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Friday, December 20, 2024
[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Stocks Extend Losses as Volatility Spikes: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Falls for Second Day on Fed’s Slower Path and Tariff Risks [Yahoo/Bloomberg] EM Central Banks Ramp Up Currency Defense as Dollar Surges Ahead [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Japan Warns on Yen After BOJ’s Dovish Message Extends Slide [Yahoo/Bloomberg] China One-Year Bond Yield Sinks to 1% for First Time Since 2009 [AP] House rejects Trump-backed plan on government shutdown, leaving next steps uncertain [CNN] Live Updates: Government shutdown looms after Trump-backed bill fails [AP] Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge shows price pressures eased last month [Yahoo/Reuters] US equity funds saw biggest net outflows in 15 years ahead of Fed decision [Yahoo/Reuters] Global equity funds faced huge outflows ahead of Fed decision [Yahoo/Bloomberg] ‘Everybody Wants to Be My Friend’: Trump Marvels at Tech Titan Attention [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Twin Boom-and-Bust Hits $10 Trillion ETF Industry in Overdrive [Yahoo/Bloomberg] SPAC Kings Who Delivered 99% Losses Are Raising Billions Again [Yahoo/Bloomberg] BofA Strategist Hartnett Sees Shaky Sentiment as Fed Pivot Rattles Bulls [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Brazil’s Central Bank Burns $17 Billion in Reserves to Lift Real [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Brazil Congress Close to Deliver a Diluted Spending Cut Plan [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Analysis-BOJ bids final farewell to Kuroda's radical policy experiment [Bloomberg] Trump-Backed US Funding Plan’s Failure Showcases GOP Fissures [Bloomberg] There Seems to Be No Limit to How Expensive US Homes Can Get [Bloomberg] UK Bond Yields Head for 26-Year High With BOE Rate Path in Doubt [WSJ] House Rejects GOP Plan Backed by Trump as Government Barrels Toward Shutdown [WSJ] More Men Are Addicted to the ‘Crack Cocaine’ of the Stock Market [FT] US government shutdown looms after House rejects Donald Trump-backed funding bill [FT] Tett: A fiscal fight is brewing in the court of Donald Trump [FT] Inside Wall Street’s booming $1tn ‘synthetic risk transfer’ phenomenon [FT] China’s short-term bond yields fall below 1% for first time since 2009  
Thursday, December 19, 2024
[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Stocks Stage Recovery After Fed Day Selloff: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Yen Slides More Than 1% to Weakest Since July on Ueda Comments [Yahoo/Bloomberg] PBOC Offers Strongest Yuan Support Since July After Dollar Gains [Yahoo/Reuters] South Korean won hits 15-year low as hawkish Fed, domestic politics weigh [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Asian Central Banks Start Pushback as Fed Shift Hits Currencies [AP] US applications for unemployment benefits come back down after last week’s big rise [AP] U.S. economy grows at 3.1% pace in third quarter, an upgrade from previous estimate [AP] Trump brings chaos back to Washington by attempting to kill bipartisan budget deal with Musk’s help [Yahoo Finance] Government shutdown odds are rising. Economic experts aren’t panicking (yet). [Axios] Behind the Curtain: Musk's America [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Private Credit Looks to Consumers, Infrastructure for Next Stage [Yahoo/Reuters] Dealmakers eye $4 trillion-plus M&A haul in 2025 on Trump boost [Yahoo/Bloomberg] BOJ Stands Pat as Dissenter’s Rate Hike Proposal Voted Down [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Lula’s Powerless Aides Let Currency Panic Go Unchecked in Brazil [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Brazil Congress Again Waters Down Fiscal Plan as Real Sinks [Yahoo/Bloomberg] BOE Keeps Rates Unchanged Even as Three Officials Back Cut [Yahoo/Bloomberg] France to Push Ahead With €300 Billion Bond Plan Without Budget [Reuters] New Zealand sinks into recession, more rate cuts coming [AP] Macao's casino boom brings wealth but at a cost, 25 years since China's takeover [Bloomberg] Trump, Musk Threaten US Shutdown and Shake Up Republican Party [Bloomberg] UK Weighs Donation Cap to Stymie Farage’s Pursuit of Musk Money [NYT] Why the Specter of Trump Hangs Over the Fed, Congress and the Markets [WSJ] Musk Draws First Blood With Spending Bill Bombshell [WSJ] They Look Like CDs, but They’re Annuities—and Sales Are Booming [WSJ] Putin Signals No Rush to End Ukraine War in Marathon TV Appearance [FT] Donald Trump’s presidency looms over the Federal Reserve [FT] Donald Trump’s pledges seep into Federal Reserve’s outlook [FT] Does the Fed know it’s Christmas time at all? [FT] Dealmakers bet that Trump will fuel mega-deal rebound [FT] Stop pushing Zelenskyy into peace talks, warns EU’s top diplomat
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Rebound in Countdown to Fed Rates Decision: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Rises on Expectations of Sharp US Crude Stockpile Decline [Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Pushes Back Against Bond Frenzy, Sends Yields Climbing [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Cocoa soars above $12,000 to reach fresh record on supply fears [Reuters] Morning Bid: Fed looms and Europe gets inflation data [AP] Federal Reserve is set to cut key rate but consumers might not feel much benefit anytime soon [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Fed expected to combine interest rate cut with hawkish 2025 outlook [Yahoo/Reuters] Powell has a long to-do list for his last full year as Fed chief [Axios] Biden ratchets up AI chip war with China [CNBC] Mortgage demand drops for the first time in 5 weeks, after interest rates rise [Yahoo/Bloomberg] US ports brace for perfect storm as tariff threats scramble supply chains [Reuters] BOJ's rate hike debate shifts from 'when?' to 'how high?' [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Traders Scale Back BOE Rate-Cut Bets After Inflation Stays High [Bloomberg] US Housing Starts Fall to Four-Month Low on Multifamily Decline [Bloomberg] Trump Team’s 100-Day Plan Shows EV Policy Stripped of Rebates [Bloomberg] Turkey-Backed Syria Forces Aim to Push on Against Kurdish Groups [Bloomberg] Silicon Valley’s Secondary Markets Are Bigger Than Ever [Bloomberg] Domino Theory of Norms Spells Doom for US Politics [Bloomberg] We’re Burning More Coal Than Ever Thanks to China [NYT] What to Watch as the Fed Makes Its Final 2024 Rate Decision [WSJ] Short-Term Loans Get Just What They Need: A Long-Term Commitment [WSJ] This Year’s Biggest News Stories, From Wars to the Election to AI, as Told by WSJ [WSJ] Killing of Top Russian General Is a Message From Ukraine: You Aren’t Safe—Even at Home [FT] Brazil currency rout risks worsening unless Lula delivers fiscal reforms  
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