What I Am Reading
Thursday, October 28, 2021
Markets
- Stocks Fall as Big Earnings Reports Roll InWall Street Journal
Central banks
- Don’t Politicize the Fed, Reappoint Chairman Jerome PowellWall Street Journal
Climate & energy
- China’s Ambitious Climate Goals Collide With Reality, Hampering Global EffortsWall Street Journal
- Climate change to displace tens of millions of East Africans by 2050 -World BankReuters
- Chicago and Great Lakes hurt by climate change, need infrastructureCNBC
- Climate Activists Blow Smoke on Wildfire FearsWall Street Journal
- That Dirty Green EnergyI&I
- How Amazon decides which climate tech start-ups to invest inCNBC
US I
- U.S. Orders for Big-Ticket Products Fell in September Amid Supply ConstraintsWall Street Journal
- GDP growth for third quarter won’t be pretty, but it should get betterCNBC
- Markets Face an Even Bigger Inflation Test Next Year, Janus SaysBloomberg
- Immigrant workers could fix the US labor shortage and slow inflationVox
- Employees are not showing up to work — employers are replacing them with robotsTheHill
US II
- Democrats at odds over 'billionaires tax' to fund sweeping Biden agendaReuters
- Democrats Drop Paid Leave From $1.75 Trillion ProposalWall Street Journal
- Medicare and paid leave blocking a deal on Biden spending planCNBC
- Democrats' tax plans face fight from major business groupsCNBC
- Letitia James will run for New York governor, sources sayCNBC
Japan
Geopolitics & trade
Industries & companies
- Communication services:The Facebook Papers may be the biggest crisis in the company's historyCNN
- Energy:Third Point Has Big Shell Stake, Urges Energy Giant to Break UpWall Street Journal