Friday's News Links

[Reuters] Stocks climb, gold hits record as investors consider more aggressive cuts

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Gold Hits Successive Record Highs Ahead of Expected Fed Rate Cut 

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Treasuries Gain as Traders Weigh Large Fed Rate Cut Possibility

[Reuters] Dollar falls, gold hits record as investors mull 'coin-toss' Fed decision

[Reuters] Gold bulls set sights on previously dismissed record $3,000/oz milestone

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Bond Yields Sink to Record Low with Intervention in Focus

[Reuters] Morning Bid: A golden Fed cut

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Fed to Pursue Three Quarter-Point Cuts This Year, Economists Say

[Reuters] Strong case for 50 bp Fed cut, says former NY Fed chief Dudley

[CNBC] Federal Reserve will opt for slow policy easing as there’s ‘still work to do’ on inflation, Fitch says

[Reuters] US locks in steep China tariff hikes, many to start Sept. 27

[Reuters] Boeing's US factory workers strike, halting 737 MAX production

[Reuters] US consumer loan delinquencies starting to plateau, bankers say

[Reuters] China's August new lending rises less than expected, more policy steps expected

[Reuters] Russia expels six UK diplomats as tensions rise over Ukraine missiles

[Reuters] Exclusive: Russia produces new kamikaze drone with Chinese engine, say European intel sources

[Yahoo/WSJ] China Is Risking a Deflationary Spiral

[WSJ] Gloomy Summer Signals Worsening Picture for China’s Economy

[FT] Investors raise bets on bumper half-point Fed rate cut

[FT] The big question is what comes next after the Federal Reserve’s rate cut

[FT] What the struggles of dollar stores reveal about low-income America

Thursday Evening Links

[Reuters] Wall Street indexes close up; data keeps smaller Fed rate cut in view

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Rises for Second Day as Storm Hits Gulf, Algo Selling Slows

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] JPMorgan, Nomura Warn Leveraged ETFs Amplifying Stock Gyrations

[Reuters] Putin says West will be fighting directly with Russia if it lets Kyiv use long-range missiles

[FT] Federal Reserve wrestles with decision over how aggressively to cut interest rates

[FT] Russia begins counteroffensive in Kursk as Putin issues warning to Nato

Thursday Afternoon Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Rise as Traders Look Past Inflation Pickup: Markets Wrap

[Reuters] Gold hits all-time high as Fed rate-cut hopes bolster appeal

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Rises for Second Day as Storm Hits Gulf, Algo Selling Slows

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Budget Gap Reaches $1.9 Trillion as Fiscal Year Nears End

[Reuters] US household wealth rises in Q2 to record $163.8 trln

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Francine Knocks Out Power to Hundreds of Thousands in South

[Reuters] US 30-year fixed-rate mortgage falls to 6.20%

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Companies’ Interest Costs to Keep Rising, Even With Rate Cuts

[Reuters] ECB dents traders' hopes for October rate cut

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Lagarde Offers No Help on Rate Cuts as ECB Waits for Answers

[Bloomberg] American Air Flight Attendants Approve $4.2 Billion Contract

[Bloomberg] Amazon Pours $2.1 Billion Into Contract Delivery, Lifting Wages

[Express] Vladimir Putin sends direct threat to the UK over 'act of war' move against Russia

[WSJ] The Fed’s Rate-Cut Dilemma: Start Big or Small?