What I Am Reading
Wednesday, February 2, 2022
Markets
- U.S. Stocks Waver Ahead of EarningsWall Street Journal
- Stocks gain for a third day as the market's comeback from the depths of the January sell-off continuesCNBC
- After volatile January, choppy start of new month for world stocksReuters
- Companies raise over half a trillion dollars of debt in record Jan - RefinitivReuters
Central banks
US I
- After a huge year for growth, the U.S. economy is about to slam into a wallCNBC
- U.S. Job Openings, Quits Remained Elevated at End of Last YearWall Street Journal
- There were 4.6 million more jobs than unemployed workers in DecemberCNBC
- Paychex CEO says rising inflation, waning Covid money help small business owners fill open jobsCNBC
- Remote work, innovation, and the Great Resignation - Vox
US II
- Omicron restrains U.S. manufacturing; supply bottlenecks slowly easingReuters
- Coffee Prices Climb, Pushed Up by Bad Weather and Supply-Chain WoesWall Street Journal
- The State of Real Estate | MarketMinderFisher Investments
- Consumer Pessimism Grows as Inflation AcceleratesWall Street Journal
- 2022 midterms: Republican super PACs outraise Democratic rivalsCNBC
China
Geopolitics & trade
- Putin accuses U.S. of trying to lure Russia into warReuters
- Putin Says West Failed to Address His Demands in Ukraine StandoffWall Street Journal
- Russia Confronts Ukraine With Upgraded Military Rebuilt After Soviet CollapseWall Street Journal
- U.S. trade official says China failed to meet 'Phase 1' commitmentsReuters
Industries & companies
Corporate finance
Technology
Virus
- U.S. Covid fatalities reach highest level in a year as omicron cases subsideCNBC
- U.S. Covid-19 Hospitalizations Extend Their Fall While Deaths Keep RisingWall Street Journal
- Ivermectin shows ‘antiviral effect’ against COVID, Japanese company saysReuters
- Covid and the ‘Hygiene Hypothesis’Wall Street Journal