Friday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] U.S. Stocks Gain as Inflation Fears Ebb: Markets Wrap

[Reuters] Gold rises as dollar retreats after Fed downplays inflation fears

[Reuters] German 10-year bond yield set for biggest weekly rise since February

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Mounting Inflation Fears Push U.S. Consumer Sentiment Lower

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] U.S. Retail Sales Stalled in April After Stimulus-Aided Surge

[Reuters] ECB sets stage for crucial June decision on emergency bond buys

[Reuters] Analysis: U.S. investors looking for protection as inflation pressures bubble, stocks volatile

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Risk-Parity Trades Get Slammed as Bonds and Stocks Move Together

[CNBC] Chip shortage expected to cost auto industry $110 billion in revenue in 2021

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] EV Startups Lose Over $40 Billion After Taking SPAC Route Public

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Billionaires Are Selling Mega-Sized Stock Blocks After Surge

[CNBC] Australia will be ‘patient’ in trying to improve relations with China, says deputy prime minister

[Bloomberg] This Inflation Scare Is Exactly What the Fed Was Hoping to Avoid

[Bloomberg] Progressives Split on Powell’s Renomination to Fed Chair

[Bloomberg] Summers Says U.S. Inflation Rising Faster Than Even He Predicted

[WSJ] Need a Credit Card or Auto Loan? Banks Are Making Them Easier to Get

[WSJ] Amazon, McDonald’s, Others Woo Scarce Hourly Workers With Higher Pay

[FT] Chinese companies’ dollar bonds hit as Beijing tightens credit

[FT] Supply chain worries loom over global economy

[FT] Tett: Elon Musk wakes up to bitcoin’s fossil fuel issues

[FT] ‘It’s a battle, it’s warfare’: experts seek to defeat ransomware attackers