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Wednesday, August 15, 2018

Evening

• Stocks Tumble as Tech, Commodities Trigger Fears: Markets Wrap
  BloombergQ
• Oil prices sink 3% after big, unexpected jump in US crude stockpiles
  CNBC
• Qatar Comes to Rescue as Turkey Moves to Avert Financial Crisis
  BloombergQ
• Turkey says ready to discuss issues with U.S. without threats
  Reuters
• These charts of past currency crises show Turkey may face a lot more pain
  CNBC
• U.S. targets Chinese and Russian firms with breach of North Korea sanctions
  Reuters
• U.S. Policy Stirs Foreign Markets
  WSJ
• Italian debt hit by fresh sell-off
  FT

General

• Stocks Sink on Tech Weakness, Rout in Commodities : Markets Wrap
  BloombergQ
• Resurgent dollar sends commodities and emerging markets reeling again
  Reuters
• Turkish Lira Jumps as Regulator Curbs Bank Swap Transactions
  BloombergQ
• Turkey doubles tariffs on some U.S. imports; lira rallies
  Reuters
• Hong Kong Monetary Authority intervenes in currency market for first time since May
  SCMP
• China could reportedly use its 'unwritten' tech rules as an 'invisible tool' against US firms
  Reuters
• U.S. retail sales increase strongly in July
  Reuters
• U.S. second-quarter productivity strongest in three years
  Reuters
• Chinese oil importers shun U.S. crude despite tariff reversal
  Reuters
• No Stopping China's Property Market as Smaller Cities Set Record
  BloombergQ
• China says U.S. solar tariffs violate trade rules, lodges WTO complaint
  Reuters
• $100 Million Was Once Big Money for a Start-Up. Now, It’s Common.
  NYT
• Turkey Shifts Closer to Russia
  WSJ
• Missed Bond Payment in Xinjiang Stirs Chinese Debt Fears
  WSJ
• Turkish central bank raises rates via the backdoor
  FT
• Currency pressure forces Hong Kong and Indonesia into action
  FT
• US convertible debt splurge reflects tech shares rally
  FT

Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Evening

• Wall St. rises on earnings optimism, lira rebound
  Reuters
• U.S. official warns of more actions against Turkey if pastor not freed
  Reuters
• Emerging economies face threat of Turkey knock-on effect
  Reuters
• Investors haven't been this bullish on US stocks since January 2015
  CNBC
• Prices Are Rising for Walmart and Consumers May Feel the Pain
  BloombergQ
• Trump’s Trade War Is Rattling China leaders
  NYT
• Sinking Turkish Lira, Indian Rupee Fuel Fears of Contagion
  WSJ
• Financial tremors threaten Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s hold on Turkey
  FT

General

• Shares regain footing as lira roars out of rout
  Reuters
• Erdogan says Turkey will boycott U.S. electronics, lira steadies
  Reuters
• Calm Comes to Emerging Assets as Analysts Reassess Turkey Woes
  BloombergQ
• U.S. Warns Turkey Over Detained Pastor as Market Meltdown Drags On
  BloombergQ
• Erdogan Escalates Row With U.S., Calls for Boycott of iPhones
  BloombergQ
• China's economy cools further, investment growth at record low
  Reuters
• China's July property investment grows at fastest pace in 2-years
  Reuters
• Think Turkey, Argentine Sovereign Debt Is Bad? Look at Companies
  BloombergQ
• Putin Woos Turkey as Erdogan Spars With Trump
  BloombergQ
• China angered at new U.S. defense act, to assess content
  Reuters
• Why Turkey’s Financial Crisis Matters Outside Turkey
  NYT
• Turkey Crisis Puts Spotlight on Emerging Market’s Foreign-Currency Debt
  WSJ
• Turkey’s Banks Bear Weight of Currency Crisis
  WSJ
• China’s Growth Engine Sputters as It Battles U.S. Over Trade
  WSJ
• Turkish business feels the pain of currency crisis
  FT
• Chinese regional investment arm in landmark bond default
  FT

