Thursday's News Links

[BloombergQ] Stocks Rally as Trade Nerves Settle; Yen Slides: Markets Wrap

[BloombergQ] China's Yuan Sinks Past Key Level, Will Test PBOC's Resolve

[Reuters] Consumer prices rise at the fastest pace in 6 years

[BloombergQ] Americans Burdened by Increasing Housing Costs, Slow Wage Gains

[BloombergQ] China, U.S. Hint at Chance for Talks After Trump's Tariff Threat

[Reuters] China says has not been in touch with U.S. about restarting trade talks

[CNBC] China slams 'US extortion tricks,' digs in heels as it vows to aid businesses hurt by tariffs

[CNBC] Fed official: 'We could end up getting behind if we don’t keep moving things up'

[Reuters] Goodbye inverted yield curve? Fed looks for alternative signals to guide policy

[BloombergQ] The Rout in Commodities Can No Longer Be Ignored

[BloombergQ] Merkel Rejects Trump's Link Between EU Trade, Defense Spending

[Reuters] As Trump amps up trade war, China plays nice with foreign investors

[WSJ] Chinese Yuan Steadies After Large Drop in Official Rate

[FT] Eurozone economy has strength to stomach QE withdrawal, says ECB

[FT] China and the world: how Beijing spreads the message

[FT] Bear market in eurozone banks signals growth challenge for region

[FT] Economic reform risks being the loser in Brazil’s election

Wednesday Evening Links

[Reuters] Wall Street drops on escalating U.S.-China trade war

[BloombergQ] Trump's Trade War Sinks China's Yuan Most Since 2015 Devaluation

[MarketWatch] U.S. oil sees steepest one-day percentage decline in more than a year

[BloombergQ] Trade Storm Batters Commodities With Tariffs Threatening Growth

[Reuters] Atlanta Fed raises U.S. second quarter GDP view to 3.9 percent

[BloombergQ] Trump’s Turned Asia Junk Investors Into Nervous Nellies

[BloombergQ] Mobius Says Trade War Is Just a Warm-Up Act for Financial Crisis

[CNBC] Republicans appear helpless to stop Trump's trade war

[WSJ] This Time Around, Chinese Consumer Products Would Face Tariffs

[FT] China presses on America’s pain points in the trade war

[FT] Tariff drama is just a sideshow to China’s slowing growth

[FT] Markets batter Turkey as Erdogan predicts interest rate fall