Monday, July 12, 2021

Tuesday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Fall, Dollar Gains as Inflation Quickens: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Steady While IEA Warns That OPEC+ Spat May Tighten Market

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] U.S. Consumer Prices Surged Again in June, Topping All Estimates

[CNBC] Inflation higher than expected in June as price index rises 5.4%

[Reuters] U.S. small business optimism rises despite labor shortage, inflation worries - NFIB

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Biden to Warn U.S. Companies About Hong Kong Risks, FT Says

[Reuters] Goldman Sachs rides global dealmaking boom to smash profit estimates

[Reuters] Trading slowdown hits the brake on JPMorgan's results

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China’s Export Growth Unexpectedly Accelerates in June

[Reuters] China's June exports growth beats forecast as easing global lockdowns boost demand

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Developers’ Defaults Spread as Languang Misses Payment

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] PBOC Reiterates Monetary Policy Unchanged Despite Surprise RRR Cut

[CNBC] ‘This feels like 1999’: Global start-up funding frenzy fuels fears of a bubble

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] California’s New Summer Normal: Use Less Water and Electricity

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Sky-High Feed Prices Are Pushing Dairy Farmers Over The Edge

[Reuters] Japan warns of crisis over Taiwan, growing risks from U.S.-China rivalry

[Reuters] Violence spreads in South Africa as grievances boil over

[Bloomberg] Dovish China Tilt Divides Market on Rate Cut, Slowdown Fears

[WSJ] Fed’s Bullard: Time Is Right to Pull Back on Central Bank Stimulus

[WSJ] Record Natural Gas Prices Give Power Markets a Jolt

[WSJ] Cuba Cracks Down on Protests Amid Worst Economic Crisis in Decades

[WSJ] Haiti on Brink of Anarchy Amid Hunger, Gang Violence and Power Vacuum

[FT] Biden to warn US companies of risks of operating in Hong Kong

[FT] ECB braced for split on implementing new strategy, Lagarde warns

[FT] Pace of US ETF launches doubles in space of two years

[FT] South Africa struggles to contain worst unrest in decades

Monday Evening Links

[CNBC] Stock futures mostly flat ahead of bank earnings

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Asia Stocks to Edge Higher as Earnings Season Eyed: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Hit Records Ahead of Earnings; Oil Falls: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Lumber Wipes Out 2021 Gain With Demand Ebbing After Record Boom

[CNBC] Cryptocurrency trading volume plunges as interest wanes following bitcoin price drop

[Reuters] U.S. Senate faces 'hell of a fight' amid doubts over infrastructure investments

[AP] Sanders, Biden meet as infrastructure bill swells past $3.5T

[CNBC] Homebuyers are finally catching a break as new listings rise and mortgage rates drop

[CNN] Many homebuyers are dropping out of the market

[Reuters] Aging population to hit U.S. economy like a 'ton of bricks' - U.S. commerce secretary

[Reuters] Northern U.S. Plains drought shrivels spring wheat crop to smallest in 33 years, USDA says

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Drought Pushes U.S. Oat Crop to Lowest in Records Back to 1866

[Reuters] Brutal heat wave persists in U.S. West as Oregon wildfire rages

[Reuters] Cuba blames unrest on U.S. interference as Biden backs protests

Monday Afternoon Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Rise Ahead of Earnings; Yields Turn Higher: Markets Wrap

[Reuters] Nasdaq, S&P 500 scale new peaks as focus turns to earnings, economic data

[CNBC] Inflation expectations surge, hitting new high for New York Fed survey

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Williams Pushes Back on Fed Tapering MBS Faster Than Treasuries

[Reuters] U.S. consumers' short-term inflation outlook jumps, NY Fed survey shows

[Bloomberg] New Zealand May Open Rate-Hike Door Amid Signs Economy Is Overheating

[WSJ] Governments World-Wide Gorge on Record Debt, Testing New Limits