Thursday, January 10, 2019

Friday's News Links

[AP] Global stocks give up some gains after solid start to year

[Reuters] Gold set for fourth weekly gain on softening dollar

[Reuters] U.S. consumer prices post first drop in nine months

[Reuters] U.S. expects China's top trade negotiator to visit 'most likely' this month

[Reuters] Exclusive: China to set lower GDP growth target of 6-6.5 percent in 2019 - sources

[CNBC] Moody’s: China’s slowing growth is pushing Beijing to launch new ‘untested’ policies

[Reuters] U.S.-based stock funds draw $8.74 billion in latest week: Lipper

[WSJ] ed Debate Heats Up Over the Size and Composition of Its Bond Holdings

[WSJ] How the Fed Showed It Had the Market’s Back

[WSJ] Junk-Bond Sale Ends 40-Day Market Drought

[WSJ] Chinese Huawei Executive Is Charged With Espionage in Poland

[FT] US execs should worry about travel to China if trade war worsens

[FT] ETF growth sputters after markets’ ‘rocky ride’ in 2018

[FT] Emerging markets can't escape the Fed's balance sheet unwind

Thursday Evening Links

[Reuters] Wall St. flat after four-day surge as retailers, trade talks disappoint

[CNBC] Fed Chairman Powell says he is ‘very worried’ about growing amount of U.S. debt

[Reuters] Powell says Fed can be patient as U.S. economy evolves in 2019

[CNBC] Amid shutdown, thousands of federal workers file for unemployment

[Reuters] Britain's May suffers parliament defeat as Brexit debate resumes

[Reuters] Ford, Jaguar slash thousands of jobs across Europe

[Reuters] Brazil in focus for 2019 as bond market slows, Mexico's woes grow

[WSJ] America’s Electric Grid Has a Vulnerable Back Door—and Russia Walked Through It

[Bloomberg] Goldman Predicts Gold Prices to Climb to Highest Since 2013

[Bloomberg] China’s Digital Silk Road Is Looking More Like an Iron Curtain