Sunday's News Links

[Reuters] Wall St Week Ahead Black Friday puts focus on consumer spending for rocky markets

[CNBC] ‘Stakes are high.’ With shutdown over, airlines predict record numbers of travelers this Thanksgiving

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Retail Sales Are Proving Resilient While Risks Mount

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Private equity firms flood junk debt market to pay themselves

[Reuters] Exclusive: DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter

[AP] Ukraine and Western allies meet to discuss a US peace plan that has sparked alarm in Kyiv and Europe

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Carney Says World Can Move on Without US, Stresses New Ties

[Reuters] China says Japan sent 'shocking' wrong signal on Taiwan

[Axios] Fractious UN climate talks end with no direct push on fossil fuels in deal

[Bloomberg] Nvidia Didn’t Save the Market. What’s Next for the AI Trade?

[Bloomberg] Secret US-Russia Talks Led to Peace Plan That Blindsided Ukraine

[Bloomberg] Japan to Deploy Missiles to Island Near Taiwan, Minister Says

[WSJ] Wall Street Goes on a Wild Ride: ‘No One Was Expecting This’

[WSJ] Everyone Is Talking About the ‘Affordability Crisis.’ It Can’t Be Solved.

[WSJ] Trump Calls Obamacare Insurers Fat and Rich. Investors See Them as Vulnerable.

[WSJ] Americans Are on a Year-End Shopping Spree

[WSJ] Trump Says Ukraine Peace Plan Isn’t Final After Criticism It Favors Russia

[Ft] Lawmakers say US secretary of state rowed back on Ukraine peace plan

[FT] Russia exploits western polarisation to ‘split us up’, warns top general