What I Am Reading
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
Markets
- Markets Bet on Sharpest Fed Tightening in Almost Three DecadesBloomberg
- Bonds: 10-year Treasury yield rises above 2.6% after Brainard speechCNBC
- Global Bonds Slump to a Discount for First Time Since 2008Bloomberg
- Europe Market News: Stoxx 600 Drops as Investors Fret Over Fed’s TighteningBloomberg
- Euro slips to month-low as West prepares new Russia sanctionsReuters
Central banks
- Key people from the Fed just spooked the markets — here's what they saidCNBC
- Fed’s Brainard Says Reducing Elevated Inflation ‘Is of Paramount Importance’Wall Street Journal
- Fed's Brainard sees balance sheet reduction soon and 'at a rapid pace'CNBC
- Fed Minutes to Reveal Long-Awaited Details on Balance-Sheet PlanBloomberg
- BOJ will be 'alarmed' if yen crosses 130 per dollar, says ex-vice ministerCNBC
- ECB Needs Governments to Tackle Inflation Too, Panetta SaysBloomberg
US
- The US Economy Is Booming. Why Are Economists Worrying About a Recession?New York Times
- Yellen to Warn War Threatens ‘Enormous Economic Repercussions’Bloomberg
- Add Declining Immigration to Problems Weighing on the Labor MarketWall Street Journal
- U.S. Trade Deficit Narrowed Slightly in FebruaryWall Street Journal
- New Fed study shows Biden owns our economic disasterNY Post
Europe
China
- China’s Services Sector Posts Steepest Decline Since Pandemic’s StartWall Street Journal
Geopolitics & trade
- Russian forces pound key cities as West prepares new sanctionsReuters
- Kyiv Residents Remain On Edge Despite Russian RetreatWall Street Journal
- Russia Sanctions: EU, US to Announce Penalties, Ban on New InvestmentsBloomberg
- German coal importers say can handle Russian ban at a priceReuters
- Ukraine’s Zelensky Calls for Removing Russia From U.N. Security Council After Alleged War CrimesWall Street Journal
- Survey: Nearly 70% of Americans worry about a nuclear attack. Here's what could happenCNBC
Industries & companies
Technology
Corporate finance
Climate
Virus
- CDC director says high immunity in U.S. population provides some protection against omicron BA.2CNBC
- China’s Daily Covid Cases Top 20,000 as Isolation ExpandsBloomberg
- Shanghai eases child separation under COVID policy but extends lockdownReuters
- 'So many bodies piled up': Hong Kong funeral services overwhelmed by COVIDReuters