Wednesday, December 21, 2022
Afternoon
- Stocks Rally for a Second Day; Treasuries Mixed: Markets Wrap
- Oil Rises to Two-Week High as US Crude Stockpiles Decline
- Biden and Zelenskiy show solidarity at White House in first wartime visit
- Ukraine Latest: Zelenskiy Meets With Biden as US Adds More Aid
- Sprawling U.S. storm threatens holiday travel as 'bomb cyclone' looms
- Home sales tumbled more than 7% in November, the 10th straight month of declines
- U.S. current account deficit shrinks in third quarter
- Cathie Wood’s Ark sheds almost $50bn in assets since 2021 peak
General
- Stocks Rise, Bonds Calm as Japan Yield Panic Ebbs: Markets Wrap
- Oil Rises Again on US Stockpile Decline and Broad Market Gains
- Global Era of Negative Yields Is Ending as Japan Bond Tops Zero
- Gold Holds Gain Driven by Fallout of BOJ’s Surprise Yield Pivot
- Glittering gold gives markets some Christmas cheer
- Winter ‘Bomb Cyclone’ Bears Down on Chicago Ahead of Holiday Travel Rush
- Mortgage refinance demand surged 6%, as rates dropped to the lowest level since September
- Dealmaking Slips by Almost a Third in 2022 Marked by Volatility, Inflation
- Crypto miner Core Scientific files for bankruptcy as industry contagion bites
- Look for a Slightly More Dovish Tilt to the Fed’s Policy Group in 2023
- Corporate China struggles with supply snags as COVID cases spread
- Beijing braces for surge in severe COVID cases as world watches with concern
- Hearses queue at Beijing crematorium, even as China reports no new COVID deaths
- Japan warns of China's COVID situation, cuts view on factory output
- BOJ Credibility Questioned as Traders Test Kuroda’s New Red Line
- BOJ Tweaks Could Be First Step Toward Exit, Takatoshi Ito Says
- Dealmaking Slips by Almost a Third in 2022 Marked by Volatility, Inflation
- Russia's Medvedev meets China's Xi in Beijing, says Ukraine conflict discussed
- Soaring energy costs push UK public borrowing to November record
- Female students turned away from Afghan universities after Taliban ban
- Crypto Giant Binance Offers Little Transparency After FTX Collapse
- High Commodity Prices Feed a Boom in the U.S. Farm Belt
- Japanese bonds sustain fresh blow in test of central bank’s low-rate resolve
- China’s fiscal deficit hits record as Covid and property slump take toll
- Lessons from the gilts crisis