Monday, August 13, 2018

Evening

• U.S. Stocks Fall, Dollar Gains Amid Turkey Fears: Markets Wrap
  BloombergQ
• Oil falls 2 pct as focus shifts to softer demand outlook
  Reuters
• Trump aide Bolton met Turkish envoy to discuss U.S. pastor: White House
  Reuters
• Stress Mounts in Turkish Bank Bonds Battered by Lira's Slide
  BloombergQ
• Argentina to increase benchmark interest rate to 45 pct -central bank
  Reuters
• Erdogan vows action against 'economic terrorists' over lira plunge
  Reuters
• 'What happens in Turkey won't stay in Turkey': Why this debt crisis could be different
  CNBC
• Turkey's crashing currency likely to unleash wave of bad loans in region
  CNBC
• Goldman Sachs warns about US companies' emerging market exposure as Turkey crisis flares up
  CNBC
• Italy's League sees euro collapse without ECB bond guarantee
  Reuters
• More than 1 million people default on their student loans each year
  CNBC
• Turkey’s Currency Crisis Tests Erdogan’s Authoritarian Approach
  NYT
• Fintech Crowd Dives Into Subprime Credit-Card Lending
  WSJ
• Turkish lira crisis starts to hit other emerging markets
  FT
• China’s high-speed rail and fears of fast track to debt
  FT

General

• Stocks, EM Currencies Drop as Turkey Fever Spreads: Markets Wrap
  BloombergQ
• Turkish lira pulls back from record low, markets rattled
  Reuters
• Turkish sovereign, bank dollar bonds extend losses
  Reuters
• Emerging markets shares drop on deepening Turkey crisis
  CNBC
• Asian currencies weaken; Indonesian rupiah leads losses
  Reuters
• Turkey Takes First Steps to Bolster Banks Amid Lira Decline
  BloombergQ
• Italian Populists Fight Contagion From Turkey's Market Meltdown
  BloombergQ
• China’s Giant Banks Top This Ranking. And That’s a Cause for Concern
  BloombergQ
• The Chinese street's view of the trade war: some say they won't buy U.S. products
  Reuters
• China-U.S. Trade Spat Is Just a Start to the Economic Cold War
  BloombergQ
• China's July new loans rise to 1.45 trillion yuan, above forecasts - CBIRC
  Reuters
• Frackers Burn Cash to Sustain U.S. Oil Boom
  WSJ
• Turkey currency crisis fuels risk-off mood in Asia
  FT
• Toll of scuppered deals this year hits $540bn
  FT

Sunday, August 12, 2018

Evening

• Asian shares decline amid investor worries over Turkey
  Reuters
• Lira Extends Retreat as Turkey Heads Toward a Financial Crisis
  BloombergQ
• Euro on defensive as Turkish crisis sparks rush to safety
  Reuters
• Losing Faith Fast, Istanbul Merchants Throw in Towel on the Lira
  BloombergQ
• China Faces Problem in Getting Its Banks to Lend More Money
  BloombergQ
• Optimism on European Growth Reverses as Headwinds Mount
  WSJ
• Turkey promises plan to calm markets and halt lira’s fall
  FT
• Turkey looks to ‘new alliances’ for way out of crisis
  FT
• Russia reduces dependence on US dollar in response to sanctions
  FT
• Turkey Policy Making Paralysis Promises More Markets Tumult
  BloombergSub
• China’s Giant Banks Top This Ranking. And That’s a Cause for Concern
  BloombergSub

General

• Mideast Stocks-Gulf markets hit by Turkey turmoil, banks roiled
• Erdogan Stays Defiant as Turkey Slips Toward Financial Crisis
  BloombergQ
• U.S. Budget Gap Widens as Revenue Growth Outpaced by Spending
  BloombergQ
• China says U.S. farmers may never regain market share lost in trade war
  Politico
• Beijing struggles to defuse anger over China's P2P lending crisis
  Reuters
• Turkey is a 'target of economic war', Erdogan says
  Reuters
• Iran Supreme Leader calls for action to face 'economic war': state TV
  Reuters
• Russia says will ditch U.S. securities amid sanctions: RIA
  Reuters
• No one can 'obliterate' Taiwan's existence, president says on departure for U.S.
  Reuters
• In Break From Precedent, Trump’s Moves Aggravate Turkey’s Currency Crisis, Rather Than Calm It
  WSJ
• Trump’s tariffs prove tougher obstacle than China expected
  FT
• Erdogan defiant after Turkish lira’s plunge
  FT
• Putin pledges deeper ties with Iran and other Caspian Sea states
  FT

Saturday, August 11, 2018

General

• As Turkey Crisis Deepens, Bankers to Review Impact of Shocks
  BloombergQ
• Turkish Bank Crisis Prompts Emergency Meeting on Saturday
  BloombergQ
• Erdogan says U.S. 'wrong' to threaten Turkey after Trump doubles tariffs
  Reuters
• Turkey's Erdogan repeats call to Turks to help shore up lira
  Reuters
• Chinese media keep up drumbeat of criticism of U.S.
  Reuters
• Chinese Banks Rev up Lending to Buoy Economy in U.S. Trade Fight
  WSJ
• Turkey warns US it will seek ‘new friends and allies’
  FT
• Trump takes deployment of sanctions to new level
  FT

