Tuesday, December 18, 2018
Evening
- Asia tenses for Fed call, oil slide boosts bonds
- S&P flat as government shutdown threat, Fed decision loom
- Oil sinks 5% to 15-month low as US and Russian output rises amid signs of faltering demand
- Treasury's Mnuchin says expects January trade talks with China: Bloomberg
- White House suggests it could back down on $5 billion border wall demand
- Fed Hasn’t Seen This Much Intra-Meeting Equity Pain Since 2008
- Here Are 10 Macro Risks Keeping Morgan Stanley WM Awake at Night
- White House Signals Flexibility on Border-Wall Funding as Shutdown Looms
- Tech Unicorns Are Going Public at Near-Record Pace
General
- Tech stocks, upbeat earnings boost Wall Street; Fed in focus
- Trump and Congress barrel toward a Christmastime government shutdown with no resolution in sight
- U.S. housing starts rebound; single-family segment weak
- Trump pressures Fed before meeting, warns against 'another mistake'
- Xi calls for China to ‘stay the course’: No one is in a position to dictate reform to us
- China's U.S. Treasuries Holdings Tumble to Lowest Since May 2017
- China Mutual Fund Closures Hit Record on Shadow Banking Purge
- Japan cuts GDP, CPI forecasts on disasters and trade war
- Explainer - Brexit basics: What is Brexit and why does it matter?
- Chaos on French highways as 'yellow vests' torch toll booths
- Smaller Fed Moves Have Bigger Market Impacts
- Year of Living Dangerously With Friends and Foes
- Global investors make record shift into bonds
- El-Erian: A dovish hike by Fed will face a struggle to calm investor nerves