Thursday Afternoon Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Edge Up in Countdown to US Earnings Season: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Emerging Stocks, Currencies Slide Amid Global Risk Aversion 

[Reuters] ECB puts June rate cut into view, asserts independence from Fed

[Reuters] Traders bet the ECB will chart its own rate cut path

[Reuters] Fed officials in no rush to cut rates as inflation worries rise

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Fed’s Williams Says No Need to Adjust Rates in ‘Very Near Term’

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Fed’s Collins Says Data May Warrant Later, Fewer Cuts This Year

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] More Companies Are Defaulting Over and Over Again, S&P Says

[Reuters] Russia and Germany urge restraint as Iranian threat puts Middle East on edge

[WSJ] Cocoa and Coffee Prices Have Surged. Climate Change Will Only Take Them Higher.

[FT] European Central Bank holds interest rates at 4% in contested decision

[FT] Aukus is gathering momentum and adherents