Thursday, June 19, 2025

Friday's News Links

[CNBC] Stocks inch higher after oil prices decline as Trump delays Iran strike decision: Live updates

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Currency Traders Are Ditching Dollar for Euro on Option Bets

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Trump Hints He’ll Hold Off Iran Strike, Give Diplomacy Time

[Reuters] Israel-Iran air war enters second week as Europe pushes diplomacy

[Politico] Europe strains to give Trump an off-ramp on bombing Iran 

[Yahoo/Reuters] US equity funds see hefty outflows on Israel-Iran conflict

[Yahoo/Reuters] Japan's trade negotiator says US tariff talks are 'in a fog'

[Reuters] China's rare earth magnet shipments halve in May due to export curbs 

[Reuters] Japan's core inflation hits 2-year high, keeps rate-hike bets alive

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Sends Warplanes Near Taiwan After US Lawmakers Visit

[Bloomberg] Employees Terrified of ICE Raids Are Failing to Show Up at Work

[Bloomberg] Japan’s Prices Climb by Most in Two Years Ahead of Election

[Bloomberg] Japan Won’t Fixate on July 9 in US Trade Talks, Akazawa Says

[NYT] Trump Buys Himself Time, and Opens Up Some New Options

[WSJ] Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Poised for More Power

[WSJ] When Towns Rebuild From Disaster, Some Get Priced Out

[WSJ] Japan Looks to Cut Issuance of Superlong Government Bonds

[WSJ] China Flexes Chokehold on Rare-Earth Magnets as Exports Plunge in May

[WSJ] China’s Central Bank Seeks Bigger Role for Yuan on Global Stage

[FT] Tett: The markets are silent — that is worrying

[FT] China’s bet on Iranian oil and Middle East influence turns sour