What I Am Reading
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
Markets
Central banks
US I
- U.S. consumer confidence at 16-month high; house price inflation heating upReuters
- Home price gains in April 'truly extraordinary,' S&P Case-Shiller saysCNBC
- CEO of payroll provider Paychex sees hiring rates rising in SeptemberCNBC
- Key indicator shows we are past peak inflation fear, supporting the rallyCNBC
US II
China
- China Wants Howling Diplomats to Quiet Down, but Nationalism Gets in the WayWall Street Journal
Japan
- Japan's May factory output posts biggest monthly drop in a yearReuters
- Toshiba Scandal Emboldens Foreign Investors Pushing Change in JapanWall Street Journal
- Japan’s In-Home Robot Experiment Short CircuitsWall Street Journal
Geopolitics & trade
Industries & companies
- Airlines:United Airlines Bets on Post-Pandemic Growth With Its Biggest-Ever Jet OrderWall Street Journal
- Airlines:American, Delta, and United Airlines are hiring workers for summer travel demandVox
- Autos:Car Dealers Are Selling More Vehicles Above the Sticker PriceWall Street Journal
- Consumer discretionary:Amazon Demands One More Thing From Some Vendors: A Piece of Their CompanyWall Street Journal
- Pharma:Sanofi Bets on mRNA Vaccines After Covid-19 Pandemic Shows WorthWall Street Journal
- Tech:Windows 11 Insider build: What's new?CNBC
Corporate finance
- Didi IPO Pricing Imminent After Lightning-Round RoadshowWall Street Journal
Virus
- Covid-19 Contact Tracers Race Against Delta Variant in the U.S.Wall Street Journal
- U.S. Poised to Fall Behind Europe on Covid-19 Vaccine First DosesWall Street Journal
Beyond markets
- Harvard, MIT Part of $800 Million Deal to Push Access to Online EducationWall Street Journal