Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Thursday's News Links

[Reuters] Shares inch higher after Fed cut, BOJ keeps powder dry

[Reuters] U.S., Chinese trade deputies face off in Washington amid deep differences

[Reuters] BOJ keeps policy steady, signals chance of easing in October

[Reuters] Repo chaos tests Wall Street confidence in NY Fed's Williams

[Reuters] U.S. bankers seize on repo-market stress to push for softer liquidity rules

[Reuters] Trump sees many options short of war with Iran after attacks on Saudis

[Reuters] Iran warns against war as U.S. and Saudi weigh response to oil attack

[Bloomberg] Overnight Funding Rate Continues to Ease Before Fed Operation

[Bloomberg] China’s Mighty Trade Engine Is Stalling as Negotiators Seek Deal

[Bloomberg] While the Fed Has No 'Guts,' the PBOC Is on Steroids

[Bloomberg] Chinese Property Giants Could Regret Milking the Country’s Middle Class

[Bloomberg] Top Shadow Banker Calls Time on India’s Credit Crisis

[NYT] Wall Street Is Buzzing About Repo Rates. Here’s Why.

[WSJ] Bank Reserves: What Are They and Why a Shortage Is Roiling a Key Interest Rate

[WSJ] Fed Injects More Into Money Markets After Banks Bid Heavily for Funds

[WSJ] Repo Spike Signals Wrong Kind of Volatility

Wednesday Evening Links

[Reuters] S&P 500 ends slightly higher after Fed gives mixed signals

[Reuters] Fed cuts rates on 7-3 vote, gives mixed signals on next move

[CNBC] Here’s what changed in the new Fed statement

[CNBC] The Fed forecasts no further rate cuts for 2019 and 2020

[AP] A divided Fed cuts key rate for 2nd time this year

[AP] The Latest: Fed officials split on interest rate path

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Fed Plans to Intervene in Repo Market for a Third Straight Day

[CNBC] Fed loses control of its own interest rate as it cut rates — ‘This just doesn’t look good’

[CNBC] Trump says Powell and the Fed ‘Fail Again’ — ‘No guts, no sense, no vision!’

[Reuters] Trump orders more Iran sanctions as Saudi displays attack evidence

[Reuters] Pompeo says attack was 'act of war' on Saudi Arabia, seeks coalition

[NYT] Fed Cuts Interest Rates by Another Quarter Point

[WSJ] Fed Cuts Rates By Quarter Point, But Faces Growing Split

[FT] Fed cuts rates as policymaker disagreement grows