Monday's News Links

[Bloomberg] U.S. Stocks Fall From Records as Dollar Weakens: Markets Wrap

[Bloomberg] China Bond Selloff Spreads to Stocks as Deleveraging Risks Mount

[Bloomberg] U.S. Consumer Spending Rises Most Since 2009 on Car Buying

[Politico] State of the Fed

[Bloomberg] Trump’s Big Fed Chair Reveal: This Week in Washington

[Bloomberg] Biggest Stock Collapse in World History Has No End in Sight

[MarketWatch] Why stock-market bulls should be wary of rising tide of earnings shenanigans

[Bloomberg] Analysts See Deleveraging Concerns Behind China's Equity Selloff

[Reuters] China central bank boosting oversight of loans offered on the internet - media

[Reuters] As China's home prices cool, some property companies seek to reduce risks

[CNBC] Carbon dioxide in atmosphere hits highest level in 800,000 years, study says

[NYT] In Choice of Fed Chairman, Trump Downgrades Deregulation

[WSJ] Inflation: The Slumbering Giant Begins to Stir

[WSJ] Italy Faces Challenge of Living Without ECB Alchemy

[FT] Powell leading in Trump’s Fed chair reality-TV spectacle

[FT] Spain faces test of authority in Catalonia under direct rule

[FT] Wall Street banks rake in bumper fees from leveraged loans

Sunday Evening Links

[WSJ] Trump Likely to Name Jerome Powell Next Fed Chairman—Source

[Bloomberg] Asian Stocks Nudge Higher on Global Growth Outlook: Markets Wrap

[Bloomberg] China's Debt Battle Has Global Growth at Stake

[Bloomberg] China Corporate Bond Investors' Luck May Be About to Run Out

Sunday's News Links

[Reuters] Hundreds of thousands march for unified Spain, poll shows depths of division

[NYT] Spain Is a Collection of Glued Regions. Or Maybe Not So Glued.

[NYT] Stuck in Place, U.S. Homeowners Hunker Down as Housing Supply Stays Tight

[WSJ] Why Are Markets Rising Everywhere? Investors Can’t Stop Buying Every Dip

[FT] Sand castles on Jersey Shore: property boom defies US flood risk