Wednesday's News Links

[Bloomberg] U.S. Equities Pull Back From Records as Oil Climbs: Markets Wrap

[Bloomberg] Oil Climbs as IEA Sees Fastest Demand Growth in Two Years

[Bloomberg] Wholesale Prices in U.S. Increase on Jump in Energy Costs

[CNBC] Mortgage applications leap nearly 10% on lowest rates in almost a year

[Bloomberg] Act or Wait? Fed Debate Heats Up After Inflation Misses Target

[Politico] Republicans suspicious of ‘Democrats’ Cohn and Mnuchin as tax plans take shape

[Bloomberg] Yuan Fixing Takes Center Stage, Again

[Bloomberg] Leon Cooperman Says Market Correction Could Start ‘Very Soon’

[Reuters] North Korea defiant over U.N. sanctions as Trump says tougher steps needed

[Reuters] Brazil's top court approves new graft probe of President Temer

[WSJ] An Inflation Surprise Could Leave Bond Investors Aching

[WSJ] Goldman Banks on Lending to Grow

[FT] How the dollar’s weakness is the rest of the world’s problem

[WSJ] Foreign Investors Snap Up Chinese Bank Debt

Tuesday Evening Links

[Bloomberg] Stock Rally to Extend in Asia as Bond Drop Deepens: Markets Wrap

[Bloomberg] Mnuchin Threatens More Sanctions on China Over North Korea

[Bloomberg] Jamie Dimon Slams Bitcoin as a ‘Fraud’

[Reuters] North Korea sanctions 'nothing compared to what will have to happen': Trump

[FT] US to target Chinese banks unless Beijing gets tough on N Korea