Thursday Evening Links

[Reuters] The S&P 500 ends flat as investors await bank earnings

[CNBC] Shadow banking is now a $52 trillion industry, posing a big risk to the financial system

[AP] Apartment rents climbing, and poised to go higher

[Politico] Kudlow: Fed may not hike interest rates 'in my lifetime'

[Reuters] White House's Kudlow says Jerome Powell can turn into good Fed chairman

[Reuters] Big turnout for India's giant election, where Modi has an edge

[Reuters] Germany halves 2019 economic growth forecast to 0.5 percent: Spiegel

[WSJ] Arab Spring Aftershocks Echo in North African Upheaval

[FT] Tett: Corporate America is failing to invest