Friday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Stocks Extend Losses as Volatility Spikes: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Falls for Second Day on Fed’s Slower Path and Tariff Risks

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] EM Central Banks Ramp Up Currency Defense as Dollar Surges Ahead

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Japan Warns on Yen After BOJ’s Dovish Message Extends Slide

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China One-Year Bond Yield Sinks to 1% for First Time Since 2009

[AP] House rejects Trump-backed plan on government shutdown, leaving next steps uncertain

[CNN] Live Updates: Government shutdown looms after Trump-backed bill fails

[AP] Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge shows price pressures eased last month

[Yahoo/Reuters] US equity funds saw biggest net outflows in 15 years ahead of Fed decision

[Yahoo/Reuters] Global equity funds faced huge outflows ahead of Fed decision

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] ‘Everybody Wants to Be My Friend’: Trump Marvels at Tech Titan Attention

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Twin Boom-and-Bust Hits $10 Trillion ETF Industry in Overdrive

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] SPAC Kings Who Delivered 99% Losses Are Raising Billions Again

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] BofA Strategist Hartnett Sees Shaky Sentiment as Fed Pivot Rattles Bulls

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Brazil’s Central Bank Burns $17 Billion in Reserves to Lift Real

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Brazil Congress Close to Deliver a Diluted Spending Cut Plan

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Analysis-BOJ bids final farewell to Kuroda's radical policy experiment

[Bloomberg] Trump-Backed US Funding Plan’s Failure Showcases GOP Fissures

[Bloomberg] There Seems to Be No Limit to How Expensive US Homes Can Get

[Bloomberg] UK Bond Yields Head for 26-Year High With BOE Rate Path in Doubt

[WSJ] House Rejects GOP Plan Backed by Trump as Government Barrels Toward Shutdown

[WSJ] More Men Are Addicted to the ‘Crack Cocaine’ of the Stock Market

[FT] US government shutdown looms after House rejects Donald Trump-backed funding bill

[FT] Tett: A fiscal fight is brewing in the court of Donald Trump

[FT] Inside Wall Street’s booming $1tn ‘synthetic risk transfer’ phenomenon

[FT] China’s short-term bond yields fall below 1% for first time since 2009

Thursday Afternoon Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Wobble With Traders on Edge After Fed: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Yield Curve Is Steepest Since 2022 After Fed’s Rate-Cut Shift

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Brazil Spends Record $8 Billion to Stem Market Rout Lula Sparked

[ABC] Trump threatens government shutdown unless debt limit demand met, blames Biden if it happens

[Politico] Trump was gliding into his inauguration. Now he’s facing a big mess.

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Existing-Home Sales Rise as Buyers Accept High Mortgage Rates

[AP] Average rate on 30-year mortgage snaps 3-week slide and rises to highest level since late November

[Yahoo/Reuters] IMF says Fed taking appropriate action on rates given high US uncertainty

[Bloomberg] Trump Seeks Shutdown If Debt Limit Not Raised or Ended, ABC Says

[Bloomberg] Stock Bulls Left Rudderless With Fed ‘Driving Blind’ on Rates

[Bloomberg] Trump’s Return Leaves an Uneasy Europe Gearing Up for Turmoil