Monday, March 18, 2024

Monday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Get an AI Tech Boost With Fed in Focus: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Extends Gains on China Data, Attacks on Russian Refineries

[AP] This Week: Housing starts, Fed policy update and existing US home sales

[Reuters] Sticky inflation could be a wild card for easing timetable at Fed meeting

[AP] Federal Reserve is likely to preach patience as consumers and markets look ahead to rate cuts

[Yahoo Finance] Investors are about to find out whether Fed still expects 3 rate cuts in 2024

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Fed Hikes Slash Household Net Interest Income in Break From Past

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Equities Rally at Risk From Yields, Morgan Stanley’s Wilson Says

[Reuters] Hedge funds buy largest bulk of bank stocks in a year, Goldman says

[Reuters] Blinken says authoritarian regimes using tech to undermine democracy

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] BOJ Rate Hike on Tuesday Is Now Widely Expected After Wages Jump

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China’s Growth Mixed as Output Jumps, Consumption Lags

[Reuters] China's upbeat industrial output, retail sales tempered by frail property

[Reuters] China's Jan-Feb property investment declines narrow

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Adani Bonds, Shares Decline as US Expands Probe Into the Group

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Global Commodity Trading Profits Topped $100 Billion for Second-Best Year Ever

[Reuters] Kremlin says the only way to protect Russia is to create a buffer zone with Ukraine

[Bloomberg] Powell’s Silence Frustrates Markets as Post-Covid Economy Shifts

[Bloomberg] Decoding Xi’s New Catchphrase Aimed at Reviving China’s Economy

[WSJ] The End of Japan’s Negative Rates Will Be a Slow-Moving Tsunami

[WSJ] China’s Economy Has a New Problem: Its Job Market

[WSJ] Gold Miners, Enjoying Record Prices, Are Wary of Hedging Their Bets

[FT] Fed will have to keep rates high for longer than markets anticipate, say economists

[FT] Central bankers take centre stage

[FT] Vladimir Putin’s ominous fifth term