Thursday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks, Bonds Gain on Powell Rate-Cut Reassurance: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Gold Eases From Fresh Record as Traders Weigh Fed Comments

[Reuters] Oil steady, bolstered by lower supply concerns

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Copper Jumps to New 14-Month High on Supply Risks, Demand Hopes

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Currency Angst Is Going Global as Strong Dollar Vexes Markets

[Reuters] US layoffs reach 14-month high amid government, tech cutbacks

[Dow Jones] Jobless claims climb to nine-week high of 221,000 - but there's little sign of worsening labor market

[Dow Jones] Trade deficit widens in February

[Reuters] Morning Bid: All eyes on the jobs market

[Reuters] Currency markets are in a deep freeze. Rate cuts and Trump could thaw them

[Yahoo Finance] Why the Fed is wading into uncharted waters: Morning Brief

[Reuters] Ford will delay some North American EV production

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] German Banks Saw Soured Property Loans Surge in Fourth Quarter

[CNBC] Russia-Ukraine war live updates: Kremlin says NATO ties are at the level of ‘direct confrontation’; Russian attack kills rescue workers in Kharkiv

[Reuters] Taiwan condemns 'shameless' China's thanks for global sympathy on quake

[Bloomberg] Dudley: The Fed Is Wrong About How Low Interest Rates Will Go

[WSJ] How Far $100 Goes at the Grocery Store After Five Years of Food Inflation

[FT] Diverging inflation raises prospect of rate cuts by ECB before Fed

[FT] Iran grapples with response to deadly consulate strike

[FT] China’s quant funds count the cost of regulatory clampdown

Wednesday Evening Links

[Reuters] Gold plows to record high after Powell's remarks

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Gold Nears $2,300 After Powell Restates Rate Cut Path This Year

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Bonds Get Some Relief From Powell’s Deja-Vu Tone: Markets Wrap

[AP] Powell: Fed still sees rate cuts this year; election timing won’t affect decision

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Business Bankruptcies Jump as Slow Wave of Failure Speeds Up

[Reuters] Panama Canal drought could threaten supply chain, S&P says

[Reuters] Fed's Kugler says disinflation "to continue"

Wednesday Afternoon Links

[Reuters] Wall St swings higher after soft services sector data

[Reuters] Fed's Powell repeats there is time to deliberate over rate cuts

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Commodity ETFs are finally appearing on investor radars

[WSJ] Powell Still Sees Room for the Fed to Cut Rates This Year

[FT] Jay Powell says Federal Reserve’s inflation fight is ‘not done’