Wednesday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] S&P 500 Drops 2%, Europe Sinks to Five-Month Low: Markets Wrap

[Reuters] Global stocks sink as coronavirus lockdowns loom

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Slumps With Europe’s Coronavirus Restrictions Growing

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Europe Is Leading the Way Down in Markets Gripped By Covid Fears

[Reuters] Trump or Biden's big economic challenge: millions of struggling Americans

[Reuters] U.S. goods trade deficit shrinks in September

[CNBC] Homebuyer demand may have peaked as mortgage applications eke out a weekly gain

[Reuters] Factbox: These states could decide the U.S. presidential election

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Germany Moves to Shutter Bars and Restaurants for One Month

[AP] Germany, France gear up for new lockdowns as virus surges

[CNBC] Coronavirus live updates: U.S. hits new average daily high of 71,832 cases, up 21% from last week

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Turkish Central Bank to Reckon With Inflation as Lira Casts Pall

[Bloomberg] Hedge Funds That Planned for U.S. Election Chaos See a Blue Wave

[Bloomberg] China’s Recovery Shows Mixed Signals as Global Outlook Dims

[Bloomberg] China’s Failing Small Banks Are Becoming a Big Problem

[FT] The precarious global debt picture

[FT] Lagarde’s deflation dilemma: virus piles stimulus pressure on ECB

[FT] India takes its tussle with China to the high seas