Wednesday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Edge Higher in Countdown to Fed Decision: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Climbs as China’s New Import Quotas Stem Demand Concerns

[Reuters] Fed poised to punt rate hike into the summer wind

[AP] Federal Reserve is likely to skip a rate hike at pivotal meeting Wednesday yet signal more to come

[CNBC] Here’s everything the Federal Reserve is expected to do Wednesday

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Traders Position for a Fed Pause, Start Unwinding Cut Wagers

[Yahoo Finance] The Fed's 'Dot Plot' is going under the microscope: Morning Brief

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Mortgage Applications Increase for First Time Since Early May

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Riskier Bank Bonds Roar Back as Returns Rise, AT1 Market Reopens

[Reuters] Tranquility reigns over markets still awash with cash, for now

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Ken Griffin Ramps Up Credit Trades, Anticipating US Recession

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] What to Watch in China’s Economic Data Release With Rate-Cut Calls Mounting

[CNBC] China’s real estate slump predicted to last for years, threatening to spill into the wider region

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] ECB’s €500 Billion Payoff Puts Italian Banks in the Firing Line

[Reuters] Russia's Medvedev says Moscow now has free hand to destroy enemies' undersea communications cables

[Reuters] Belarus starts taking delivery of Russian nuclear weapons

[AP] Leader of Belarus says he wouldn’t hesitate to use Russian nuclear weapons to repel aggression

[CNBC] Saudi Arabia and China are part of a multipolar world order, and their mutual interests are ‘strong and rising,’ minister says

[NYT] Food Prices Rise Even as Inflation Eases, Straining Consumers’ Budgets

[WSJ] Regional Banks Face Years of Trouble

[WSJ] The Fed’s Monetary Policy Tool Kit Needs an Overhaul

[FT] Federal Reserve expected to pause aggressive rate rising campaign

[FT] Inflation taking ‘lot longer’ than hoped to come down, Andrew Bailey says

[FT] China readies for stimulus as economic recovery founders

[FT] Putin sides with Russia’s military in clash with Wagner

[FT] El Niño’s arrival spells out the stark choices on climate