Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Thursday's News Links

[CNBC] Stocks rise after Chinese state media says Trump and Xi held call: Live updates

[Yahoo/Reuters] Japan's 30-year bonds rise as weak auction adds to pressure to curtail issuance

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Silver Gains Ground on Gold With Jump to Highest Since 2012

[CNBC] Trump holds call with Xi, Chinese media says

[AP] The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits last week rises to highest level in eight months

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US plans wider China tech curbs targeting subsidiaries

[Yahoo/Reuters] US auto suppliers say immediate action needed on China rare earths restrictions

[Axios] Trump's incredibly volatile tariff landscape, in one chart

[AP] Trump announces travel ban and restrictions on 19 countries set to go into effect Monday

[Yahoo/WSJ] ECB Cuts Rates for Eighth Time, Widening Gap With Fed

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Home Remodeling Bond Sales Surge as Americans Avoid Moving

[Bloomberg] US Business Optimism Slumps in ‘Clear Pivot’ From Trump Election

[Bloomberg] Why Trump Has Doubled Down on Steel and Aluminum Tariffs

[Bloomberg] US Trade Deficit Narrows by Most on Record as Imports Plunge

[Bloomberg] Global Bond Auctions Show Weaker Trend as Fiscal Angst Grows

[Bloomberg] Trump Stymied in ‘Art of the Deal’ Approach to World’s Strongmen

[Bloomberg] Japan 30-Year Bond Auction Sees Weakest Demand Since 2023

[Bloomberg] Why Property Giant New World’s Debt Woes Have Hong Kong on Edge

[WSJ] Trump’s Crackdown on Foreign Students Threatens to Disrupt Pipeline of Inventors

[WSJ] Trump Bans Citizens of 12 Countries From Traveling to U.S.

[WSJ] How the Houthis Rattled the U.S. Navy—and Transformed Maritime War

[WSJ] Germany’s Leader Has a Message for Trump: We Need You, but You Also Need Us

[FT] Big investors shift away from US markets

[FT] ‘Zombie fires’ fuel intense Canadian blazes as weather warms

[FT] Why does Maga world hate Europe?