Thursday, December 29, 2022

Friday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Equities Drop as Brutal Year Nears End: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Set for Yearly Gain as Investors Look Ahead to China Rebound

[Reuters] New Fed research flags rising risk of U.S. recession

[Reuters] Biden signs $1.66 trillion FY 2023 government funding bill

[Reuters] Most Ukraine regions suffer power outages after Russian missile barrage

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] BOJ Buys Record Amount of Bonds to Defend Kuroda’s New Target

[Reuters] Hedge funds set to mark worst returns in 14 years

[Reuters] China's yuan looks set for biggest annual loss since 1994, down 8.6%

[Reuters] China drafts rules for trust firms to curb shadow banking

[Reuters] Putin expects China's Xi to visit in spring, wants to boost military cooperation

[Reuters] Permitted share of China's yuan in Russian wealth fund doubled to 60% -finmin

[Bloomberg] China Faces Deluge of Covid Deaths in First Lunar New Year Without Pandemic Curbs

[Bloomberg] China’s Overnight Funding Cost Increases Fourfold Into Year-End

[WSJ] Companies Spend Record Amounts on Dividends, Despite Looming Downturn

[WSJ] China Asserts Military Power Against U.S. With Naval Drills, Air Intercept

[FT] Global stocks set to post worst year since 2008 financial crisis

Thursday Evening Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Post Month’s Best Day as Rate Surge Fades: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Nasdaq Back From Brink of Worst December Ever as Fed Angst Dims

[Reuters] Jobless benefits rolls grow but U.S. labor market remains resilient

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Shale Bosses Worried About US Labor Shortages Going Into 2023

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Ukraine Latest: Kyiv Targeted by Russia; US May Send Bradleys

[Reuters] Chinese jet came within 10 feet of U.S. military aircraft, U.S. says

[WSJ] What Walter Bagehot Could Teach the Fed

[FT] Sharp fall in global dealmaking brings pandemic-era frenzy to a halt

[FT] Hong Kong’s dollar peg is on increasingly thin ice