Thursday, April 4, 2024

Friday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Gain After Strong Jobs Data: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Holds Above $90 After Middle East Tensions Push Brent Higher

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Iran Reprisal Fears, Kashkari Warning Spark Selloff in EM Assets

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Copper Near 14-Month High as Global Supply Risks Support Prices

[Reuters] US job growth beats expectations in March; wages increase steadily

[CNBC] Job growth totaled 303,000 in March, better than expected, and unemployment was 3.8%

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Yellen Chides China Over ‘Coercive’ Moves Against US Firms

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Ueda Says Chance of Hitting BOJ Price Target to Rise From Summer

[Reuters] Japan's Nikkei set for worst week since Dec 2022 as tech tumbles

[Reuters] Japan warns against excessive yen moves, repeats verbal intervention

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Japan’s Households Continue to Cut Outlays as Inflation Hits

[Reuters] India's central bank holds rate, looking for inflation "elephant" to vanish

[Bloomberg] Money-Market Cash Rises to Fresh All-Time High With Fed on Hold

[NYT] Rising Oil Prices Reignite Inflation Fears

[FT] Antony Blinken warns allies of deepening Chinese support for Russia

[WSJ] Another Cost of Cheap Money Comes Into View

[WSJ] China Is Targeting U.S. Voters and Taiwan With AI-Powered Disinformation

[WSJ] China Shock 2.0 Sparks Global Backlash Against Flood of Cheap Goods

Thursday Evening Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] S&P 500 Falls 1% as Oil Jump Spurs Flight to Bonds: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Yen Rises Most in Nearly a Month as Global Tensions Boost Havens

[Reuters] Biden to Netanyahu: Protect civilians in Gaza or US policy will change

[Reuters] Netanyahu says Israel acting against Iran, will defend itself

[Reuters] Fed's Kashkari says 2024 rate cuts under threat if inflation continues to stall

[Reuters] Exclusive: Fed's Barkin: Confidence to cut rates requires breadth of inflation to narrow

[Reuters] Fed's Goolsbee says housing price pressures pose biggest inflation risk

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Use of Fed Central Bank Tool Grows as Cash Stockpiling Continues

[Reuters] US small businesses dial back hiring plans again, NFIB says

[WSJ] What if the Federal Reserve Is Wrong?

[FT] Finance’s final frontier has reopened

Thursday Afternoon Links

[Reuters] Wall Street gains as recent data bolsters rate cut hopes 

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Holds Near Five-Month High After OPEC+ Reaffirms Supply Cuts

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Mortgage Rates Climb to 6.82%, Squeezing Homebuyers in Market

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Trade Gap Widens to $68.9 Billion, Largest in Nearly a Year

[Reuters] US labor market still tight; trade seen subtracting from Q1 growth

[Reuters] US employment boom leaves factory workers behind

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Private Credit Offers No Extra Gains After Fees, New Study Finds

[Daily Express] CIA 'warns Iran will attack Israel within 48 hours' as revenge for consulate strike

[Reuters] Ukraine strikes may have hit 15% of Russian refinery capacity - NATO official

[WSJ] More Small Firms Are Handing Out Raises…