Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Wednesday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] U.S. Stocks Edge Higher With Earnings in Focus: Markets Wrap

[Reuters] World stocks hit record high as bond yields ease with inflation fears 

[Reuters] Dollar at three-week low on tamped down fears over inflation

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Rises After IEA Brightens Outlook, U.S. Stocks Seen Lower

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Fed Is More Worried by Inflation Running Too Cold Than Too Hot

[Reuters] U.S. import prices increase more than expected in March

[CNBC] Mortgage refinance demand hits lowest level in over a year, and homebuyers retreat, too

[Reuters] Goldman profit smashes expectations on booming investment banking

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] JPMorgan Posts Investment-Banking Surge While Loans Decline

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Huarong Showdown Reveals Beijing’s Tougher Stance on Risk

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] ECB’s Villeroy Sees Path to Crisis Exit Within Less Than a Year

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Credit Suisse Sells $2 Billion of Archegos-Linked Stocks

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Biden Rushes to Protect the Power Grid as Hacking Threats Grow

[Reuters] Biden sends unofficial delegation to Taiwan in 'personal signal'

[Reuters] Ahead of U.S. visit, China terms Taiwan exercises 'combat drills'

[Reuters] Kremlin tells U.S. it will act decisively if Washington imposes new sanctions: RIA

[Bloomberg] China Pulls Support From Struggling Local Builders to Cut Risk

[NYT] The Biden Administration Is Quietly Keeping Tabs on Inflation

[WSJ] Inflation Accelerated in March Due to Strengthening Economy, Rising Energy Prices

[FT] China’s digital currency is threat to dollar dominance