Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Wednesday Evening Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] S&P 500 Sees Worst Fed Day Since 2001; Yields Up: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Dollar Rises to Highest Since 2022 as Less Fed Cuts Seen

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Bonds Slump as Fed Gives Traders Reason to See Fewer 2025 Cuts

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Micron Drops After Sluggish PC, Phone Demand Hurts Forecast

[Axios] Trump opposes Johnson's spending deal to avert government shutdown

[AP] Live updates: Potential government shutdown looms as Trump tanks federal funding plan

[AP] Government funding plan collapses as Trump makes new demands days before shutdown

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Powell Says Future Cuts Would Require Fresh Inflation Progress

[AP] Federal Reserve cuts its key rate by a quarter-point but envisions fewer reductions next year

[Yahoo/Reuters] Fed's Powell not ready to say what Trump policies will do to economy

[Yahoo Finance] Fed 'dot plot' shows central bank will cut interest rates 2 more times in 2025

[The Hill] Young Americans richer than ever, sense ‘economic fragility’: Report

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] BOJ meets for final rate review this year as Trump risk clouds outlook

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Can China Shield the Biggest Uninsured Economy From Floods?

[Bloomberg] Trump Says He Opposes Stopgap Government Funding Bill

[Bloomberg] Brazil Central Bank Calls New Spot Auction as Currency Craters

[Bloomberg] Trudeau’s Political Crisis Rips Up Playbook for Trade Fight With Trump

[Bloomberg] The Fed Is as Clueless as Markets

[NYT] Fed Cuts Rates, but Projects Fewer Reductions Next Year

[WSJ] Fed Signals Plan to Slow Rate Cuts, Sending Stocks Lower

[WSJ] The Fed Admits an Inflation Mistake

[FT] Federal Reserve cuts rates but ‘hawkish’ forecast hits stocks and sends dollar jumping

[FT] Brazil currency sell-off piles fiscal reform pressure on Lula

[FT] UK borrowing costs climb as ‘stagflation’ fear stalks gilt market