Thursday, January 16, 2025
Afternoon
- Stock Rally Stalls as Waller Remarks Boost Bonds: Markets Wrap
- Oil Falls as Traders Speculate on Trump’s Sanctions Strategy
- Fed’s Waller Says Fresh Rate Cuts Possible in First Half of 2025
- Bessent Says He Would Support Sanctioning Russian Oil Majors
- Trump's US Treasury pick Bessent says extending tax cuts a top priority
- Trump Treasury pick Scott Bessent defends sweeping tariffs in contentious Senate hearing
- How bond market vigilantes could check Trump's power
- Biden warns that an oligarchy is forming that threatens US democracy
- Moody's says LA fire may pose risk to Southern California Edison
- Banks Hand $100 Billion to Shareholders, Most Since 2021
- J.P.Morgan forecasts spending on data centers could boost US GDP by 20 basis points in 2025-26
- China Vanke May Be Assumed by Authorities, Observer Says
- Canada’s Counter-Tariff Plan Would Target US Aluminum, Steel
- Private Equity Faces Pockets of Distress for Long-Held Assets
- Damaging Megadroughts Are Spreading Around the World
- Treasury Secretary Pick Scott Bessent Says Trump Could Bring ‘New Economic Golden Age’
- Why a Dovish Fed Official Could Be Patient on More Cuts
- Trump ‘energy tsar’ pick warns lack of power could undermine AI race with China
General
- Stocks Steady as Data Keep Fed Bets Alive: Markets Wrap
- Gold Gains After US Inflation Data Boosts Rate-Cut Optimism
- Oil Trades Near Five-Month High on Lower Stockpiles, Russia Risk
- US weekly jobless claims increase; labor market conditions still healthy
- The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week, but layoffs remain historically low
- Trump's Treasury pick to tout "new economic golden age"
- Trump Treasury pick Bessent faces Senate grilling on taxes, trade, deficits
- Trump Team Readies Oil Sanctions Plan for Russia Deal, Iran Squeeze
- US Bond ‘Death Spiral’ Risk Brushed Aside by Foreign Funds
- Fire-Whipping Los Angeles Winds Are at the Heart of a Climate Riddle
- Indonesia’s Surprise Rate Cut Is Fueling Bond Uncertainty
- Brazil’s Economic Activity Downshifts as Key Rate Goes Higher
- Investors Pull Record $57 Billion From Brazil Hedge Funds
- Why Latest US Sanctions on Russian Oil Are a Big Deal
- China Vanke CEO Zhu Taken Away by Authorities, Observer Reports
- India’s RBI Said to Mull Bolder Measures to Ease Cash Crunch
- Treasury Secretary Pick Scott Bessent Says Trump Could Bring ‘New Economic Golden Age’
- China Has a $1 Trillion Head Start in Any Tariff Fight
- Bank of Japan Chief Again Signals Chance of Rate Hike Next Week
- Wall Street Thinks U.S. Homes Are Overpriced
- Where Does L.A.’s Luxury Home Market Go From Here?
- What Happens When Your House Burns Down and You Still Have a Mortgage?
- Top financial watchdog warns climate change set to trigger market panics
- The alarming contradictions awaiting Donald Trump’s dollar
- The ‘grossly overvalued’ American dollar
- Chinese citizens’ doubts grow over official economic growth claims
Evening
- Asian Stocks Primed for Gains After US Inflation: Markets Wrap
- Oil Extends Gain as IEA Warns on Russia Curbs and Stockpiles Ebb
- Bonds Have Banner Day as Inflation Report Revives Fed-Cut Bets
- Winds, arsonists complicate fight against LA-area wildfires as crews report progress
- Canada Readies Tariffs on $105 Billion of US Products If Trump Hits First
- Canadian minister warns that Americans will experience economic pain from Trump tariffs
- Short-selling firm Hindenburg Research is closing up shop
- China Is Facing Longest Deflation Streak Since Mao Era in 1960s
- California Adds More ZIP Codes to Insurance-Cancellation Ban
- Bond Market Sends Warning to Trump and Republicans on Tax Plans
- Israel, Hamas Agree to Deal to Pause Fighting in Gaza
- Canada warns of ‘tit-for-tat’ tariffs on US if Donald Trump imposes levies