Tuesday, February 27, 2024

Wednesday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Slip; Dollar Gains: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Declines With US Stockpiles and OPEC+ Supply Policy In Focus

[CNBC] Bitcoin jumps above $60,000 for the first time since November 2021

[Yahoo Finance] The Fed's 'bumpy' inflation picture could get bumpier this week

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Home-Buying Demand Nears Worst Since 1995 With Rates Above 7%

[Reuters] Why US housing inflation relief may be short-lived

[Dow Jones] U.S. trade in goods deficit widens 2.6% in January

[SA] U.S. Q4 GDP growth revised down a tick to 3.2%, slightly cooler than expected

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Bond Traders Capitulate to Fed’s Outlook on 2024 Rate Cuts

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] The Big Bond Steepener Is Flopping as the Fed Delays Rate Cuts

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Google left in ‘terrible bind’ by pulling AI feature after right-wing backlash

[Axios] AI brings us a new kind of bug

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Investors Bid Record €2.6 Trillion for Europe’s Bond Bonanza

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Euro-Area Economic Confidence Unexpectedly Weakens on Services

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] New Zealand Softens Threat of Rate Hike, Sending Currency Lower

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Country Garden Winding-Up Petition Reveals Private Loan Risks

[Reuters] Country Garden liquidation petition adds to China property woes

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Tells Quants to Phase Out Strategy Blamed for Turmoil

[Reuters] China says its coast guard patrols around Taiwan islands 'beyond reproach'

[Reuters] China says Beijing and Moscow should strengthen coordination on Asia Pacific

[Bloomberg] Flawed Valuations Threaten $1.7 Trillion Private Credit Boom

[Bloomberg] Lorie Logan Makes Waves on Wall Street From Her Perch at the Dallas Fed

[Bloomberg] Central Bankers Used to Keep Out of Politics. Not Any More

[NYT] Another Chinese Property Giant Faces a Creditor Who Wants It Dismantled

[WSJ] The Fed Contrarian Who Saw the Soft Landing Coming

[FT] America’s booming year from hell

[FT] Leaked Russian military files reveal criteria for nuclear strike