Friday's News Links

[CNBC] Stocks rise, S&P 500 heads for weekly gain after stable jobs data: Live updates

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Bond Traders’ Risk-Filled Day Kicks Off With Key US Jobs Report

[AP] Sluggish hiring closes out a frustrating year for job seekers though unemployment slips to 4.4%

[Reuters] US single-family housing starts rebound in October, building permits dip

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Trump Tells Fannie, Freddie to Buy $200 Billion of Mortgage Debt

[Axios] Trump's (oil) abundance strategy

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Lutnick Says Modi’s Failure to Call Trump Stalled Trade Deal

[AP] Russia uses its new ballistic missile in a major attack on Ukraine and a warning to West

[CNBC] China inflation hits near three-year high in December as full-year CPI misses target

[AP] More diplomatic and economic tensions surface between China, Japan as a bumpy week ends

[AP] Iran supreme leader signals crackdown coming as protesters are ‘ruining their own streets’ for Trump

[Bloomberg] Trump to Meet Energy Executives, Outline Plan for Venezuela

[Bloomberg] Satellite Images Reveal Venezuela’s Massive Methane Problem

[Bloomberg] Trump Signals Land Strikes on Cartels After Maduro Operation

[Bloomberg] Inside the White House, Stephen Miller Is Making His Vision of America Real

[Bloomberg] France Warns That Europe Is Under Threat From US Coercion

[Bloomberg] Russia’s Attack With Oreshnik Missile Meant to Intimidate

[Bloomberg] China Widens Attack on Japan ‘Nuclear Ambitions’ as Ties Worsen

[Bloomberg] China Vanke Preps Restructuring Plan in Move Toward Default

[Bloomberg] Iran Protests Intensify Amid Nationwide Internet Blackout

[NYT] Trump Orders Fannie and Freddie to Buy $200 Billion in Mortgage Bonds

[NYT] December’s Jobs Data Reinforces Fed’s Cautious Approach to Future Cuts

[WSJ] Trump Calls on Fannie and Freddie to Buy $200 Billion in Mortgage Bonds

[WSJ] Trump’s Risky Fixation With Other Countries’ Oil

[WSJ] China Sees Consumer Inflation Edge Up as Deflation Lingers

[WSJ] Iran’s Supreme Leader Says He Won’t Bow Down to Protests or Trump

[FT] Trump takes on the world in week of shock and awe

[FT] Tett: What lies behind Trump’s retro oil plundering?

[FT] The new era of resource imperialism

[FT] China, Russia and Iran send ships to South Africa ahead of naval drills