Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Wednesday's News Links

[Reuters] Russian forces pound key cities as Ukraine demands tougher sanctions

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Russia Skirts Nearer Default After Dollar Bond Payment Blocked

[Reuters] Russia to pay Eurobonds in roubles as long as reserves remain blocked

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Ukraine Update: U.S. to Send More Javelins; Zelenskiy Rebukes UN

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] U.S, EU to Hit Russian Investments With New Round of Sanctions

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Global Bond Selloff Deepens as Fed Steps Up Tightening Rhetoric

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Bonds, Stocks Sink as Rate-Hike Bets Ramp Up: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] European Stocks Fall as Tech Shares Hit by Surge in Bond Yields

[Reuters] Oil rises as new Russia sanctions outweigh demand worries

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Markets Bet on Sharpest Pace of Fed Tightening Since 1994

[CNBC] Surging interest rates push mortgage demand down more than 40% from a year ago

[Reuters] No poop for you: Manure supplies run short as fertilizer prices soar

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Vows to Use Monetary Policy Tools at Appropriate Time

[Reuters] China's services sector activity hit hard by Omicron surge - Caixin PMI

[Reuters] China holiday travel slumps after COVID outbreaks - state media

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Kaisa’s Dollar Bonds Rise on State Tie-Up: Evergrande Update

[CNBC] UK has detected a new Covid variant. Here’s what we know so far about omicron XE

[CNBC] Sri Lanka’s crisis follows similar pattern as Arab Spring, say analysts

[Bloomberg] Dudley: If Stocks Don’t Fall, the Fed Needs to Force Them

[Bloomberg] China’s Daily Covid Cases Top 20,000 as Isolation Efforts Expand

[Bloomberg] EU’s Top Diplomat Calls Summit With China’s Xi a ‘Deaf Dialog’

[Bloomberg] Ex-Oligarch Says Putin Sees War With the West Already Underway

[WSJ] China’s Services Sector Posts Steepest Decline Since Pandemic’s Start

[FT] US government debt under pressure as traders await Fed minutes

[FT] Weaponisation of finance: how the west unleashed ‘shock and awe’ on Russia

[FT] Russia to make dollar bond payments in roubles after US blockade

[FT] China’s zero-Covid policy risks causing agricultural crisis and food shortages

[FT] Global trade falls 2.8% as Russia’s war in Ukraine hits container traffic

Tuesday Evening Links

[Reuters] Russia waged deliberate campaign to commit atrocities in Bucha, Blinken says 

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Ukraine Update: U.S. Plans New Sanctions, Zelenskiy Rebukes UN

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] U.S, EU to Hit Russian Investments With New Round of Sanctions

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks, Bonds Fall After Hawkish Brainard Remarks: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Falls as Dollar Surge Offsets Plan for New Russia Sanctions

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Wheat Soars on U.S. Crop Worries and Ukraine Export Obstacles

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Commodities Volatility Is Here to Stay, Cargill Says

[CNBC] Key people from the Fed just spooked the markets — here’s what they said

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Retail Gloom Builds on Weaker Consumer Demand, Inflation Worries

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Russia’s Effort to Avoid Default Undermined by New U.S. Sanction

[Reuters] India condemns killings in Ukraine's Bucha in apparent hardening of stance

[Guardian] Fuel protests prompt Lima curfew as Ukraine crisis touches South America

[CNN] Top US general: Potential for 'significant international conflict' is increasing

Tuesday Afternoon Links

[AP] Zelenskyy at the UN accuses Russian military of war crimes

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks, Bonds Fall After Hawkish Brainard Remarks: Markets Wrap

[Reuters] Stocks fall, bond yields jump following Brainard comments

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Brainard Says Fed to Shrink Balance Sheet Rapidly as Soon as May

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Fed’s George Says Rate-Hike Debate Must Include Balance Sheet

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] U.S. Services Growth Improves as ISM’s March Gauge Climbs to 58.3

[Reuters] French markets wake up to risk of Le Pen presidency

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Traders Wake Up to Le Pen Risk as French Vote Polls Tighten

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Wheat Soars on U.S. Crop Worries and Ukraine Export Blockages

[AP] Top general urges more US troops in eastern Europe

[Reuters] Italy says Ukraine war crimes must be punished, expels Russian diplomats

[Reuters] Czech Republic sends tanks, infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine

[Reuters] If Finland and Sweden apply to join NATO, they would be welcomed, Stoltenberg says

[Reuters] Kremlin says Bucha is 'monstrous forgery' aimed at smearing Russia

[Reuters] Putin says world faces food crisis due to West's sanctions

[Bloomberg] Russia Five-Year Default Risk Jumps to 87.7% After U.S. Ban

[Bloomberg] Russia’s Effort to Avoid Default Undermined by New U.S. Sanction

[WSJ] Fed’s Brainard Says Reducing Elevated Inflation ‘Is of Paramount Importance’

[WSJ] Chinese Executives Sell at the Right Time, Avoiding Billions in Losses

[FT] Fed to begin ‘rapid’ balance sheet reduction as soon as May, says top official

[FT] Government debt hit as traders weigh prospect of further Russia sanctions