Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Thursday's News Links

[Reuters] Stocks rally splutters as trade talks, data disappoint

[Reuters] Dollar weak on expectations of no 2019 Fed hikes; Aussie slips

[Reuters] Oil down 1 percent on indecisive U.S.-China trade talks, rising inventories

[AP] US, China leave next steps for trade talks unclear

[Reuters] U.S. buyback market support may wane in 2019

[Reuters] China's December factory-gate inflation at 0.9 percent year-on-year, lowest since September 2016'

[Associated Press] Fed minutes: Growing risks make rate hike path less clear

[CNBC] Fed officials see benchmark rate becoming ‘volatile’ during balance sheet run-off

[WSJ] Fed Chairman to Answer Questions on Economy and Rate Increases

[WSJ] Fed Is Unlikely to Raise Rates in Next Months, Minutes Show

[WSJ] A Junk-Bond Drought Is Making Investors Nervous

[FT] Wall Street battles for supremacy in volatility market

[FT] Trump Walks Out of Shutdown Talks, Calls Them ‘Total Waste of Time’

Wednesday Evening LInks

[Reuters] Wall Street extends rally as chipmakers rebound

[Reuters] Oil rises more than 4 percent on U.S.-China trade talk hope, OPEC cuts

[Reuters] Many Fed policymakers urged patience on future rate hikes: minutes

[Reuters] Trump walks out of talks on shutdown, bemoans 'total waste of time'

[Reuters] U.S. stock, bond funds leak $30.4 billion in ominous start to 2019

[Reuters] U.S. focuses on China pledge to buy more goods as trade talks end

[Reuters] Fed policymakers call for caution on further U.S. rate hikes

[Reuters] U.S. money fund assets rise above $3 trillion for the first time since 2010

[CNBC] The government shutdown spotlights a bigger issue: 78% of US workers live paycheck to paycheck

[WSJ] December Fed Minutes Show Officials Saw ‘Limited Amount’ of Additional Rate Increases

[FT] Federal Reserve focuses on how to hit interest-rate target

[FT] KKR warns investors on giant corporate debt loads

[FT] Australia’s house price slide poses threat to economy 

[FT] Italy’s Salvini touts ‘European spring’ with Poland’s rightwing government