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Saturday, July 8, 2017

General

• U.S. Squeezes Steel Concessions From G-20 After Tariff Threat
  Bloomberg
• G20 communique agreed apart from climate issue: EU officials
  Reuters
• ECB's Villeroy Sees Autumn as the Season to Adapt Stimulus Plan
  Bloomberg
• ECB Officials Disagree on How Much Is Too Much for Stimulus Plan
  Bloomberg
• The shadow of tighter money falls on markets
  FT
• BlackRock exchange traded funds hit new record inflows of $140bn
  FT

Friday, July 7, 2017

Evening

• Wall Street climbs after jobs data as tech, financials rise
  Reuters
• Cross-Asset Quants Are Facing Their Worst Losses in a Decade
  Bloomberg
• Oil Posts Weekly Decline as U.S. Drillers Resume Expansion
  Bloomberg
• Money is rushing into ‘the most dangerous trade in the world’
  CNBC

General

• U.S. Stocks, Dollar Rise as Jobs Data Top Estimate: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• U.S. Hiring Accelerates While Wage Growth Stays Flat
  Bloomberg
• Bank of Japan offers to buy unlimited amount of bonds to calm markets
  Reuters
• ECB Is Said to Wonder If ABS Program Worthwhile as QE Talks Loom
  Bloomberg
• China Blasts G-20 Over Trade as Trump and Putin Shake Hands
  Bloomberg
• Bond Rout Sounds Warning for Equities That Higher Rates Can Hurt
  Bloomberg
• China Rewrites Rulebook on Capital Flows After Crisis Lessons
  Bloomberg
• Emerging Markets May Have Squandered the Rock-Bottom Rates Era
  Bloomberg
• Ray Dalio, manager of world's biggest hedge fund, says 'keep dancing' but party ending soon
  CNBC
• In America’s Richest State, the Capital Flirts With Bankruptcy
  Bloomberg
• Hong Kong Braces for Higher Rates as Currency Losses Quicken
  Bloomberg
• Mester Says Fed Should Start Portfolio Runoff ‘Sooner Rather Than Later’
  WSJ
• U.S. bombers challenge China in South China Sea flyover
  Reuters
• Hackers are Targeting Nuclear Facilities, Homeland Security Dept. and F.B.I. Say
  NYT

Thursday, July 6, 2017

Evening

• U.S. Stocks Drop Most Since May, Bond Rout Worsens: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Bond Wipeout Prompts U.S. Treasury Bulls to Rush for the Exit
  Bloomberg
• Hawkish Central Bankers Spark a Debate About the End of Easy Money
  Bloomberg
• Gundlach Sees More Pain for Bond Bulls as Hedge Funds Make Exit
  Bloomberg
• Emerging Currencies Are in the Bull's-Eye as More Central Banks Signal Hikes
  Bloomberg
• U.S. housing finance system 'unsustainable': Fed's Powell
  Reuters
• ECB minutes stir debate over retreat from cheap money
  FT
• ETF revolution is not without cost
  FT

General

• U.S. Stocks Retreat as Sovereign Bond Drop Deepens: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Surge in German Bond Yields Triggers Fresh Rout in Global Debt
  Bloomberg
• German bond yields hit 18-month highs on stimulus shivers
  Reuters
• ECB Discussed Removing Easing Bias on Bond-Buying Program
  Bloomberg
• The Flashpoints for World Leaders at the Hamburg G-20
  Bloomberg
• U.S. Trade Gap Narrows as Exports Rise to Highest in Two Years
  Bloomberg
• China Bond Defaults Work Wonders to Spur Pricing for Risk
  Bloomberg
• China could export a recession to everyone else, says ex-IMF chief economist Kenneth
  CNBC
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• French central bank chief warns of sovereign debt risk
  Reuters
• Toronto Home Sales Drop Most in Eight Years
  Bloomberg
• Fed Officials Ready to Start Shrinking Portfolio in Months
  WSJ
• Clouds start to form over high-yield debt
  FT
• Trump pledges to act on North Korean threat
  Reuters
• China Demands India Leave Himalayan Plateau in Rising Spat
  Bloomberg
• Exclusive: Kurdish YPG militia expects conflict with Turkey in northern Syria
  Reuters
• U.S., Russia Spar Over Approach to North Korea Threat
  WSJ
• Qatar crisis deepens after Arab states attack ‘negative’ Doha
  FT

