Daily News Links

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Saturday, July 15, 2017

General

• U.S. deficits to jump $248 billion over next two years due to tax shortfall
  Reuters
• China central bank to play bigger role managing financial risk: state TV
  Reuters
• China closed-door policy meeting fuels speculation that it's building its financial 'super regulator'
  CNBC
• Optimism in Financial Markets Fails to Show in Real Economy
  WSJ

Friday, July 14, 2017

Evening

• S&P 500 Hits Record as Inflation View Turns Iffy: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Inflation Data Weakens the Fed's Case for Another Hike
  Bloomberg
• JPMorgan Just Had the Most Profitable Year in the History of Banking
  Bloomberg
• JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon lashes out against Washington politics
  Reuters

General

• Bonds Gain, Stocks Steady as CPI Tests Fed Resolve: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• US Consumer Price Index unchanged in June vs 0.2% increase expected
  Reuters
• Second Straight Drop in U.S. Retail Sales Shows Tepid Spending
  Bloomberg
• Inflation May Take Longer to Reach Fed's Goal After Today's CPI Report
  Bloomberg
• Exclusive: ECB wary of putting end-date on quantitative easing - sources
  Reuters
• Markets Worry Trump May Have to Use Obama’s Secret Debt Ceiling Plan
  Bloomberg
• Anbang's Fall Closes Wild Chapter in China's Insurance Industry
  Bloomberg
• Same Rules, Flatter Curve No Problem for Invincible Bank Stocks
  Bloomberg
• Climate Change May Bring Disasters and Deeper Poverty to Asia
  Bloomberg
• First-Time Home Buyers Show More Interest in Market
  WSJ
• 'Get Used to It' China Says as It Flies Bombers Near Japan
  Reuters

Thursday, July 13, 2017

Evening

• U.S. Stocks Rise, Treasuries Slide as Oil Rebounds: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Trump says he is considering quotas, tariffs on Chinese steel dumping
  Reuters
• They’re The World’s Fastest Traders. Why Aren’t They Thriving?
  Bloomberg
• Yellen Treads Carefully on Regulatory Issues in Senate Panel Appearance
  NYT
• Cohn in the frame to lead Fed as Trump looks beyond economists
  FT
• Uncoordinated QE shift has investors worried
  FT
• Exclusive: U.S. prepares new sanctions on Chinese firms over North Korea ties - officials
  Reuters

General

• Relief Rally Spurs Stocks to Record; Dollar Falls: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• ECB to announce winding down of bond purchases in September: WSJ
  Reuters
• US producer prices unexpectedly rise on services
  Reuters
• Feuding U.S. Senate Republicans to get revised healthcare bill
  Reuters
• Global policy shift exposes BOJ yield curve control flaw
  Reuters
• China June Exports Rise 17.3% as Global Trade Rebound Continues
  Bloomberg
• First tech, now financing: U.S. shale firms get creative to pump more oil
  Reuters
• Used-Car ‘Time Bomb’ Expected to Drag on U.S. Auto Sales
  Bloomberg
• Volatility Index Could Double in the Next 12 Months, Says Natixis
  Bloomberg
• Behind China's Boldest Dealmaker, Billions in Pledged Shares
  Bloomberg
• China's Outbound Investment Slumps 46% as Company Spree Curbed
  Bloomberg
• Draghi May Address Future of ECB Stimulus at Jackson Hole
  WSJ
• Chinese Banks Continued to Exceed Loan-Volume Expectations in June
  WSJ
• Fed chair Yellen gives succour to inflation doves
  FT
• Who will chair the Federal Reserve after Yellen?
  FT
• China financial ‘windstorm’ eases as central bank injects cash
  FT
• Canada’s rate rise is latest shift in global central bank policy
  FT

Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Evening

• U.S. Stocks, Bonds Jump on Go-Slow Fed; Oil Climbs: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Fed's Yellen says rate and portfolio plans on track, cautions on inflation
  Reuters
• Yellen's Take on Inflation Shifts Subtly in Remarks to Congress
  Bloomberg
• Beige Book Adds to Fed's Conundrum Over Jobs and Wages
  Bloomberg
• Why Credit Spreads Are Resisting Threats From Rising Rates
  Bloomberg
• Investors Don't Hate All Fund Managers, Just U.S. Stock-Pickers
  Bloomberg
• A big deal in nonprime mortgages proves leery investors are finally hungry again
  CNBC
• S&P warns more sovereign downgrades likely this year
  Reuters
• Credit market a bigger systemic risk than during 2008 crisis: Bank of England
  Reuters
• Two major Wall Street banks are saying stocks will struggle the rest of the summer
  CNBC
• Machines taking over hedge funds despite lack of evidence they outperform humans
  CNBC
• The Bank of Canada Shows It's the Federal Reserve of the North
  Bloomberg
• Yellen: Inflation Should Rebound, but Fed Could Alter Policy if Softness Persists
  WSJ
• China’s Booming Housing Market Proves Impossible to Tame
  WSJ

