Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Wednesday's News Links

[Bloomberg] Dollar Rises as Stocks Fluctuate Before Tax Reveal: Markets Wrap

[CNBC] Treasury's Mnuchin: Trump wants 15 percent corporate rate in 'biggest tax cut' in US history

[Bloomberg] Trump’s 15% Corporate Tax Plan May Just Be His Opening Gambit

[CNBC] President Trump eyes steep cuts to corporate tax rates, repatriated earnings

[CNBC] US Commerce Secretary Ross fires new trade salvos as Trudeau calls Trump on lumber, dairy

[Washington Post] Trump to propose large increase in deductions Americans can claim on their taxes

[Bloomberg] Trump's Tax Plan Said to Seek 10% Levy on Offshore Earnings

[Politico] Instead of launching tax reform, Trump could ground it

[WSJ] Rising Home Prices Raise Concerns of Overheating

[NYT] Arthur Laffer’s Theory on Tax Cuts Comes to Life Once More

[Politico] Republicans finalize new Obamacare repeal proposal

[Bloomberg] America’s Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Replaced by Robots

[Bloomberg] Australian Core Inflation Accelerates Toward Central Bank Target

[AFP] China launches first domestically built aircraft carrier: media

[Bloomberg] Social Unrest Is France's Biggest Risk

Tuesday Evening Links

[Bloomberg] Nasdaq Composite Tops 6,000, Tariff Sinks Loonie: Markets Wrap

[Bloomberg] U.S. New-Home Sales Unexpectedly Rise to Highest Since July

[Bloomberg] There's a Huge Disagreement Between Bonds and Stocks

[Bloomberg] Einhorn's Greenlight Warns of Bubble With Tax Reform Prospects Fading

[Reuters] North Korea stages large-scale artillery drill as U.S. submarine docks in South

[Reuters] U.S. military begins moving THAAD missile defense to South Korea site: media

[FT] Wall Street’s ‘fear gauge’ headed for lowest close in three years

[WSJ] China Markets Stress Reaches Bonds

[WSJ] Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer to Make $186 Million From Verizon Deal

[FT] Trump’s tax cut plan ruffles feathers of US deficit hawks

[NYT] Debt Crisis Shakes Chinese Town, Pointing to Wider Problems