Thursday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Boosted by Rate-Hike Outlook; Dollar Slips: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Holds Near $78 as EU Price-Cap Talks Drag and Demand Lags

[Reuters] China banks pledge $162 bln in credit to developers, shares rally

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Ukraine Latest: Government Braces for Worst-Case Power Outages

[AP] China expands lockdowns as COVID-19 cases hit daily record

[Reuters] China's COVID infections hit record as economic outlook darkens

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China’s iPhone City Locks Down Urban Areas as Covid Cases Rise

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China to Ramp Up Monetary Stimulus as Economic Outlook Darkens

[Reuters] China's Country Garden gets new credit line of up to $7 bln - Securities Times

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Binance’s Zhao Flags Possible $1 Billion for Distressed Assets

[CNBC] DCG’s Barry Silbert reveals crypto firm has $2 billion in debt as he tries to calm investors after FTX

[Reuters] Global regulators to target crypto platforms after FTX crash

[Fortune] Top economist Mohamed El-Erian says we’re not just headed for another recession, but a ‘profound economic and financial shift’

[Reuters] EU preparing new Russia sanctions package, von der Leyen says

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Bank of Korea Still Wary of Inflation Amid Credit, Growth Fears

[Bloomberg] Pressure on the Hong Kong Dollar Peg Keeps Building

[Bloomberg] FTX Crypto Bubble Really Is the Worst of Its Kind

[WSJ] China Recovery Hopes Crushed by Record Covid Outbreak as Lockdowns Spread

[FT] Lex in-depth: the cost of America’s ban on Chinese chips

[FT] How China’s close contacts are piling pressure on Beijing’s zero-Covid policy

[FT] Chinese lenders to pump $162bn of credit into property developers