Sunday, February 16, 2025

Monday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Europe Defense Spending Lifts Stocks, Bond Yields: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Gold Advances on Mounting Anxiety Over Trump Tariff Plans

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil steadies with OPEC+ considering delay of April output hikes

[Axios] Democrats play blame game with GOP on looming government shutdown

[Yahoo/Reuters] Germany at particular risk from US tariffs, Bundesbank warns

[Reuters] Russia rules out territorial concessions on eve of talks with Trump team

[CNBC] Europe clambers to form Ukraine plan as U.S. forges ahead with Russia on peace talks

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Says Stable Yuan Key to World Economy Hit by Strong Dollar

[Yahoo/Reuters] China's Xi meets with private business leaders in Beijing

[Reuters] German voters demand change as Europe's biggest economy stalls

[Bloomberg] European Bonds Face Selling Pressure as Defense Spend Fears Grow

[Bloomberg] Trump’s Phone Call With Putin Is Causing a Stir in Taiwan

[NYT] From Japan, a Hard Lesson About a Weak Currency

[WSJ] U.S. Gears Up for Highest-Profile Russia Talks Since Ukraine Invasion

[WSJ] Investors Spot Signs of Market Froth During Long Bull Market

[WSJ] The New Plan for Western Companies Is ABC: ‘Anything But China’

[WSJ] How DeepSeek’s Lower-Power, Less-Data Model Stacks Up

[FT] Soaring gold becomes top ‘Trump trade’

[FT] US companies falling behind on loans at fastest pace in almost a decade

[FT] US and Russian officials to meet in Saudi Arabia

[FT] Vance’s real warning to Europe

[FT] Xi Jinping meets China’s business titans including Alibaba’s Jack Ma

[FT] China’s unspoken question: who will succeed Xi Jinping?