Sunday, June 2, 2019

Monday's News Links

[Reuters] Stocks drop as trade tensions spark recession fears, flight to safety

[Reuters] Bonds 'on fire' as flight to safety gathers momentum

[Reuters] Gold hits 2-month high as recession worries drive safe-haven demand

[Reuters] Yen, Swiss franc shine as trade tensions spark flight to safety

[Reuters] U.S. manufacturing activity grows at slowest in two-and-a-half years: ISM

[Reuters] China May factory activity grows at steady pace but recovery still patchy: Caixin PMI

[Reuters] China warns students, academics of risks of studying in U.S.

[Reuters] Global recession fears grow as factory activity shrinks

[Reuters] Goldman lowers U.S. growth view, sees higher rate cut chances on 'trade war'

[Reuters] Deal or no deal, we leave EU on Oct. 31: UK PM candidate Johnson

[Reuters] What is the Italian clash with EU over fiscal policy about?

[Reuters] Taiwan urges China to 'repent' for Tiananmen crackdown, push for democratic reform

[CNBC] Trump calls for a boycott of AT&T to force ‘big changes’ at CNN'

[Bloomberg] Bank of Jinzhou Auditors Resign Citing Loan Inconsistencies

[Bloomberg] Here Are the Most Interesting Items in China's Trade White Paper

[Bloomberg] Treasuries Are on Biggest Rally Since 2008 as Fed Rate-Cut Seen

[Bloomberg] Fog of Trump's Trade War Turns China Into a Long-Term Combatant

[Bloomberg] Bond Traders May Soon Fret More About Italian Debt Than Greece's

[Bloomberg] As China’s Debt Balloons, Other Emerging Markets Fail to Take Off

[NYT] Trump Administration Considered Tariffs on Australia

[WSJ] Low-Inflation Trap That Ensnared Japan and Europe Worries Fed

[WSJ] Plunging Yields Expose Sorry State of European Banks

[FT] China decries US tariff ‘coercion’ as trade rhetoric heats up

[FT] Tackling trade deficits needs global co-operation, Taro Aso warns