[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Rise, Dollar Flat in Thin Trading: Markets Wrap
[Reuters] Israel launches more Gaza strikes as Netanyahu says Hamas must be destroyed
[Reuters] Baghdad condemns U.S strike on Iraqi military positions
[Reuters] US retail sales grow 3.1% during holiday season – Mastercard report
[Reuters] Ex-BOJ board member criticises governor Ueda’s market messaging
[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Japan’s Business Service Price Growth Holds at 30-Year High
[Reuters] Global 2024 staple food supplies to be strained by dry weather, export curbs
[Reuters] Ethiopia becomes Africa’s latest sovereign default
[Reuters] Iran undoes slowdown in enrichment of uranium to near weapons-grade -IAEA
[Reuters] Xi vows to prevent anyone ‘splitting Taiwan from China’
[Bloomberg] Goldman’s Painful 2023 Lesson on China Forces Rethink of Emerging Markets
[NYT] Holiday Spending Increased, Defying Fears of a Decline
[NYT] Downturn or Not? At Year’s End, Wall St. Is Split on What’s Ahead.
[WSJ] Most Shoppers Didn’t Hold Back This Holiday Season
[WSJ] Where Did Americans Put Their Money This Year? Everywhere.
[WSJ] Iran-Backed Forces Widen Their Attacks on Commercial Shipping
[WSJ] Adjustable-Rate Mortgages Are No Longer a Bargain
[WSJ] American Spies Confront a New, Formidable China
[WSJ] China’s Yuan Is Quietly Gaining Ground
[FT] Fed rate pivot leaves stocks and bonds with ‘no room for error’
[FT] The great speculative era on markets is hard to kill
