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

Thursday Afternoon Links

[CNBC] Dow closes 270 points higher, Nasdaq slips as investors rotate out of tech: Live updates 

[CNBC] Trump instructs ‘representatives’ to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds, aiming to lower rates

[Yahoo Bloomberg] Trump's Venezuela Meeting Is Shaping Up to Be a Who's Who of US Oil

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Bessent Says Trump May Decide on Fed Before or After Davos

[Yahoo/Reuters] US Treasury's Bessent says Rieder not yet interviewed for top Fed job, decision likely this month

[Yahoo Finance] Bessent: Fed must 'do its part' and lower rates

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] A US Trader’s Guide to the Supreme Court’s Looming Tariff Ruling

[Yahoo Finance] GM to take additional $6 billion charge to EV business

[WSJ] The 100-Year History Behind Trump’s Push for Venezuela’s Oil Wealth

[WSJ] China Drifts Closer to Its Own Lost Decade

[Bloomberg] Trump Directs $200 Billion Mortgage Bond Buy in Housing Push

[Bloomberg] US Inflation Expectations, Job Perceptions Worsen in Fed Survey

[Bloomberg] Here Are Trump’s Options If the Supreme Court Says His Tariffs Are Illegal

[Bloomberg] Fed’s Miran Wants 150 Points of Cuts in 2026 to Boost Jobs

[Bloomberg] AI Spending Boom Fuels 24-Year High for Convertible Bond Deals

[Bloomberg] Market Bubbles Go Way Beyond AI, Says Richard Bernstein Advisors

[Bloomberg] French President Macron Slams US for Breaching International Law

[Bloomberg] Global Bond Binge Heats Up With Record Deal for Italy

[FT] US trade deficit slides to lowest level since 2009 in October