What I Am Reading
Tuesday, February 7, 2023
Markets
Central banks
- Fed’s Jerome Powell Says Hiring Surge Shows Why Inflation Fight Could Be DifficultWall Street Journal
- Fed's Powell says job strength shows inflation fight may last 'quite a bit of time'Reuters
- Fed Chair Powell says inflation is starting to ease, but interest rates still likely to riseCNBC
- Fed's Neel Kashkari says central bank has not made enough progress, keeping his rate outlookCNBC
US I
- It's time to chill with all the recession talkCNN
- Home-Buying Companies Stuck With Hundreds of Houses as Demand SlowsWall Street Journal
- January used vehicle prices pop, according to Cox's Manheim indexCNBC
- U.S. Business Owners Pay Premium to Hire Migrant Workers in Extremely Tight Labor MarketWall Street Journal
- Households Burn Through What’s Left of Their Pandemic SavingsWall Street Journal
US II
- Biden's utter 'no negotiations' debt limit hypocrisyNY Post
- Biden to Tout Economic Gains in State of the UnionWall Street Journal
- The Continued Wrecking of New York CityBrownstone Institute
- Will Home Prices Fall? NYC Suburbs Show Real Estate Demand Is HighBloomberg
Japan
- Japan Ends Multibillion-Dollar Bid to Enter Passenger-Jet MarketWall Street Journal
Geopolitics & trade
Industries & companies
- Energy:BP Slows Transition to Renewable Energy as Oil Bonanza ContinuesWall Street Journal
- Tech:Zoom layoffs: Company to cut 1,300 employeesCNBC
Technology
- Commerce Officials to Detail Chips Act Application Process This MonthWall Street Journal