Friday's News Links

[Reuters] Technology stocks lift Wall Street 

[MarketWatch] German bond yields rise on report it would deficit spend during a recession

[Reuters] Yields rise from three-year lows, trade concerns remain

[Reuters] U.S. housing starts drop for third straight month

[CNBC] Fed may not have enough firepower to prevent a recession

[Reuters] To spur consumption, China preps plan to boost disposable income by 2020

[Reuters] Mexico's central bank cuts rates for first time in 5 years as economy sputters

[Reuters] North Korea fires projectiles, rejects South Korea's 'senseless' dialogue pledge

[Bloomberg] Investors Are Worrying About Hong Kong Banks as Protests Roll On

[Bloomberg] You May Be Dead Before You Pay Off Your Student Loans

[WSJ] Chinese, Russian Warplanes Test U.S. Patience in Skies Near South Korea

[WSJ] July Was Hottest on Record

[FT] Negative yields force investors to plunge into riskier debt

[FT] Fed chair Powell must be wary of a market running ahead of itself

[FT] Treasuries on track for best month since 2015 amid investor gloom

Thursday Evening Links

[Reuters] Asia stocks nurse losses, bonds hold huge gains

[Reuters] 'Crazy inverted yield curve' vexes Fed, with no clear resolution

[Reuters] Trump says China talks 'productive'; Beijing vows tariff retaliation

[Reuters] U.S. Treasury, investment-grade and money funds attract $15 billion in risk-aversion week

[Reuters] China warns it could quell Hong Kong protesters; Trump urges Xi to meet them

[NYT] Economic Trouble Signs Hang Over Trump’s Trade War

[WSJ] U.S. Shoppers Splurge in Face of Global Headwinds

[WSJ] ECB Has Big Bazooka Primed for September, Top Official Says

[FT] US bond funds swell as investors seek safety