Friday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Waver as Slowdown Fears Mount: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Gold Holds Gain as Rate-Cut Hopes Rise

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Bonds Climb as Traders Look to Jobs Data to Back Big Fed Cuts

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Set for Deep Weekly Loss Even as OPEC+ Delays Adding Barrels

[CNBC] U.S. payrolls grew by 142,000 in August, less than expected

[Reuters] Morning Bid: Payrolls, Williams and Waller - a big decider

[Reuters] Fed's Williams says time has arrived to start rate cuts

[Reuters] US equity funds see major outflows on growth concerns

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China’s Steel Crisis Drives Iron Ore to Worst Week Since March

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] BOJ’s Hiking Pace May Be Faster Than Expected, Ex-Official Says

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Should Fight Deflationary Pressure Now, Ex-PBOC Chief Says

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] AT1 Bond Sales Hit Weekly Record Ahead of Central Bank Rate Cuts

[Reuters] Italy's president says need to bring down public debt is "inescapable"

[AP] Feeling the heat as Earth breaks yet another record for hottest summer

[Bloomberg] Fed’s Williams Says Now Appropriate to Lower Interest Rates

[Bloomberg] Traders See 50% Chance of Jumbo Fed Cut as Data Fuels Bond Rally

[Bloomberg] China’s $100 Billion Short Against Dollar Enriches Hedge Funds

[NYT] The Downside of Falling Interest Rates

[WSJ] More Debts or Not, Beijing Faces a Thorny Question

[WSJ] China Detains Two Activists, Adding to Tension With Washington

[FT] Can globalisation survive the US-China rift?

[FT] China must act on deflation, former central bank governor warns

[FT] Michel Barnier lands to fix ‘ungovernable’ France

[FT] US military draws up plans for collapse of Gaza ceasefire talks

Thursday Evening Links

[Reuters] S&P 500, Dow end lower ahead of key jobs data, Nasdaq up 

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Holds Steady as Risk-Off Mood Undercuts OPEC+ Output Pause

[CNBC] Friday’s jobs report for August is going to be huge. Here’s what to expect

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Muni Debt Sales Set to Surge to Four-Year High Ahead of Election

[Bloomberg] Companies Are Racing to the US Debt Market — and Here’s Why

[FT] Shift in US bond yields leaves investors guessing about economic outlook

Thursday Afternoon Links

[Reuters] Wall Street edges lower as focus shifts to payrolls data

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Gold Holds Gains as Traders Mull Jobs Data, Await Payrolls Print

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Swings as OPEC+ Production Pause Vies With Risk-Off Mood

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Services Activity Expands at Modest Pace for Second Month

[Reuters] Low US weekly jobless claims assuage fears of labor market deterioration

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] OPEC+ Agrees to Pause Oil Supply Increase After Price Rout

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Drought Shrivels the Mississippi River and Threatens to Disrupt US Food Exports

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Mortgage Rates in the US Hold at the Lowest Level Since May 2023

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Merges Two Brokerages to Create $230 Billion Giant

[WSJ] America Still Has a Worker Shortage