Friday's News Links

[Bloomberg] Dollar, Stocks Get Lift From Tax Move; Bonds Fall: Markets Wrap

[Bloomberg] Trump’s Tax Plan Takes a Big Step Forward, But What Comes Next Won’t Be Easy

[Reuters] Senate passes budget blueprint key to Trump tax effort

[CNBC] Trump's apparent favorite to run the Fed is a safe bet unlikely to rock markets

[Bloomberg] Madrid Doubles Down as Catalans Prepare to Declare New State

[Bloomberg] Canadian Inflation Jumps to 1.6% on Gasoline Prices

[Reuters] High noon for the ECB, Draghi at the QE Corral

[Reuters] BOJ's next challenge: unwinding Kuroda's legacy stimulus

[Bloomberg] These Cities Make NYC Housing Look Dirt Cheap

[Bloomberg] Pollution’s Annual Price Tag? $4.6 Trillion and 9 Million Dead

[WSJ] Senate Passes Budget Proposal Primarily on Party Lines

[WSJ] A Fed for a Growth Economy

[WSJ] GOP Gears Up for Tax-Overhaul Push

[WSJ] How High Could Rates Go if John Taylor Becomes Fed Chairman?

Thursday Evening Links

[Bloomberg] U.S. Stocks Pare Drop, Treasuries Rise With Gold: Markets Wrap

[Politico] Trump leaning toward Powell for Fed chair, officials say

[Bloomberg] Catalan Separatists Ask Supporters to Pull Money From Banks

[Reuters] Chancellor: 1929 is more apt anniversary than 1987

[Bloomberg] Global Investors Brace for a Cruel New World of Feeble Returns

[WSJ] Tillerson Warns China on Trade, Territorial Claims

[WSJ] Former Fed Chair Paul Volcker Writing Memoir

[FT] North Korea ‘months’ away from strike range on US, says CIA head