What I Am Reading
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Markets
- Stocks Surge as Oil Prices Slide Below $100Wall Street Journal
- Bond Markets Forecast Long Financial Freeze for RussiaWall Street Journal
- China Covid-19 Lockdowns Rattle Oil Markets, Add to UncertaintyWall Street Journal
- Nickel Traders Are Bracing for Wild Ride as Market ReopensBloomberg
Central banks
- Fed Wrestles With the Challenge of How Quickly to Raise Interest RatesWall Street Journal
- Sarah Bloom Raskin Withdraws as Biden’s Pick for Top Fed Banking RegulatorWall Street Journal
Global
US
Ukraine-Russia
- Russia Bombards Kyiv as European Leaders Arrive in Ukraine’s CapitalWall Street Journal
- Ukraine Invasion: Russia's Military Is Adapting After Early FailuresBloomberg
- Russia sanctions threaten to backfire on the buck (asiatimes.com)
- What If Russia Defaults On Its Debt? Ukraine War Sanctions Risk $150 BillionBloomberg
- How Long Can Russia Withstand the Sanctions? | CFA Institute Enterprising Investor
- Russia Softens Iran Demands, Re-Opening Way for Nuclear DealWall Street Journal
- Putin’s Worsening ProblemsNew Lines Magazine
- Inside Chernobyl, 200 Exhausted Staff Toil Round the Clock at Russian GunpointWall Street Journal
Corporate finance
- Intel Plans $36 Billion in European Chip Plant InvestmentsWall Street Journal