Wednesday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Slide With Markets Bracing for Powell: Markets Wrap

[Reuters] Dollar near five-month high ahead of Fed policy decision

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Slumps Below $85 With US Inventories Seen Rising Before Fed

[CNBC] Bitcoin nosedives below $57,000 to two-month low ahead of U.S. Fed decision

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Traders Count Down to Fed With No Relief in Sight for Bonds

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Fed to Signal Delay of Interest-Rate Cuts

[CNBC] Private payrolls increased by 192,000 in April, more than expected for resilient labor market

[CNBC] Demand for riskier adjustable-rate mortgages hits highest level of the year, due to rising rates

[Reuters] US Treasury announces $125 bln refunding for May to July quarter

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Banks Rent Rivals’ Balance Sheets to Skirt Capital Rules

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Bank of America Sounds Warning on Options-ETF Boom as Day Traders Plunge In

[Reuters] Ukraine launches drone attacks on several Russian regions, officials say

[Reuters] Philippines says Chinese coast guard elevating tensions in South China Sea

[Reuters] Taiwan on alert for post-inauguration Chinese drills

[NYT] What to Watch as the Fed Makes Its Interest Rate Decision

[FT] Microsoft to power data centres with big Brookfield renewables deal

[FT] Why Xi Jinping is afraid to unleash China’s consumers

Tuesday Evening Links

[CNBC] S&P 500 futures fall as Wall Street braces for Fed rate decision: Live updates

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Wall Street Hit by Fed Jitters to Close Wild April: Markets Wrap

[Reuters] Wall Street stocks fall as markets weigh strong wage data, Fed meeting

[Reuters] Amazon results beat estimates, revenue forecast misses

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Yen’s Wild Swings Are Just a Taste of What’s to Come

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Traders Expect Biggest Fed-Day Move in S&P Since 2023, Citi Says

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Extreme Bond Market Shorts Gamble on a Hawkish Powell Pivot

[WSJ] Boca Raton’s Most Expensive Home Sale Is a $40 Million Teardown

[WSJ] China Has Crossed Biden’s Red Line on Ukraine

Tuesday Afternoon Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] S&P 500 Falls 1% at End of Worst Month in 2024: Markets Wrap

[Reuters] US consumer confidence deteriorates in April

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Wall Street’s ‘Macro Agnostic’ Tech Trade Shatters ETF Records

[CNN] Live Updates: Pro-Palestinian protests disrupt colleges across the US

[WSJ] Fed to Signal It Has Stomach to Keep Rates High for Longer