Daily News Links

Afternoon

• Treasuries Fall as Haven Bid Ebbs Ahead of French Election
  Bloomberg
• The Fed's Sticking to Its Rate-Hike Plan Despite Soft Patch
  Bloomberg
• The market suddenly doubts the Fed will raise rates twice more this year
  CNBC
• Kuroda Says Current Purchase Pace to Continue for Some Time
  Bloomberg
• Yen Pre-Trump High Looms on Geopolitical Risk, Reflation Unwind
  Bloomberg
• Euro-Area Consumer Confidence Matches Highest Since 2007: Chart
  Bloomberg
• U.S. Mortgage Rates Drop to Five-Month Low With 30-Year at 3.97%
  Bloomberg
• Fannie-Freddie Plan Would Create Utilities, Add Competitors
  Bloomberg
• US official: With eye on North Korea, China puts bombers on 'high alert'
  CNN
• U.S. Farmers, Who Once Fed the World, Are Overtaken by New Powers
  WSJ
• Threat of US shutdown looms on the horizon
  FT
• China bond party attracts few takers
  FT