Tuesday, July 18, 2023

Wednesday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Bonds Rally After UK Inflation Cools; Pound Drops: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] UK Bonds Lead Global Rally as Aggressive Rate-Hike Bets Unwind

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Rises to $80 as Russian Supply Drop Offsets Economy Risks

[Reuters] Fed's last rate hike coming at July meeting, economists say

[CNBC] Mortgage-refinance demand recovers some after rates come off recent highs

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] ‘Payment Shock’ Looms for Millions With US Student-Loan Restart

[Reuters] Goldman profit slides to three-year low on consumer losses

[Reuters] Europe battles heatwave and fires, record temperatures scorch China

[Reuters] UK's high inflation cools, offering some relief to Bank of England

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Euro-Area Core Inflation Quickened More Than Thought in June

[Reuters] Kyiv says Russia targets grain infrastructure with strikes on Ukraine's Odesa ports

[Reuters] Ukraine's farmers fear the worst after grain deal collapses

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Russia Hands Seized Danone, Carlsberg Assets to Putin Allies

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Junk Bonds Suffer Worst Slide of 2023 as Defaults Mount

[CNBC] China says foreign trade faces ‘extremely severe’ situation, blames geopolitics for slump

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Chinese Economists Push Back On ‘Balance Sheet Recession’ Risk

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Rich Chinese Eye Australia Homes as 700,000 to Leave by 2025

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Poses ‘Alarming’ Threat to US Grid, Lawmakers Told

[Bloomberg] Only 1% of US Homes Have Changed Hands So Far This Year, Redfin Says

[Bloomberg] Tokyo Traders Eye Key Inflation Data as They Consider Bets on BOJ Policy Tweaks

[NYT] Why Britain’s Mortgage Holders Are Being Squeezed

[WSJ] Homeowners Don’t Want to Sell, So Home Builders Are Booming

[FT] US banks under pressure as corporate depositors demand higher rates

[FT] New US antitrust guidance puts private equity and tech deals in focus

[FT] The west must prepare for Vladimir Putin to weaponise energy again

[FT] Climate action in an era of great power competition