Friday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Stocks Gain as Fed Rate-Cut Bets Revive: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Heads for Fourth Weekly Advance on Sanctions Risk to Supply

[Yahoo/Reuters] US single-family housing starts increase in December

[Reuters] Morning Bid: Waller and Bessent help peg back Treasury yields

[Reuters] Displaced Los Angeles homeowners face price gouging after wildfires

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US-China Trade Fight Starts Early, Paving Way for Trump Tariffs

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Surging Long-Term Rates Stoke GOP Tensions on Paying for Tax Cut

[Yahoo/Reuters] Fed's Hammack says inflation remains a problem, WSJ reports

[Axios] First look: Mayors across U.S. warn of worsening housing crisis

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] The Definitive Guide to Where the US Has Squeezed Russia’s Oil Flows the Hardest

[Yahoo/Reuters] U.S. equity fund outflows surged on doubts over Fed rate cuts

[Yahoo/Reuters] Analysis-Corporate hedging to save debt costs may have worsened 10yr sell-off

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Trump’s Tariff Threat Is Already Panicking the Junk Debt Market

[Yahoo/Reuters] Private equity 'secondary' sales hit record as Ardian closes $30 billion fund

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Vanke Concerns Deepen With Question on CEO Whereabouts

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China’s 2024 Growth Meets Official 5% Target on Stimulus Bump

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Home Prices Fall at Slower Pace as Stimulus Takes Hold

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Population Shrinks for Third Year Even With More Babies Born

[Yahoo/Reuters] Analysis-Markets are betting China will let yuan fall as Trump takes power, but not much

[Bloomberg] The LA Wildfires Should Change the Way We Live

[Bloomberg] Private Credit Opens Its Wallet to Troubled UK as Markets Spiral

[Bloomberg] China Used More Coal Power Last Year in Blow to Climate Efforts

[WSJ] ‘We Still Have an Inflation Problem.’ A Fed Newcomer Wants to Go Slow on Rate Cuts.

[WSJ] Barrage of Stimulus Powers Robust Chinese Growth—and Some Skepticism

[FT] Tett: The bonds markets vs Donald Trump

[FT] ETF flows obliterate previous full-year record to hit $1.5tn

Thursday Afternoon Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stock Rally Stalls as Waller Remarks Boost Bonds: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Falls as Traders Speculate on Trump’s Sanctions Strategy

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Fed’s Waller Says Fresh Rate Cuts Possible in First Half of 2025

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Bessent Says He Would Support Sanctioning Russian Oil Majors

[Yahoo/Reuters] Trump's US Treasury pick Bessent says extending tax cuts a top priority

[Yahoo Finance] Trump Treasury pick Scott Bessent defends sweeping tariffs in contentious Senate hearing

[Reuters] How bond market vigilantes could check Trump's power

[Reuters] Biden warns that an oligarchy is forming that threatens US democracy

[Yahoo/Reuters] Moody's says LA fire may pose risk to Southern California Edison

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Banks Hand $100 Billion to Shareholders, Most Since 2021

[Yahoo/Reuters] J.P.Morgan forecasts spending on data centers could boost US GDP by 20 basis points in 2025-26

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Vanke May Be Assumed by Authorities, Observer Says

[Bloomberg] Canada’s Counter-Tariff Plan Would Target US Aluminum, Steel 

[Bloomberg] Private Equity Faces Pockets of Distress for Long-Held Assets

[Bloomberg] Damaging Megadroughts Are Spreading Around the World

[WSJ] Treasury Secretary Pick Scott Bessent Says Trump Could Bring ‘New Economic Golden Age’

[WSJ] Why a Dovish Fed Official Could Be Patient on More Cuts

[FT] Trump ‘energy tsar’ pick warns lack of power could undermine AI race with China

Thursday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Steady as Data Keep Fed Bets Alive: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Gold Gains After US Inflation Data Boosts Rate-Cut Optimism

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Trades Near Five-Month High on Lower Stockpiles, Russia Risk

[Reuters] US weekly jobless claims increase; labor market conditions still healthy

[AP] The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week, but layoffs remain historically low

[Axios] Trump's Treasury pick to tout "new economic golden age"

[Yahoo/Reuters] Trump Treasury pick Bessent faces Senate grilling on taxes, trade, deficits

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Trump Team Readies Oil Sanctions Plan for Russia Deal, Iran Squeeze

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Bond ‘Death Spiral’ Risk Brushed Aside by Foreign Funds

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Fire-Whipping Los Angeles Winds Are at the Heart of a Climate Riddle

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Indonesia’s Surprise Rate Cut Is Fueling Bond Uncertainty

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Brazil’s Economic Activity Downshifts as Key Rate Goes Higher

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Investors Pull Record $57 Billion From Brazil Hedge Funds

[Bloomberg] Why Latest US Sanctions on Russian Oil Are a Big Deal

[Bloomberg] China Vanke CEO Zhu Taken Away by Authorities, Observer Reports

[Bloomberg] India’s RBI Said to Mull Bolder Measures to Ease Cash Crunch

[WSJ] Treasury Secretary Pick Scott Bessent Says Trump Could Bring ‘New Economic Golden Age’

[WSJ] China Has a $1 Trillion Head Start in Any Tariff Fight

[WSJ] Bank of Japan Chief Again Signals Chance of Rate Hike Next Week

[WSJ] Wall Street Thinks U.S. Homes Are Overpriced

[WSJ] Where Does L.A.’s Luxury Home Market Go From Here?

[WSJ] What Happens When Your House Burns Down and You Still Have a Mortgage?

[FT] Top financial watchdog warns climate change set to trigger market panics

[FT] The alarming contradictions awaiting Donald Trump’s dollar

[FT] The ‘grossly overvalued’ American dollar

[FT] Chinese citizens’ doubts grow over official economic growth claims