Wednesday, July 5, 2017

Evening

• Stocks, Dollar Gain Amid Fed Minutes as Oil Drops: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• US crude sinks 4.1%, settling at $45.13 and ending longest winning streak since 2012
  CNBC
• Low Inflation Frays Fed Consensus
  Bloomberg
• The Fed grows worried its loose policy threatens US financial stability
  CNBC
• Fed minutes suggest increasing tensions on inflation shortfall
  Reuters
• Now Fed Officials Are Starting to Wonder If the VIX Is Too Low
  Bloomberg
• Explosion in money flowing into ETFs may lead to a market liquidity problem, Bank of America says
  CNBC
• Moody's May Still Lower Illinois to Junk Even If Budget Enacted
  Bloomberg
• Two major lending changes mean it's suddenly easier to get a mortgage
  CNBC
• Fed Officials Split Over Timing on Reducing Debt Holdings
  NYT
• Fed ready to begin unwinding stimulus ‘within months’
  FT

General

• U.S. Stocks Retreat as Dollar, Treasuries Advance: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Oil Tumbles as Russia Is Said to Oppose Deeper Production Curbs
  Bloomberg
• Italian bond yields edge higher as ECB bias, bank rescue cloud picture
  Reuters
• Rand Slumps as ANC Said to Weigh State Ownership of Central Bank
  Bloomberg
• BOE's Saunders Warns of First U.K. Rate Increase in a Decade
  Bloomberg
• China's services sector loses steam in June: Caixin PMI
  Reuters
• China shadow banking is slowing amid more coordinated government measures, says Moody's
  CNBC
• Gone But Not Forgotten: Traders Brace for Volatility's Comeback
  Bloomberg
• North Korea says its ICBM can carry nuclear warhead; U.S. calls for global action
  Reuters
• Merkel takes aim at U.S. 'winners and losers' policy before G20
  Reuters
• Ahead of fractious G20, Germany and China pledge new cooperation
  Reuters
• These are the scenarios for the US response to North Korea
  CNBC
• 'Best time in history' for China-Russia relationship: Xi and Putin boost ties
  CNBC
• Why Soaring Assets and Low Unemployment Mean It’s Time to Start Worrying
  WSJ
• Fed Eyes September Announcement on Balance-Sheet Reduction
  WSJ
• The retreat from QE: a central bank scorecard
  FT
• U.S. Tells North Korea It Is Prepared to Go to War
  WSJ
• Theresa May braced for a fall as Brexit tests loom
  FT

Evening

• Yen, Gold Rise as Asia Stocks Set for Muted Start: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• EU clears Italy's $6 billion state bailout for Monte dei Paschi
  Reuters
• China's $162 Billion of Dealmaker Debt Raises Alarm
  Bloomberg
• U.S. Says North Korea Tested an ICBM, Represents Escalation
  Bloomberg

Tuesday, July 4, 2017

General

• Havens Advance as Missile Test Rattles Traders: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• States Mired in Budget Paralysis Defy Eight-Year Recovery
  Bloomberg
• Car buyers stretch loan payments to record lengths to get in pricier vehicles
  MarketWatch
• ECB's `Flexible' QE Model Falls Short on German Bond Purchases
  Bloomberg
• China's shadow banking lacks sufficient regulation: central bank
  Reuters
• Catalonia to declare immediate independence if 'yes' wins referendum
  France24
• War or Recession Might Be Needed to Break Low-Vol, Goldman Says
  Bloomberg
• Metals Trading Has a Paper Fraud Problem
  Bloomberg
• North Korea Claims Its First Successful Launch of an ICBM
  Bloomberg
• North Korea launches missile, likely hitting Japanese waters
  CNBC
• Hedge Funds Flock to Europe, Thinking Worst Is Over
  WSJ
• China is the biggest threat to Asian emerging markets
  FT
• China vows to step up air, sea patrols after U.S. warship sails near disputed island
  Washington Post

