Friday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Asian Stocks Gain Ahead of Key US Inflation Data: Markets Wrap

[Reuters] Morning Bid: Yen wary of holiday calm as Q1 curtain falls

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Japan FX Chief Calls Yen’s Slump Unusual, Vows to Act if Needed

[Reuters] US inflation increases moderately in February; consumer spending surges

[CNBC] Key Fed inflation gauge rose 2.8% annually in February, as expected

[Dow Jones] U.S. trade in goods deficit widens to highest level in ten months in February

[Reuters] Fed's balancing act could see June rate cut in play even with sticky inflation

[Dow Jones] Inflation risks appear to be rising, threatening to throw Fed's rate-cut hopes into disarray

[Yahoo Finance] Homebuyers need to earn 80% more than they did in 2020 to afford a home in today's market

[Reuters] Tokyo inflation slowdown, output slide clouds BOJ's rate hike outlook

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Property Woes Deepen With Vanke Slump, Country Garden Halt

[Reuters] S.Korea Feb factory output rises most in six months, retail sales drop

[CNBC] The wealth of the 1% just hit a record $44 trillion

[Reuters] Israel hits Syria in heaviest raid on Iran proxies in months

[Reuters] Israeli military says it killed deputy commander of Hezbollah rocket and missiles unit

[Reuters] Exclusive: Taiwan's navy chief to visit U.S. next week, sources say

[NYT] A Key Inflation Gauge Hovers Above Fed’s Target

[WSJ] Gold Is Rallying. It Isn’t About Inflation This Time.

[FT] China’s Vanke vows to cut debt by $14bn as property woes mount

Thursday Evening Links

[Reuters] S&P 500 closes higher to secure strongest Q1 since 2019

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Seals Quarterly Gain With OPEC+ Curbs Tightening Market

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Corporate Borrowing Spree Clocks Busiest First Quarter Ever

[CNBC] Baltimore disaster may be the largest-ever marine insurance payout, Lloyd’s boss says

[Bloomberg] Country Garden Delays Results, Expects Trading Suspension

[WSJ] The Coming Electricity Crisis

[WSJ] The West Needs a War Footing

[FT] Tett: Crypto lobbyists are on manoeuvres — and we should be worried

[FT] Seventeen killed on deadliest day of Israel-Hizbollah conflict