Friday, August 10, 2018

Evening

• Wall Street ends lower as Turkey woes hit banks
  Reuters
• Turkey fallout could continue to hit global markets, as Erdogan 'hangs tough'
  CNBC
• Turkey’s Meltdown Ripples Across Emerging Markets: Inside EM
  BloombergQ
• Trump Embraces Market Pain With Little Concern of Contagion
  BloombergQ
• US budget deficit increases 21%, on track for biggest gap in six years
  CNBC
• Russia tells Washington curbs on its banks would be act of economic war
  Reuters
• China says business ties with Iran no harm to any other country
  Reuters
• Turkish Crisis Rattles Global Markets Amid Escalating Spat With U.S.
  WSJ
• Turkey’s deepening crisis triggers retreat from equities
  FT
• Turkey delivers August crisis for markets
  FT

General

• Turkey turmoil sends ripples across world stock markets, euro falls
  Reuters
• Turkish lira plunges 20% versus dollar after Trump authorizes doubling metals tariffs on Turkey
  CNBC
• Currency volatility gauges ignite as Turkish lira turmoil spreads
  Reuters
• Russian rouble sinks to lowest since June 2016
  Reuters
• Trump doubles tariffs on Turkish steel and aluminum, says relations 'not good'
  Reuters
• Erdogan tells Turks to buy plunging lira as Trump doubles metals tariffs
  Reuters
• Highest Core Inflation in Decade Flattens Real U.S. Wage Growth
  BloombergQ
• Turkish Meltdown a Test for Global Leaders: Balance of Power
  BloombergQ
• Erdogan Answers Lira's Pleas With an Ottoman Slap
  BloombergQ
• China expects its U.S. agricultural imports to fall sharply
  Reuters
• China paper rebuts trade war criticism, says 'an elephant can't hide'
  Reuters
• Japan's economy rebounds on brisk spending but trade rifts cloud outlook
  Reuters
• Asia's $184 Billion Debt Wall to Spark Buybacks, Bond Swaps
  BloombergQ
• As Chinese Investors Panic Over Dubious Products, Authorities Quash Protests
  NYT
• Turkish Crisis Rattles Currency Markets
  WSJ
• Parts Shortages Crimp U.S. Factories
  WSJ
• ECB concerns grow over EU banks’ Turkey exposure as lira slides
  FT
• Erdogan calls on Turks to buy lira in ‘economic war’
  FT
• Why is Turkish lira falling?
  FT
• Currencies in focus as Turkish lira plumbs new low
  FT

Thursday, August 9, 2018

Evening

• U.S. Stocks Retreat as Treasuries, Dollar Rise: Markets Wrap
  BloombergQ
• Argentina’s Bonds Slump as Graft Probe Pushes Economy to the Brink
  BloombergQ
• U.S. labor market tightening; inflation steadily rising
  Reuters
• U.S. Consumer Comfort Rose to New 17-Year High on Economic Views
  BloombergQ
• Fed Dove Evans Veers in Hawkish Direction Over Rate Outlook
  BloombergQ
• U.S. built Mercedes-Benz SUV's held up by Chinese customs
  Reuters
• Erdogan to Break Rare Silence After Turkish Market Bloodbath
  BloombergQ
• Californians Have Reason to Believe in Global Warming
  BloombergQ

General

• Stocks Mixed Amid Trade Salvos; Dollar Advances: Markets Wrap
  BloombergQ
• U.S. sanctions whack Russia's rouble, Turkey's lira free-falls
  Reuters
• U.S. producer prices unchanged in July
  Reuters
• Federal deficit jumps 20 percent after tax cuts, spending bill
  The Hill
• CBO: National debt could be twice the size of GDP by 2048
  The Hill
• Chinese state media accuse U.S. of 'mobster mentality', vow to fight tariffs
  Reuters
• Handling of U.S. trade dispute causes rift in Chinese leadership: sources
  Reuters
• China's July factory inflation slows but consumer prices accelerate
  Reuters
• China has an online lending crisis and people are furious about it
  CNN
• Turkey Curbs Growth Ambitions in a Bid to Stem Market Rout
  BloombergQ
• Russia reels, denounces new U.S. sanctions as illegal, unfriendly
  Reuters
• Trucking’s Tight Capacity Squeezes U.S. Businesses
  WSJ
• Investors Doubt Turkey Will Easily Fall Into IMF Safety Net
  WSJ
• China’s Central Bank Lets the Credit Flow
  WSJ
• The Italian budget that has bond markets on edge
  FT
• China and Russia’s dangerous liaison
  FT
• Turkey to set out ‘new economic model’ as lira tumbles
  FT