Monday, April 21, 2025

Tuesday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Gold Hits $3,500 as Trump’s Fed Broadside Sparks Flight to Haven

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Stocks Climb as Global Volatility Eases: Markets Wrap

[Reuters] Asia fights drag from Wall St as US assets buckle 

[Reuters] Oil prices climb on short-covering, but tariff concerns linger

[Axios] Trump tariffs will undercut U.S. growth and drag the world down, IMF says

[Reuters] Investors fear Trump's attacks on Powell will pile on pain

[Yahoo/Reuters] Hedge funds' 2025 selling focuses on discretionary stocks, Goldman data shows

[Axios] Harvard sues Trump administration over funding freeze

[Reuters] Europeans outlined non-negotiable issues to US for Ukraine-Russia peace deal, French minister says

[Bloomberg] As US Recession Looms, Banks Brace for Worse

[Bloomberg] Ishiba Pens Letter to Xi as Japan Aims to Avoid Trade Crossfire

[Bloomberg] US Foreign Policy Confronts Reality in Ukraine and Iran

[WSJ] Trump Is Laying the Groundwork to Blame Powell for Any Downturn

[WSJ] Why Florida’s Condo Owners Are So Desperate to Sell

[FT] Gold hits $3,500 for first time as Donald Trump’s attack on Jay Powell rattles markets

[FT] Trump tariff talk roils US oil industry in bedrock Republican territory

Monday Evening Links

[CNBC] Futures are little changed after stocks tank on Trump’s latest jab at Fed: Live updates

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks, Bonds Sink in Broad Retreat From US Assets: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Trump’s Push Against Powell Adds to Doubts of US’s Haven Status

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Can President Trump Fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell?

[AP] Los Angeles mayor proposes slashing over 1,600 city jobs to close budget hole

[AP] Student loans in default to be referred to debt collection, Education Department says

[Bloomberg] US Bonds Aren’t ‘Risk-Free’ Assets, Ex-LTCM Partner Haghani Warns

[WSJ] The Fire Jerome Powell Market Rout

[WSJ] The Hegseth Pentagon Chronicles

[FT] US stocks and dollar sink as Donald Trump renews attacks on Fed chair Jay Powell

Monday Afternoon Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Assets Slump Amid Wave of Fed, Tariff Rhetoric: Markets Wrap

[AP] Trump renews attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Powell, accelerating US market slide

[Reuters] Dollar slides to three-year low as Trump attacks threaten Fed's independence

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Trump’s Push Against Powell Adds to Doubts of US’s Haven Status

[Yahoo Finance] Trump again asks Fed's Powell to lower rates, calling him a 'major loser'

[Axios] The Federal Reserve's dual mandate dilemma

[The Hill] GOP lawmakers running out of options to pay for Trump’s costly agenda

[The Hill] Patience runs thin as Trump’s battle with Supreme Court intensifies 

[Yahoo/Reuters] US bond funds suffer fifth weekly outflow on tariff-driven inflation fears

[Yahoo/Reuters] China retreats from US private equity investments, FT reports

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] NY Fed finds Americans trimming back wage expectations for new jobs

[WSJ] Trump Renews Call for Rate Cut, Slams Fed Chair

[FT] US stocks and dollar sink as Trump renews attacks on Fed chair Powell

[FT] The US, not others, will feel most pain from its economic mistakes