Sunday, January 9, 2022

Monday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Slump Amid Rate, Inflation, Virus Jitters: Markets Wrap

[CNBC] Treasury yields start the week slightly higher, with inflation data in focus

[Reuters] Oil steady as supply disruptions offset Omicron fears

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Fed’s Hawkishness Catches On as Bond Yields Hit Multi-Year Peaks

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Powell Faces Vetting on Fed’s Tightening Plans, Climate Change

[Reuters] Omicron becomes latest speed bump for shorthanded U.S. factories

[CNN] Nearly a quarter of hospitals are reporting a critical staff shortage as Omicron drives a rise in Covid-19 cases

[KTLA] Another record-setting day: L.A. County records more than 45,000 new coronavirus cases

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Goldman Now Expects Four Fed Hikes, Sees Faster Runoff in 2022

[Bloomberg] Omicron Takes Off in China as Variant Inches Closer to Beijing

[Reuters] Developer Shimao's fire sale, new rating cuts keep China property on edge

[Reuters] Chinese developer Shimao puts all property projects on sale - Caixin

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Moves to Give State Firms More Power: Evergrande Update

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Drop in Land Purchases Signal Cash Woes for China Developers

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Hong Kong’s Covid Strategy Has Failed. Miserably

[Reuters] China offers Kazakhstan security support, opposes 'external forces'

[Bloomberg] Dudley: The Federal Reserve Needs to Get a Lot More Hawkish

[WSJ] With Omicron, China’s Covid-19 Dilemma Deepens

[WSJ] Russia’s Putin Seizes on Crises to Assert Control Over Former Soviet Republics

[FT] Mishkin: The flaws in the Fed’s approach to inflation

[FT] Omicron surge raises Covid reinfection concern

[FT] Key Bund yield on brink of turning back above zero

[FT] Putin sends troops to Kazakhstan, vowing to stop ‘colour revolutions’

[FT] Russia warns west to back down or face ‘worsening security situation’