Monday, January 13, 2020

Tuesday's News Links

[Reuters] Stocks pause after rally, JPMorgan results draw cheer

[Reuters] Yuan soars, stocks scale heights as markets cheer imminent Sino-U.S. deal signing

[Reuters] Oil prices rise ahead of trade deal, likely stock draw

[Reuters] U.S. consumer prices increase moderately in December

[CNBC] Here’s what’s in the phase one China trade deal Trump is signing this week

[Reuters] China to ramp up U.S. car, aircraft, energy purchases in trade deal: source

[CNBC] JP Morgan earnings crush analysts’ estimates as bond trading revenue surges by nearly 90%

[Reuters] China December trade beats forecasts: exports up 7.6%, imports up 16.3%

[Bloomberg] South Korea’s Moon Vows ‘Endless’ Measures to Cap Property Prices

[Bloomberg] How World’s Fastest-Growing Economy Plunged Into Stagflation

[Bloomberg] Inflation Surprises in Europe’s East Back Case for Rate Hikes

[Bloomberg] Market Melt-Up May Have Gone Too Far, Some Measures Indicate

[Bloomberg] How Libya Became the Ultimate Proxy Conflict

[WSJ] Hedge Funds Could Make One Potential Fed Repo-Market Fix Hard to Stomach

[WSJ] How the U.S. and China Settled on a Trade Deal Neither Wanted

[FT] India’s economy faces severe challenges

Monday Evening Links

[Reuters] Wall Street hits record, boosted by trade and earnings optimism

[Reuters] Global debt shattering records: IIF

[Reuters] Fed's Rosengren warns of inflation risks to central bank's 'almost ideal' economic outlook

[AP] US budget deficit running 11.8% higher this year

[Reuters] U.S. government posts $13.3 billion deficit in December

[CNBC] US budget deficit topped $1 trillion in 2019 for the first time in seven years

[Reuters] Fed on hold, but will financial risks matter?

[Reuters] U.S. Treasury removes designation of China as currency manipulator

[Bloomberg] Global Debt-to-GDP Ratio Hit an All-Time High Last Year

[Bloomberg] Fed’s Mission to Control Benchmark Rate May Spur Another Tweak

[WSJ] China’s Auto Market Stumbles After 30-Year Boom