Friday's News Links

[BloombergQ] Stocks Decline as Trade War Simmers; Dollar Steady: Markets Wrap

[CNBC] Fed's Clarida says central bank close to neutral and should be 'data dependent' on more hikes

[Reuters] China cbank tells lenders to manage pace, intensity of credit supply

[Reuters] UK PM May defends Brexit deal as talk of no-confidence vote grows

[AP] Brexit, Italy, trade: Risks piling up for Europe’s economy

[Reuters] Weak credit growth raises odds of first China rate cut in years

[BloombergQ] Six Congressional Committees to Watch in 2019

[Reuters] Pence says South China Sea doesn't belong to any one nation

[NYT] Why G.E.’s Credit Problem Is a Warning to All Debt Investors

[WSJ] Companies Start to Sweat Prospect of No-Deal Brexit as Deadline Looms

[FT] Weidmann says ECB’s crisis-era tools may need to be scrapped

[FT] Federal Reserve to review how it conducts monetary policy in 2019

[FT] Leveraged loans are way past “cov-lite”

[BloombergSub] Leveraged Loans Hit Two-Year Low as Bonds Crater, Supply Weighs

Thursday Evening Links

[BloombergQ] Asia Stocks Trade Mixed; Pound Steadies After Fall: Markets Wrap

[BloombergQ] Tech Leads Stocks Higher as Brexit Turmoil Weighs: Markets Wrap

[Reuters] Investors pull record $53 bln from U.S. taxable funds in October -Lipper

[BloombergQ] U.K.'s Theresa May Stands Firm as Brexit Backers Plot Challenge

[Reuters] China offer unlikely to spur major trade war breakthrough, senior US official says

[CNBC] Paul Tudor Jones says we're in a global debt bubble and headed for some 'scary moments'

[BloombergQ] GE Bonds Keep Plunging, Pushing Through All-Time Lows

[Reuters] Mexico central bank fires warning shot over incoming leftist govt

[Reuters] Upset by Trump's Iran waivers, Saudis push for deep oil output cut

[Reuters] Senator Warren presses regulators on leveraged lending

[CNBC] US and China conflict goes way beyond trade, says Ray Dalio, founder of world's largest hedge fund

[WSJ] Trump Forged His Ideas on Trade in the 1980s—And Never Deviated

[WSJ] Trump Tax Cut to Be Eroded Next Year by Inflation Switch

[WSJ] Economists Expect Fed to Continue Raising Rates Through 2019

[WSJ] Oil Hedge Fund Giant Hammered in Crude’s Slide

[FT] US and China step up effort to strike G20 truce on trade

[FT] Tett: China is winning the trade war with America

[BloombergSub] GE Bonds Keep Plunging, Pushing Through All-Time Lows