Friday's News Links

[Bloomberg] Bonds Slump as Dollar Boosted by Trump Tax Pledge: Markets Wrap

[Bloomberg] Dollar Gains as Yen on the Defensive Before Trump-Abe Meeting

[Reuters] Fitch: The Trump Administration Poses Risks to Global Sovereigns

[Reuters] Euro zone, IMF agree on a common stance on Greece: official

[Bloomberg] China Exports Surge Ahead of Potential Challenge From Trump

[Bloomberg] China Faces Liquidity Test as $151 Billion Set to Exit System

[Bloomberg] Why China's Banks Are Feeling Squeezed

[Bloomberg] China Bitcoin Exchanges Halt Withdrawals After PBOC Talks

[Bloomberg] Le Pen May Get a Shock If She Tries to Pay French Debt in Francs

[WSJ] Vanguard Pulls In More Money Than Rivals Combined

[Reuters] Trump backs "One China" policy in call with China's Xi

[CNBC] As Trump hustles to nail down a tax overhaul, he faces the biggest federal debt surge since Truman

[SCMP] China ‘beefing up military’ on disputed islands in the South China Sea, says US think tank

Thursday Evening Links

[Reuters] Bank, energy stocks lift Wall St indexes to record highs

[Bloomberg] Mexico Raises Key Rate After Inflation Surges and Peso Stumbles

[Bloomberg] Fed’s Bullard Says Fiscal Uncertainty Should Delay Rate Increase

[Bloomberg] New GOP Memo Targets Stress Tests, CFPB in Dodd-Frank Changes

[Bloomberg] Home Prices Rose in 89% of U.S. Metro Areas in Fourth Quarter

[Bloomberg] Trump Promises Airlines New Infrastructure, Less Regulation

[Reuters] Greece optimistic of deal with lenders on reforms, debt, next week

[FT] Greek bonds sell off sharply as EU-IMF rift deepens