Sunday, August 31, 2025

Monday's News Links

[Yahoo/Reuters] Asia stocks slip on tech retreat but China marches to its own beat

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Indonesian Stocks Slide After Weekend of Protests and Looting

[Yahoo/Reuters] Back to school: markets brace for September risks

[AP] 1.2M immigrants are gone from the US labor force under Trump, preliminary data shows

[Reuters] China's Xi unveils vision for new global order at security forum

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Asia factory activity shrinks as US tariffs bite, China bucks trend

[Bloomberg] Silver Climbs Past $40 as US Rate-Cut Bets Fuel Investor Demand

[Bloomberg] China Banks Pressured by Rising Loan Losses, Low Margins

[Bloomberg] Hedge Funds Are Betting Yen Is About to Make a Bullish Breakout

[NYT] Trump’s Plan to Pack the Fed With Loyalists

[WSJ] Black Americans Are Losing Jobs in a Warning for the Economy

[WSJ] With Another Government on the Brink of Collapse, Is France the New Italy?

[WSJ] China Ups Surveillance of Troubled People to Quell Rising Unrest

[FT] Investors underestimate Donald Trump’s threat to the Federal Reserve, economists warn

[FT] How the Trump administration gutted America’s disaster relief agency

[FT] French business warns of recession risk as political turmoil deepens

Sunday Evening Links

[AP] Government shutdown looms as Congress returns after monthlong August recess

[AP] DHS Secretary Noem confirms more ICE resources are heading to Chicago for immigration crackdown

[Axios] Noem: More cities could see federal law enforcement on streets, even in red states

[AP] PBS, NPR stations struggle with Trump-fueled government funding cuts

[Axios] Blocking tariffs would be "end of the United States," top Trump adviser says

[CNBC] Trump trade adviser blasts tariff ruling, calling it ‘weaponized partisan injustice’

[Bloomberg] Merz Sees War in Ukraine Dragging On With No Clear End in Sight

[Bloomberg] China Is Going on the Offensive in Southeast Asia

[WSJ] Trump Tariff Case Ups Ante at Supreme Court