Monday's News Links

[CNBC] Stocks rise ahead of big earnings week: Live updates

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] French Bond Futures Slip After Snap S&P Downgrade on Budget Risk 

[Axios] Why credit risks are jarring Wall Street

[CNBC] Amazon Web Services outage hits major websites: What we know so far as recovery begins

[AP] To hit back at the United States in their trade war, China borrows from the US playbook

[Yahoo/Reuters] China imports no US soybeans in September for first time in seven years

[Yahoo/Reuters] Fall in China's exports of rare earth magnets stokes supply chain fears

[AP] Trump suggests US will buy Argentinian beef to bring down prices for American consumers

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Says Growth Target in Reach Despite Rare Investment Drop

[Reuters] China's new home prices fall at fastest pace in 11 months

[AP] Chinese leader Xi Jinping outlines 5-year plan at closed-door Communist Party meeting

[AP] Ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi on track to become Japan’s first female prime minister

[Reuters] Bank of Japan's Ueda keeps cards close to chest ahead of October meeting

[Bloomberg] Trump Lists Top Demands on China Before Trade Talks Resume

[Bloomberg] ‘Kink’ in VIX Curve Shows Anxiety Over Trump’s Meeting With Xi

[Bloomberg] Canadians Grow Gloomy on the Economy as US Trade War Persists

[Bloomberg] Japan’s LDP Reaches Coalition Deal to Set Up Takaichi as Premier

[Bloomberg] China Home Prices Drop Faster Even as Top Cities Ease Rules

[NYT] The Showdown Behind the Shutdown

[WSJ] The Warning Signs Lurking Below the Surface of a Record Market

[WSJ] Wall Street Is Betting on an Obamacare Deal. That Won’t Fix Insurers’ Troubles.

[WSJ] Runaway Insurance Costs Bring Back Talk of Price Caps

[WSJ] How China Took Over the World’s Rare-Earths Industry

[WSJ] Trump Turns Up Heat on Latin America

[WSJ] China’s Economy Expands at Slowest Pace in a Year

[WSJ] Japan’s Ruling Party Forms New Coalition in Win for Takaichi

[WSJ] BOJ’s Takata Says Now a ‘Prime Opportunity’ to Raise Rates

[FT] Das: So much of credit securitisation still relies on magical thinking

[FT] China is well positioned for a trade showdown with Trump

[FT] How does the Federal Reserve work, and why is Donald Trump trying to change it?

[FT] Europeans rush to Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s defence after tense Donald Trump meeting

[FT] The costs of Trump’s campaign to censor climate science

[FT] China set to push high tech in 5-year plan as tensions with US intensify