Sunday, September 22, 2019

Monday's News Links

[Reuters] Stocks sink on dismal economic data, mixed trade signals

[Reuters] European stocks sink after weak business surveys

[CNBC] Chinese theft of trade secrets on the rise, the US Justice Department warns

[MarketWatch] Stock market’s eerie parallels to September 2007 should raise recession fears

[Reuters] ECB's Knot: New economic stimulus program 'disproportionate'

[AP] Travel chaos, jobs lost as UK firm Thomas Cook collapses

[Reuters] Hong Kong mops up after fresh violence, braces for October 1 anniversary

[NYT] In the Decade Since Madoff, Ponzi Schemers Try New Tactics

[Bloomberg] Euro-Area Economy Comes Close to Stalling as Factories Suffer

[Bloomberg] Life in China Is Getting Harder, and Xi Jinping Should Worry

[Bloomberg] China Steps Up Government Presence at Alibaba, Private Giants

[Bloomberg] President Trump Doubles Down on Call for Negative Interest Rates

[Bloomberg] Draghi’s Highway to Inflation Goal Risks Ending in Taper Tantrum

[WSJ] Fed Adds $49.7 Billion to Financial System

[WSJ] Your Meat Is Getting Pricier Because China Is Peckish for Protein

[FT] Shadows loom over China’s 70th birthday celebrations

[FT] Eurozone economy stalls as data trigger fears of recession

Sunday Evening Links

[Reuters] U.S. stock futures gain on better trade tone, oil climbs

[Reuters] Booming securitized loan market has echoes of financial crisis, BIS warns

[AP] EU’s Juncker: Irish border controls needed in no-deal Brexit

[Reuters] Markets face major risks over lax climate forecasts, top investors warn

Sunday's News Links

[Reuters] China needs to change way it finances economy, think tank says

[Reuters] Indian shadow bank Altico says evaluating options after default

[CNBC] More $10 billion software companies are being minted than ever before — here’s why

[Reuters] Pompeo says U.S. mission is to avoid war with Iran but measures in place to deter

[Reuters] Iran says it will destroy any aggressor

[Bloomberg] Repo Market’s Liquidity Crisis Has Been a Decade in the Making

[WSJ] Time to Worry About Corporate Debt Again

[WSJ] Fannie, Freddie Poised to Keep Profits in an Initial Privatization Move

[WSJ] Yemeni Rebels Warn Iran Plans Another Strike Soon