Sunday, August 18, 2024

Monday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Drift as Caution Reigns Before Jackson Hole: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Yen Rises More Than 1% Versus Dollar, Leads G-10 Currency Gains

[Reuters] Oil prices ease on China demand fears, focus on Mideast talks

[Reuters] At Jackson Hole, Fed faces pivotal test on unemployment

[Reuters] Fed's Kashkari says appropriate to debate Sept rate cut, WSJ reports

[Reuters] Explainer: Why Canada is on the verge of an unprecedented rail labor stoppage

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Levered trade that blew up in 2008 gets a $600M ETF Redo

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Lula Is Running Huge Budget Deficits and Scaring Off Investors

[Reuters] Hamas, Islamic Jihad claim responsibility for bomb blast in Tel Aviv

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Israel-Hamas Talks Stall as Blinken Tries to Clinch Truce

[Reuters] Blinken warns Israel, Hamas of last chance to end Gaza war

[Reuters] Russia says third bridge damaged in Ukrainian incursion in Kursk region

[Reuters] Philippines, China trade blame after vessels collide in the South China Sea

[NYT] Businesses Are Already Girding for Next Phase of the U.S.-China Trade War

[FT] Coming rate cuts shouldn’t overshadow Fed’s strategic review

[FT] Start-up failures up by 60% as founders face hangover from boom years

[FT] How shadow banking drove a rural Kentucky lender to the brink

[FT] Beijing restricts trading data as foreign investors flee Chinese stocks

[FT] China-US tensions erode co-operation on science and tech

Sunday Evening Links

[CNBC] Stock futures rise slightly after S&P 500 notches best week of the year: Live updates

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Asia Set for Cautious Start Into Jackson Hole Week: Markets Wrap 

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Five Key Charts to Watch in Global Commodity Markets This Week

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Traders Need Fed Go Sign in Jackson Hole to Keep Stocks Rallying

[Reuters] Fed's Daly says it is time to consider adjusting borrowing costs, FT reports

[WSJ] Week Ahead for FX, Bonds: Central Bank Action in Focus as Jackson Hole Begins

[FT] Fed’s Daly backs gradual interest rate cuts as inflation ‘confidence’ mounts

Sunday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Fed Chair Powell steps into the spotlight at Jackson Hole

[Yahoo Finance] All eyes on the Fed at Jackson Hole amid market rebound: What to know this week

[AP] Possible work stoppage at Canada’s two largest railroads could disrupt US supply chain next week

[AP] Ukrainian troops have struck 2 key bridges in Russia’s Kursk area. Could it mean they plan to stay?

[Reuters] Blinken to renew push for Gaza ceasefire; Israel launches fresh strikes

[WSJ] How Inflation and Overspending Are Keeping Gen Z Stuck in a Debt Trap

[WSJ] How China Is Becoming a Money Pit for Foreign Automakers, in Charts

[FT] What clues will Jackson Hole provide about the timing of US rate cuts?

[FT] Biggest US companies warn of growing AI risk

[FT] US tech groups’ water consumption soars in ‘data centre alley’

[FT] ‘People are horrified’: Moscow turns to reluctant conscripts to defend Kursk