Wednesday Evening Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Asian Stocks Primed for Gains After US Inflation: Markets Wrap 

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Extends Gain as IEA Warns on Russia Curbs and Stockpiles Ebb

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Bonds Have Banner Day as Inflation Report Revives Fed-Cut Bets

[AP] Winds, arsonists complicate fight against LA-area wildfires as crews report progress

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Canada Readies Tariffs on $105 Billion of US Products If Trump Hits First

[AP] Canadian minister warns that Americans will experience economic pain from Trump tariffs

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Short-selling firm Hindenburg Research is closing up shop

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Is Facing Longest Deflation Streak Since Mao Era in 1960s

[Bloomberg] California Adds More ZIP Codes to Insurance-Cancellation Ban

[WSJ] Bond Market Sends Warning to Trump and Republicans on Tax Plans

[WSJ] Israel, Hamas Agree to Deal to Pause Fighting in Gaza

[FT] Canada warns of ‘tit-for-tat’ tariffs on US if Donald Trump imposes levies

Wednesday Afternoon Links

[BBC] Live Updates: Israel and Hamas reach Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal

[CNBC] Dow rallies 700 points after encouraging inflation report, strong bank earnings: Live updates

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Rises on Slowing US Inflation, Colonial Pipeline Shutdown

[Yahoo/Reuters] Fed hawks and doves: what US central bankers are saying

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Fed’s Williams Expresses Confidence Inflation Will Slow More

[Yahoo Finance] Gasoline prices rise 4.4% in December as 'elevated' geopolitical tensions push energy costs higher

[CNN] Bundle up, it’s going to feel like minus 40 once the coldest temperatures in a year arrive

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Big US Bank Profits Surge as Biden Era Comes to a Close

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Trudeau, Canada’s Premiers Spar Over Using Resources as Trade Weapon

[Investopedia] Jamie Dimon Says Two 'Significant Risks' Loom Over the U.S. Economy

[Bloomberg] Los Angeles Was a Car Collector’s Paradise. Now 6,000 Are Gone

[FT] Donald Trump’s policy pledges unleashing ‘animal spirits’, Wall Street bankers say