Monday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Slip as Countdown to Inflation Begins: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Gold Steadies Near Record High as US Inflation Data Looms

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Japanese Stocks Drop Most Since October as Exporters Fall on Yen

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Little Changed as Investors Look Ahead to US Inflation Print

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Sell US Treasuries After ‘Excessive’ Bond Rally, Barclays Says

[Reuters] Emergency Fed bank effort ends lending, as eyes turn to discount window

[NBC] 'Buy now, pay later' goes from niche to normal as young people use it for daily essentials

[Reuters] Exclusive: Chinese regulators ask large banks to step up support for Vanke, sources say

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Banks Balk at China Vanke Loan Terms in Hurdle for State Support

[AP] China’s congress ends with a show of unity behind Xi’s vision for national greatness

[CNBC] China’s housing minister says real estate developers must go bankrupt if necessary

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] World’s Negative Interest Rate Experiment Nears Its End in Japan

[Reuters] South Korea watchdog finds wrongdoings in sales of China equity derivatives

[Reuters] China trying to 'normalise' military drills near Taiwan, island's top security official says

[WSJ] More Americans Are Treating Their 401(k)s Like Cash Machines

[WSJ] At China’s Great Leadership Gathering, What’s Unsaid Speaks Volumes

[WSJ] Eighty Percent of the World’s Stock Options Aren’t Traded Where You Think

[FT] How high will borrowing costs go once Bank of Japan ditches negative rates?

[FT] Dealmaking slowdown leaves private equity with record unsold assets

[FT] Taiwan’s perilous path in a distracted world