Wednesday Afternoon Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Waver, Bonds Gain With Focus on Policy: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] ‘Altcoins’ Lead Crypto Slide as Bitcoin Bounces Around $20,000

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Creeps Up as Markets Tighten Before Double Dose of US Data

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Powell Says US Economy in Strong Shape, Fed Can Avert Recession

[Reuters] Fed's Powell: 'Clock is running' for Fed to bring inflation down

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Crypto Hedge Fund Three Arrows Gets Liquidation Order

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Farmers Battle Floods, Heat in Bid to Replenish Food Supplies

[AP] NATO calls Russia its ‘most significant and direct threat’

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] ECB Gets Inflation Whiplash as Spain at 10%, Germany Slows

[NYT] Highest Mortgage Rates Since 2008 Housing Crisis Cool Sales