General

• U.S. Stocks, Bonds Jump on Go-Slow Fed; Oil Climbs: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Oil rises above $48 as API reports drop in U.S. fuel stocks
  Reuters
• Yellen indicates that Fed may not need to hike rates much more
  CNBC
• Janet Yellen Says Low Inflation Still Major Source of Uncertainty
  Bloomberg
• States in crisis: Embroiled in the worst budget battles since the Great Recession
  CNBC
• Latin America's Roiling Scandals Burn Emerging-Market Bond Funds
  Bloomberg
• Yellen: ‘Gradual’ Rate Increases Will Be Needed to Sustain Economic Expansion
  WSJ
• Shifting Monetary-Policy Outlook Imperils Rally in Emerging Markets
  WSJ
• Fed’s new banking watchdog likely to ease burden of stress tests
  FT
• Taiwan says Chinese carrier sails into its defense zone
  Reuters
• Scientists Say Massive Iceberg Has Broken Off in Antarctica
  Bloomberg

Evening

• Trump seen replacing Yellen at Fed with NEC's Cohn: Politico
  Reuters
• Wall Street partly recovers after falling on Trump Jr emails
  Reuters
• Fed should start reducing balance sheet 'soon': Brainard
  Reuters
• Three Key Economic Questions Facing Yellen in Congress This Week
  Bloomberg
• Investors Are Jumping Back Into Hedge Funds
  Bloomberg

Tuesday, July 11, 2017

General

• Stocks Follow Crude Prices Lower as Dollar Climbs: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Oil Slides as Saudi Arabia Is Said to Produce Above Output Cap
  Bloomberg
• Trump to nominate Quarles to be Fed's top banking regulator
  Reuters
• When Janet Yellen Talks, This Is What Traders Will Be Listening For
  Bloomberg
• Fed's Williams still sees rate hike, asset unwinding this year
  Reuters
• Dimon Says Unwinding QE May Be More Disruptive Than You Think
  Bloomberg
• Winds Shift for Emerging-Market Debt
  Bloomberg
• The $68 Billion Reason Why China May Start Adding Cash Again
  Bloomberg
• Abe Seeks to Avoid Repeat of His Swift Demise a Decade Ago
  Bloomberg
• Trump to Nominate Randal Quarles as Fed Bank Regulator
  WSJ
• China’s Central Bank Is Battling Investors at Home Over the Yuan
  WSJ
• A decade later investors are once more dancing furiously
  FT
• China says 'China responsibility theory' on North Korea has to stop
  Reuters

Monday, July 10, 2017

Evening

• U.S. Stocks Rise on Tech Bounce, Commodities Gain: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Quant Funds That Chase Trends Are This Year's Biggest Losers
  Bloomberg
• Investors Beware: Bond Prices Are Threatening the Stock Market
  WSJ

General

• U.S. Stocks Rise on Tech Bounce, Commodities Gain: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Oil falls as evidence points to rising global supply
  Reuters
• Trading Halts, Confusion From India to Indonesia on Manic Monday
  Bloomberg
• Deutsche Sees Trouble Ahead for the World's ‘Frothy’ Stock Markets
  Bloomberg
• Trump's healthcare push faces trouble as Congress returns
  Reuters
• Yellen could give clues on rates, balance sheet
  USAT
• Crisis Flashback: The Big Downgrade That Fueled a Subprime Crash
  Bloomberg
• China's Producer Price Inflation Steadies as Demand Remains Robust
  Bloomberg
• Japan PM Abe to reshuffle cabinet as support plunges to lowest since 2012
  Reuters
• BOJ Draws Line in Sand But Faces Battle to Cap Bond Yields
  Bloomberg
• Markets No Longer Make Sense to Macro Managers
  Bloomberg
• ECB Taper Talk Puts Spotlight on Italy
  WSJ
• Weak Inflation Raises Questions About Traditional Model Linking Output and Prices
  WSJ
• Oil Up? Oil Down? Blame the Algorithms
  WSJ
• Warning of BoJ battle to keep bond yields near zero
  FT
• Wanda Signals Retreat on Debt-Fueled Acquisition Binge
  NYT

Sunday, July 9, 2017

Evening

• Stocks Signal Small Gain as Bonds Remain Pressured: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Plan for U.S. tax increase on rich not being considered: Mnuchin
  Reuters
• Sovereign Wealth Fund GIC Warns Investors Aren't Fearful Enough
  Bloomberg
• China's Bond Trading Takes on a New Twist
  Bloomberg