Monday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Edge Higher Before Slew of Rate Decisions: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Slumps on Demand Woes as Goldman Cuts Outlook Again

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Iron Ore Sheds Nearly 5% After Goldman’s China Property Warning

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Fed Backs Away From Wages Focus, Bolstering Case for Rate Pause

[Reuters] Factbox: Wall Street banks expect 'hawkish pause' from Fed in June

[Yahoo Finance] Fed meeting sets up for a close call, though central bank likely to pause

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Traders Eyeing Fed Hedge for Rally With Call Options

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Hedge Fund Bond Bears Are Relentlessly Shorting Treasuries

[Reuters] 'Livid' US House conservatives poised for next battle with McCarthy

[AP] The Great Grift: How billions in COVID-19 relief aid was stolen or wasted

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] BOJ’s Ueda Likely to Hold With Bond Market on His Side For Now

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Goldman Expects ‘L-Shaped’ Recovery in China Property Market

[AP] China struggles with weak post-COVID economic recovery

[Reuters] Several Chinese lenders cut yuan deposit rates from Monday

[AP] Russia’s improved weaponry and tactics pose challenges to Ukraine’s counteroffensive

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Turkey’s Record Current-Account Gap Piles Pressure on Simsek

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Bank of Korea Warns of Financial Risk as Real Estate Loans Fail

[AP] Food prices are squeezing Europe. Now Italians are calling for a pasta protest

[Reuters] Explainer: UBS has Swiss mountain to climb with Credit Suisse

[Reuters] North Korea's Kim vows to 'hold hands' with Putin for strategic cooperation

[Bloomberg] US Economy Remains ‘Very, Very Hot,’ Larry Summers Says

[Bloomberg] NATO’s Biggest Air Drill to Fill German Skies With Fighter Jets

[WSJ] Jerome Powell’s Big Problem Just Got Even More Complicated

[WSJ] Wall Street Firms Up Bets on U.S. Consumers

[WSJ] Fueled by Long Credit Binge, China’s Economy Faces Drag From Debt Purge

[WSJ] Chinese Parts Help Iran Supply Drones to Russia Quickly, Investigators Say

[FT] The Fed’s waiting game: is the US economy finally starting to crack?

[FT] El-Erian: The framing of the Fed call on rates is too narrow

[FT] Chinese tech groups suffer as foreign investors take flight

Sunday Evening Links

[CNBC] Stock futures are flat as traders look ahead to key inflation data, Fed meeting: Live updates

[Reuters] Ukraine says it retakes village in 'first results' of counterattack

[Reuters] Saudi Arabia seeks cooperation with China, 'ignores' Western worries

[Reuters] Egypt's core inflation rises to 40.3% in May

[Bloomberg] There’s More Trouble Coming for Regional Banks

[NYT] [Reuters] Egypt's core inflation rises to 40.3% in May