Monday, July 3, 2017

Evening

• Stocks Head for Higher Start in Asia, Yen Declines: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• ‘Regime Change’ at BOJ Would Boost Confidence, Says Abe Adviser
  Bloomberg
• Schaeuble hoping growth will end stimulus and 'crazy' negative rates
  Reuters
• Manufacturing Pickup Signals Boost to U.S. Economic Growth
  Bloomberg
• SUVs Save the Day Again in June as U.S. Car Demand Languishes
  Bloomberg
• Market top ahead because Fed's easy money 'no longer politically acceptable,' Bank of America's Hartnett says
  CNBC
• Unnerved by markets, ECB rate setters wary of July move: sources
  Reuters

General

• U.S. Stocks Mixed as Tech Slips, Dollar Advances: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Illinois House passes $5 billion tax package
  Reuters
• Tough questions still to tackle before G20 summit, Germany says
  Reuters
• Euro-Area Manufacturing Accelerates as Orders Fuel Optimism
  Bloomberg
• Euro-Area Unemployment Holds at 8-Year Low as Recovery Proceeds
  Bloomberg
• China Caixin PMI Rose Above 50 in June, Signaling Expansion
  Bloomberg
• Puerto Rican power utility files for bankruptcy
  Reuters
• G20 watchdog says fund flows to developing countries a concern
  Reuters
• Xi to Trump: 'Negative factors' straining US, China relations
  CNN
• Beijing Hits Out at U.S. Navy Exercises in South China Sea in a Sign of Turbulent Relations Ahead
  Time
• Why It’s So Easy to Lose Money in Bonds
  WSJ
• Bond sell-off fails to derail Fed unwinding plans for QE
  FT
• China’s interbank bond market in five charts
  FT
• Republican Senators Face Pushback From Governors on the Health Bill
  WSJ
• Prospect of Weidmann in top job raises hackles at ECB
  FT
• U.S. Navy Patrols Near Disputed Island in South China Sea
  WSJ
• Hackers Find ‘Ideal Testing Ground’ for Attacks: Developing Countries
  NYT

Evening

• Yen Pares Gain After Abe Setback; Stocks to Rise: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Scandal-Hit Abe Plunged Into Crisis After Tokyo Election Loss
  Bloomberg
• Abe's Mentor Says BOJ Needs Fresh Face as Kuroda Is Out of Ideas
  Bloomberg
• Japan business confidence hits three-year high: BOJ tankan
  Reuters
• ECB's Mersch Joins Weidmann in Explaining Policy Path to Germans
  Bloomberg
• BOJ May Need QE Exit Talks by Year-End, Principal Global Says
  Bloomberg
• Ron Paul: Not a 'total shock' if stocks plummet 25% and gold soars 50% by October
  CNBC
• European Central Banks Face Added Political Constraints
  WSJ

Sunday, July 2, 2017

General

• Qatar Defiance Fuels Stock Declines as Neighbors' Deadline Looms
  Bloomberg
• May could walk out of Brexit talks over exit bill: Telegraph
  Reuters
• Japan PM's party suffers historic defeat in Tokyo poll, popular governor wins big
  Reuters
• Dollar Bulls Face Perilous Start to Second Half as Payrolls Loom
  Bloomberg
• Gulf deadline to resolve Qatar rift approaches
  Reuters
• Trump to speak with Xi, Abe as North Korea, steel issues loom
  Reuters
• Will more central banks shift policy towards tightening?
  FT