Thursday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Rise With Europe; Treasuries Gain: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Gold Gains After Dovish Fed Minutes Lift Equities, Weaken Dollar

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Yuan Erases Year’s Gains Against Dollar as PBOC Steps Aside

[Reuters] Analysis: White House, U.S. companies could agree on 25% tax rate, officials, business groups say

[Reuters] U.S. weekly jobless claims unexpectedly rise

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Fed Signals It’s Ready to Wield Power Over Short-Term Rates

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Global Food Costs Keep Climbing in Threat to Consumer Wallets

[CNBC] Senate Banking Committee Chair Brown asks banks to detail their links to Archegos

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Peter Thiel Calls Bitcoin ‘a Chinese Financial Weapon’ at Virtual Roundtable

[Reuters] China says U.S. to blame for tensions over Taiwan

[Reuters] Russia moves warships to Black Sea for drills: Interfax

[Reuters] Putin accuses Ukraine of provocations in phone call with Merkel: Kremlin

[Reuters] Eleven killed as Myanmar protesters fight troops with handmade guns, firebombs: media

[Bloomberg] America’s Population Growth Looks to Be the Slowest Since 1918

[Bloomberg] U.S. Consumer Credit Surges by the Most Since Late 2017

[Bloomberg] Bill Hwang Had $20 Billion, Then Lost It All in Two Days

[Bloomberg] China’s War Against Taiwan Could Come Sooner Rather Than Later

[NYT] After Pandemic, Shrinking Need for Office Space Could Crush Landlords

[NYT] What’s in Biden’s Tax Plan?

[NYT] Drought in Taiwan Pits Chip Makers Against Farmers

[WSJ] Credit Suisse Ignored Warnings Before Archegos and Greensill Imploded

[WSJ] Investors Sour on Emerging Markets as U.S. Prospects Brighten

[FT] Biden’s big fiscal gamble on America’s future

[FT] US offers new plan in global corporate tax talks