What I Am Reading
Thursday, May 13, 2021
Markets
- Stocks Extend Slide on Inflation DataWall Street Journal
- Inflation spooks stocks and raises fear the Fed is wrong on price hikeCNBC
- Treasury Yields Climb Following Consumer-Price DataWall Street Journal
Central banks
US I
US II
- U.S. Ran Record $1.9 Trillion Budget Deficit in First Seven Months of Fiscal YearWall Street Journal
- Republicans Reject Tax Increases After Biden Infrastructure TalksWall Street Journal
- Biden sees infrastructure compromise, despite Republican 'red line' on taxesReuters
- Secret Service seizes $2 billion in fraudulent Covid unemployment payments, returns funds to statesCNBC
Geopolitics & trade
- Hamas hits deep in Israel, which vows to keep pummelling GazaReuters
- China Weighs New Economic Envoy to U.S.Wall Street Journal
Industries & companies
- Financials:European banks: Q1 full house is no winning hand just yetReuters
Corporate finance
Cybersecurity
Virus
- Covid in India: Variant and Deaths Spur New Lockdowns as Crisis GrowsBloomberg
- CDC Recommends Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 Vaccine for 12- to 15-Year-OldsWall Street Journal
- CDC says 28 blood clot cases, 3 deaths may be linked to J&J Covid vaccineCNBC
- Mixing Astra and Pfizer Shots Triggers More Fatigue, HeadachesBloomberg
- Ohio ending Covid mask mandate June 2, sets up vaccine incentivesCNBC