Wednesday, December 6, 2023
Evening
- Global Bonds Power Ahead as Dovish Bets Take Hold: Markets Wrap
- Fed’s Repo Backstop Gets Most Use Since 2020
- Oil Plummets to June Lows as Algorithms Exacerbate Dour Outlook
- Beaten-Down Stocks Get Some Revenge After Big Tech’s 2023 Rally
- UN chief rings alarm bell on global security threat from Gaza war
- ECB May Consider Rate Cuts in 2024, Not Now, Villeroy Says
- Guyana is preparing to defend borders as Venezuela tries to claim oil-rich disputed region, president says
Afternoon
- S&P 500 Trims ADP-Fueled Gains as Oil Tumbles: Markets Wrap
- Oil drops to 5-month low on concerns of oversupply, weak demand
- Third-quarter US unit labor costs revised down; private payrolls miss expectations
- Big bank CEOs warn that new regulations could harm the economy
- Bank of Canada holds rates, still worried about inflation
- Russia's Putin meets Saudi crown prince in whirlwind Gulf visit
- Italy tells China it is leaving Belt and Road Initiative
- China starts up world's first fourth-generation nuclear reactor
- How Is China’s Economy Doing? Not Nearly as Well as China Says It Is
- Venezuela orders oil drilling in Guyana-run territory
General
- Stocks Keep Rate-Cut Faith as Bond Rally Falters: Markets Wrap
- Oil drops as markets mull OPEC+ cuts' efficacy, China demand concerns
- PBOC Steps Up Yuan Support Via Fixing After Moody’s Outlook Cut
- Private payrolls increased by 103,000 in November, below expectations, ADP says
- US Mortgage Rate Drops to Four-Month Low, Boosting Refinancing
- BOE Sees More Risk From Hedge Funds’ Treasuries Basis Trade
- US regulators clamp down in bid to prevent more bank failures
- Saudi Arabia urges US restraint as Houthis attack ships in Red Sea
- Japanese Buyers Snap Up New York, London Buildings in Spending Spree
- China Seeks to Contain Fallout From Moody’s Bearish Outlook
- Young Chinese spurn traditional investments in favour of gold
- BOJ’s Deputy Chief Hints That End of Negative Rate May Be Closer
- BOJ must carefully time, design exit from low rates - deputy gov Himino
- Japan manufacturers' mood jumps, second straight month of gains - Reuters Tankan
- Moody's changes Hong Kong's outlook to negative from stable
- Traders Turbocharge ECB Bets by Predicting 2.5% Rate in 2024
- Venezuela's Maduro to push oil exploration in disputed territory
- Putin, flanked by Russian fighters, jets into Middle East to talk oil
- 2023 will officially be the hottest year on record, scientists report
- Moody’s Cuts China Banks Outlook After Sovereign Downgrade
- ECB’s Kazimir Says First-Quarter Rate Cut Is ‘Science Fiction’
- Bitcoin Mining Used More Water Than New York City Last Year
- The Bank of England is still v v worried about Treasury basis trades
- Bank of England warns on risks in private credit and leveraged lending
- Economists see Fed keeping rates at 22-year high until at least July
- Investors bet on rapid ECB rate cuts as economic outlook darkens
Evening
- Asia Stocks to Gain, Treasuries Rally on US Jobs: Markets Wrap
- Treasury Frenzy Drives 10-Year Yield Below 4.2%: Markets Wrap
- Humanity Is on the Verge of 5 Climate ‘Tipping Points,’ Report Warns
- Xi Jinping Is Asserting Tighter Control of Finance in China
- China Evergrande’s Crash Was Accelerated by Questionable Accounting
- Against the odds, China’s push to internationalise its currency is making gains