[Reuters] China won’t accept U.S. trade ‘blackmail’: state media [Reuters] China’s Wang says response to U.S. trade measures [...]

The renminbi traded at 6.8935 in early-Friday trading, with intensified selling pushing the Chinese currency to its lowest level (vs. the $) since [...]

[Reuters] Trade worries keep lid on stocks, Italian bonds sell off on government tensions [Reuters] U.S. job growth slows in July, unemployment rate [...]

[BloombergQ] Stocks Slump as Trade Fears Return; Dollar Climbs: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Trade tensions roil emerging stocks, U.S. sanctions hit Turkey [...]

[BloombergQ] Treasuries Drop Before Fed; Trade Weighs on Stocks: Markets Wrap [CNBC] US 10-year Treasury yield hits 3% for first time since June [...]

[BloombergQ] U.S. Stocks Climb Before Apple; Bonds Rise: Markets Wrap [Reuters] U.S. consumer spending increases solidly in June [Reuters] BOJ seeks [...]

[BloombergQ] Stocks Pare Drop Amid Earnings Deluge; Bonds Slide: Markets Wrap [BloombergQ] Global Bond Yields Climb as Anxious Investors Await BOJ [...]

[Reuters] Trump threatens U.S. government shutdown over immigration [Reuters] Global auto powers plotting response to Trump auto tariff threats [...]

[BloombergQ] U.S. GDP Report Clears Path for Two More Fed Rate Hikes [CNBC] Trump suggests economy could grow at 8 or 9 percent if he cuts the trade [...]

I have a rather simple Bubble definition: “A self-reinforcing but inevitably unsustainable inflation.” Most Bubble discussions center on [...]

[Reuters] Global stocks set for fourth week of gains as trade angst eases [Reuters] Consumers, soybeans lift U.S. economic growth to 4.1 percent [...]

[BloombergQ] U.S. Stocks Slip on Facebook; Euro Weakens: Markets Wrap [CNBC] Tech stocks set to crater on Thursday with Facebook on track for biggest [...]