Monday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Fluctuate Before Fed Speakers: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Gold Trades Near Record Before US Data That May Offer Fed Clues

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Steadies After Notching Biggest Weekly Advance Since April

[CNN Live Updates] Israel strikes Hezbollah targets as conflict intensifies

[AP] Lebanon sees deadliest day in nearly a year of fighting as officials say Israeli strikes kill 100

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] French Bond-Market Risk Jumps as Traders Size Up New Cabinet

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Ports Are Threatened With Strikes in Election-Season Jolt

[AP] The Fed sees its inflation fight as a success. Will the public eventually agree?

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Stimulus Hopes Rise as PBOC Cuts Rate, Plans Briefing

[CNBC] China stimulus calls are growing louder — inside and outside the country

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China’s Massive Steel Industry Is Facing a Wave of Bankruptcies

[CNBC] China’s youth unemployment hits fresh high amid economic slowdown and restrictive hiring policies

[Reuters] Euro zone business activity unexpectedly contracts in September, PMI shows

[Reuters] Regional victory brings Germany's Scholz brief respite from growing pressure within party

[AP] World leaders are gathering for the UN General Assembly. The outlook is gloomy

[NYT] Raising the Stakes, Israel Gambles That Hezbollah Will Back Down

[WSJ] The Rate Cut Won’t Save These Real-Estate Owners

[FT] Western nations join forces to break China’s grip on critical minerals

[FT] It’s no longer glorious to get rich in China — it’s dangerous

Sunday Evening Links

[CNBC] Dow futures are little changed after clinching record high following Fed rate cut: Live updates

[AP] Asian Stocks Poised to Fall as China Woes Worsen: Markets Wrap

[Reuters] Israel says operations in Lebanon will continue until safe for evacuees to return

[AP] Hezbollah hits back with rockets as it declares an ‘open-ended battle’ with Israel

[AP] Spending deal averts a possible federal shutdown and funds the government into December

[Reuters] Morning Bid: Fed adrenaline keeps pumping, PBOC inertia may drag

[NYT] Israel and Hezbollah Threaten to Hit Harder, Raising Fears of All-Out War

[FT] Looming US ports strike threatens fresh supply chain crisis

Sunday's News Links

[Reuters] Hezbollah, Israel exchange heavy fire amid fear of widening conflict

[AP] Hezbollah hits back with more than 100 rockets across a wider and deeper area of Israel

[CNN Live Updates] The latest on Israel’s attacks against Hezbollah in Lebanon

[Yahoo Finance] Fed's preferred inflation gauge and second quarter GDP: What to know this week

[AP] For home shoppers, the Fed’s big cut is likely just a small step towards affording a home

[Reuters] Biden and Japan's Kishida discuss shared concerns over South China Sea

[Bloomberg] US Worries Deepen as Adversaries Team Up to Challenge Dominance

[WSJ] Israel and Hezbollah Slide Toward Full-Scale War in Night of Intense Strikes

[WSJ] The Fed Is Flying Blind. Investors Don’t Seem to Care.

[FT] Israel bombs Lebanon as Hizbollah rockets hit Haifa suburbs

[FT] Fed’s high-rates era handed $1tn windfall to US banks