Friday's News Links

[Reuters] Stocks climb, gold hits record as investors consider more aggressive cuts

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Gold Hits Successive Record Highs Ahead of Expected Fed Rate Cut 

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Treasuries Gain as Traders Weigh Large Fed Rate Cut Possibility

[Reuters] Dollar falls, gold hits record as investors mull 'coin-toss' Fed decision

[Reuters] Gold bulls set sights on previously dismissed record $3,000/oz milestone

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Bond Yields Sink to Record Low with Intervention in Focus

[Reuters] Morning Bid: A golden Fed cut

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Fed to Pursue Three Quarter-Point Cuts This Year, Economists Say

[Reuters] Strong case for 50 bp Fed cut, says former NY Fed chief Dudley

[CNBC] Federal Reserve will opt for slow policy easing as there’s ‘still work to do’ on inflation, Fitch says

[Reuters] US locks in steep China tariff hikes, many to start Sept. 27

[Reuters] Boeing's US factory workers strike, halting 737 MAX production

[Reuters] US consumer loan delinquencies starting to plateau, bankers say

[Reuters] China's August new lending rises less than expected, more policy steps expected

[Reuters] Russia expels six UK diplomats as tensions rise over Ukraine missiles

[Reuters] Exclusive: Russia produces new kamikaze drone with Chinese engine, say European intel sources

[Yahoo/WSJ] China Is Risking a Deflationary Spiral

[WSJ] Gloomy Summer Signals Worsening Picture for China’s Economy

[FT] Investors raise bets on bumper half-point Fed rate cut

[FT] The big question is what comes next after the Federal Reserve’s rate cut

[FT] What the struggles of dollar stores reveal about low-income America