Sunday, September 25, 2022

Monday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Global Risk Assets Tumble as Pressure on UK Mounts: Markets Wrap

[Reuters] Sterling crumbles to all-time low, euro at 20-year low

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Global Bonds Tumble as UK Tax Cuts Deliver Fresh Headwinds

[Reuters] Pound plunge underscores stresses across markets

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Falls as ‘Wrecking Ball’ Dollar Piles On Commodity Losses

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Steps Up Yuan Support as Currency Near Weakest Since 2008

[Reuters] Japan warns against speculative yen moves, markets wary of further intervention

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Crisis Level Risks Loom in Asia as Major Currencies Crack

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] BOE’s Limited Options as Pound Caught in Crisis of Confidence

[Reuters] Giorgia Meloni's right triumphs in Italy's election

[Reuters] U.S. warns of catastrophic consequences if Russia uses nuclear weapons in Ukraine

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Ukraine Latest: Kremlin Says No Decision Made on Closing Borders

[Reuters] In China, home buyers occupy their 'rotting', unfinished properties

[Guardian] A Ponzi scheme by any other name: the bursting of China’s property bubble

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] BOJ Buys More Bonds Than Planned as Yield Nears Ceiling

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Kuroda Backs Intervention While Stressing Need for Easing

[Reuters] Japan's factory activity expands at slowest pace in 20 months

[AP] Lights out, ovens off: Europe preps for winter energy crisis

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] German Business Confidence Slides Further on Energy Concerns

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Hedge Funds Piled On Bullish Pound Bets Just Before Crash

[Reuters] Droughts, Ukraine war push global grain stocks toward worrying decade low

[Reuters] US's Harris, Japan's Kishida condemn China's actions in Taiwan Strait

[Bloomberg] BOE’s QE Portfolio Is £200 Billion in the Red After UK Rout

[Bloomberg] New York City’s Empty Offices Reveal a Global Property Dilemma

[Bloomberg] Wall Street Banks Prep for Grim China Scenarios Over Taiwan

[NYT] Dodging Blackouts, California Faces New Questions on Its Power Supply

[WSJ] China’s Central Bank Moves Further to Bolster the Yuan

[FT] Giorgia Meloni’s rightwing bloc storms to Italian election victory

[FT] Putin’s nuclear threats cannot be ignored

[FT] Kyiv’s western allies boost nuclear deterrence after Putin’s threats

[FT] China’s Maike Metals will sell assets and restructure, says chair

Sunday's News Links

[BBC] Italy votes as far-right Meloni looks for victory

[Guardian] Europe holds its breath as Italy prepares to vote in far-right leader

[Reuters] Moscow pledges 'full protection' to any areas annexed by Russia 

[Reuters] UK's Kwarteng says he is focused on growth, not market moves

[AP] Winter’s approach sets clock ticking for Ukraine, Russia

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Euro-Area Inflation Fast Nearing 10% Will Test Lagarde and the ECB

[Reuters] Analysis: Global investors lick their wounds and brace for more chaos

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Traders See Property Boost, Covid Zero Resolve at Congress

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] The Great Bond Bubble Is ‘Poof, Gone’ in Worst Year Since 1949

[AP] Florida monitors a growing Tropical Storm Ian in Caribbean

[Reuters] Canada girds for long haul after historic storm Fiona ravages east coast

[Bloomberg] Truss Faces New Dangers as UK Markets Reopen After Turmoil

[Bloomberg] ‘Read Putin More Often and Carefully,’ Lavrov Tells the World

[WSJ] Buying the Stock-Market Dip Is Backfiring. Investors Keep Piling In Anyway.

[FT] IMF bailouts hit record high as global economic outlook worsens

[FT] Brazil’s election and the search for an economic revival