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Thursday, September 3, 2026

Friday's News Links

[CNBC] Stocks fall after much stronger-than-expected jobs report: Live updates

[CNBC] 2-year yield rises to highest since January 2025 after hot jobs report

[Yahoo/Reuters] Oil rallies for the week as U.S.-Iran fighting resumes; diesel hits record high 

[AP] US job market rebounds as employers add 162,000 jobs; the unemployment rate stayed at 4.1%

[AP] US diesel prices hit a record high, pushing up transportation costs for a long list of goods

[Axios] Large employers drop health benefits as costs rise

[Axios] Behind the Curtain: AI creators race to understand their creations

[Reuters] Norway's $2 trillion sovereign fund proposes deep cuts to US Treasury holdings

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Grab of Venezuela Denies China Oil, Billions in Debt Payments

[Yahoo/Reuters] Japan budget requests swell to pandemic-era scale under Takaichi

[CNBC] The wealth of the world’s billionaires reached $15.1 trillion last year, per a new report

[Reuters] Two people rescued alive from Nepal hydropower tunnel

[Bloomberg] Americans Are Out of Places to Hide From Fuel Crisis

[Bloomberg] Global Food Prices Jump to Highest Since 2022 as Risks Build

[Bloomberg] BOE Governor Bailey Warns of ‘Serious Challenge’ From Populism

[Bloomberg] Carry Trade Exodus Fuels Yen Gain Ahead of BOJ Rate Decision

[Bloomberg] Yen’s $103 Billion Short Risks Unwind Below 155, JPMorgan Says

[Bloomberg] Japan Needs to Stand Firm Against US Pressure, Lawmaker Says

[Bloomberg] Soaring Jet Fuel Prices Cool Investor Appetite for Airline Bonds

[Bloomberg] Ukraine Braces For Brutal Winter at Mercy of Russian Air Strikes

[Bloomberg] Putin’s Shadow War Against Europe Is Getting More Intense

[Bloomberg] Nepal’s Catastrophic Flood Heralds a New Age of Disasters

[NYT] The Bond Markets Are Pushing Up Rates. Will Central Banks Follow?

[NYT] The Risk of Russian Sabotage in Europe: A Fight That Spirals Out of Control

[WSJ] Norway’s Massive Oil Fund Proposes Selling Roughly $80 Billion in U.S. Treasurys

[WSJ] Why Big Oil Is Wary of Trump’s Foray Into Venezuela’s Oil Patch

[WSJ] BOE’s Pill Fears Central Banks Being Pushed to Finance Deficits

[FT] Why the US and Iran keep escalating

[FT] China lashes back at US over G20 row ahead of Xi-Trump summit

[FT] Andrew Bailey warns of populist threat to central bank independence

[FT] Trump-linked companies race to secure deals for Venezuela’s oil