Wednesday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Equities Tread Water Before US CPI, Dollar Steady: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] PBOC Dials Up Short-Term Liquidity Injections Amid Cash Squeeze

[CNN Live Updates] Dangerous winds raise fire risk in the LA area but are lighter than feared

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Bans Imports From 37 China Firms Due to Alleged Forced Labor

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Ueda Says BOJ Will Make a Decision on Rate Hike Next Week

[Yahoo/Reuters] BOJ will raise rates if economy, price conditions continue to improve, Ueda says

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China’s Loan Market Stirs at End of First Down Year Since 2011

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] South Korean President Yoon Arrested Over Martial Law Fiasco

[Bloomberg] US Inflation Data to Remain Firm, Feeding Fears of Higher Rates

[Bloomberg] Rising US Bond Yields, Surging Dollar Could Worsen India’s Economic Slowdown

[NYT] California’s Insurance System Faces Crucial Test as Losses Mount

[WSJ] What if the Fed U-Turns and Raises Rates This Year?

[WSJ] Country Garden Lost $24.33 Billion in 2023

[FT] ‘Dry hurricane’ fans devastating Los Angeles fires

[FT] Goldman Sachs’ David Solomon says US economy in a ‘fragile place’

[FT] The shadowy war on subsea cables and pipelines

Tuesday Evening Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Asian Traders Tread With Caution Ahead of US CPI: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Surging Yields Ripple Into Corporate Bonds, Delaying Sales

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Climbs as Sanctions Angst and Lower Stockpiles Set the Tone

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] LA Wildfire Insurance-Loss Estimates Approach $40 Billion

[Yahoo/Reuters] U.S. posts record $711 billion deficit for first three months of fiscal 2025

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] LA Rental Hits $40,000 a Month as Fires Roil Housing Market

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] World Readies for Trump Tariffs Even Before His White House Return

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Is Scouring the Globe in Search of New Food Suppliers