Monday, March 18, 2024

Tuesday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Yen Drops on BOJ’s Dovish Tone, Stocks Decline: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Yen Slides Past 150 Per Dollar as Yield Gap With US Remains Wide

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Short Volatility Trades Are Starting to Rule Currency Markets

[Reuters]  Oil prices edge down as Russia lifts supplies, jet fuel demand stirs caution

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Bond Frenzy Roars Back as Yield Falls Toward 19-Year Low

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] BOJ’s Small Rate Hike May Have Big Ripple Effect Around the World

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Japan Ends Era of Negative Rates With Few Clues on Further Hikes

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Trading Floors Buzz With Excitement as BOJ Axes Negative Rates

[AP] The Bank of Japan ends its negative interest rate policy, opting for its first hike in 17 years

[Reuters] BOJ ends negative rate policy

[Reuters] US single-family housing starts soar in February

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] The Fed Has a Lot of Questions to Answer About Its Balance Sheet

[Yahoo Finance] The Fed won't fix the housing market: Morning Brief

[Reuters] Nvidia's dizzying rally spurs rush into AI-themed ETFs

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] BofA’s Moynihan Says Commercial Real Estate Will Be ‘Slow Burn’

[AP] The average bonus on Wall Street last year was $176,500. That’s down slightly from 2022

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Real Estate Pain Is Showing Up in an Obscure Investment Product

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] RBA Drops Tightening Bias After Holding Key Interest Rate

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] ECB Needs to Wait for June, Vice President Guindos Says

[CNN] Biggest fraud in Chinese history? Beijing accuses Evergrande of inflating revenues by $78 billion

[CNN] Hong Kong passes second national security law, widening crackdown powers and aligning city more closely with mainland China

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Marcos Warns on China Threat, Says He’s ‘Not Poking the Bear’

[Bloomberg] BOJ’s Dovish Tone After First Rate Hike Since 2007 Hits Yen

[NYT] Fed Meets Amid Worries That Inflation Progress Might Stall

[WSJ] Global Era of Negative Interest Rates Ends as Japan Goes to Zero

[WSJ] The Fed Is Playing a Waiting Game on Rate Cuts. The Rules Are Starting to Change.

[WSJ] Governments Across the U.S. Are Handing Residents Cash—No Strings Attached

[WSJ] Russia’s Backdoor to the Global Banking System Is Slamming Shut

[FT] Bank of Japan ends era of negative interest rates

[FT] The big test is yet to come for the Bank of Japan

[FT] Central bankers see ‘immaculate disinflation’ within reach

[FT] Calpers to invest more than $30bn in private markets