What I Am Reading
Tuesday, April 12, 2022
Markets
- U.S. Stocks Drop as Bond Yields ClimbWall Street Journal
- Investors Turn Cautious on Consumer DebtWall Street Journal
- China nudges listed firms, investors to buy stocks to stabilize marketReuters
Central banks
- Fed’s Evans Says Good Possibility of 50 Basis Point Rate Rise in MayWall Street Journal
Global
US
- March consumer inflation expected to be the hottest since 1981CNBC
- Everything Costs More, and That’s Disrupting Retirement for ManyWall Street Journal
- New York Fed: Public Expectations for March 2023 Inflation Hit 6.6% RecordWall Street Journal
- Home Builders Bypassing Individual Home Buyers for Deep-Pocketed InvestorsWall Street Journal
- With student-loan freeze, Biden subsidizes rich leftiesNY Post
Japan
China
Geopolitics & trade
- Pentagon monitoring reports of possible Russian chemical weapons attack in MariupolCNBC
- Ukraine braces for new Russian offensive as Moscow dismisses rape allegationsReuters
- Ukraine’s Zelensky Calls for More Military Aid Ahead of Battles in Eastern RegionsWall Street Journal
- China Is Accelerating Its Nuclear Buildup Over Rising Fears of U.S. ConflictWall Street Journal