Fresh Sign of Economic Trouble
  WSJ
• Bond Selloff at Another China Property Giant Spurs Authorities to Action
  WSJ
• Australia Thought It Was Done Raising Interest Rates. It Wasn’t.
  WSJ
• US interest rates add to ‘silent debt crisis’ in developing countries
  FT
• The global constraints to Chinese growth
  FT

Monday, November 6, 2023

Evening

• Wall Street Faces ‘Reality Check’ After Big Rally: Markets Wrap
  WSJ
• Wall St extends winning streak; eyes Fed speakers, Treasury auctions
  Reuters
• Millions of Retired Americans Aren't Coming Back to Work as Predicted
  Bloomberg
• How China Became the World’s Top Development Financier
  WSJ
• Joe Biden presses Netanyahu for ‘tactical pause’ in Israel-Hamas war
  FT

Afternoon

• Stock Rally Hits a Wall as Treasuries Make U-Turn: Markets Wrap
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Emerging Market Borrowers Rush to Sell Debt After Broad-Based Rally
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Renters Get a Bit of Relief on Surge in Apartment Construction
  Bloomberg
• Foreign Firms Pull Billions in Earnings Out of China
  WSJ
• ‘Friend-shoring’ set to lift prices, warns ECB
  FT

General

• Stocks Hold Gains After Big Rally on Fed Rates: Markets Wrap
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Oil Advances After Saudi Arabia and Russia Reaffirm Supply Cuts
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Israeli forces cut off north Gaza as Palestinian death toll passes 10,000 in 4 weeks of war
  AP
• Shutdown deadline poses test for US Congress: Is compromise possible?
  Reuters
• Worst Sales Beats in Years Show Weakening US Consumer Trends
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Big Tech’s Growth Status in Doubt With Weaker Sales Outlooks
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Private Credit Giants Are Butting Heads Over a Hot New Asset Class
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Bank of Japan members saw no need for new yield control tweaks, September minutes show
  Reuters
• BOJ’s Ueda signals low chance of ending negative rate in 2023
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• China’s Control of Daily Yuan Level at Degree Last Seen in 2010
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Exclusive: China's clashing priorities behind rare money market distress
  Reuters
• China's first deficit in foreign investment signals West's 'de-risking' pressure
  Reuters
• Euro zone recession fears harden
  Reuters
• Hedge Funds Catapulted Treasury Shorts to Record at Wrong Time
  Yahooo/Bloomberg
• Hedge funds pile into US stock rally at fastest pace in 2 years - Goldman Sachs
  Reuters
• More Semiconductors, Less Housing: China’s New Economic Plan
  NYT
• The Big Problem With Government Debt Isn’t What You Think
  WSJ
• Foreign Firms Pull Billions in Earnings Out of China
  WSJ
• China Tries to Lure Its Unemployed Youth to the Countryside
  WWJ
• Why San Francisco’s robotaxi rollout has been such a mess
  CNBC
• Oversupply of US debt leaves few takers for Treasuries
  FT
• Can corporate America cope with its $3tn debt pile?
  FT
• Money market funds spring a leak after year of record inflows
  FT
• Israel-Hamas conflict pushing gold price to highs, says Newmont boss
  FT
• Ken Griffin warns against hedge fund clampdown
  FT
• El-Erian: The big central banks need to use their time outs wisely
  FT

Evening

• Stock futures are little changed after the S&P 500′s best week of 2023: Live updates
  CNBC
• Asia Stocks Jump on Bullish Tailwind from US Rally: Markets Wrap
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Asia shares rise as markets look for early rate cuts
  Reuters
• Israel rebuffs calls for ceasefire; Lebanon strike angers Hezbollah
  Reuters
• Israel Latest: Military Intensifies Assault, Isolating Gaza City
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Saudi Arabia, Russia to continue additional voluntary oil cuts
  Reuters
• The Price of Money Is Going Up, and It’s Not Only Because of the Fed
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Morning Bid: Risk on Monday, China 'data dump' looms
  Reuters