What I Am Reading
Monday, June 19, 2023
Markets
Global
Central banks
US
- Boomers Got Hooked on Stocks. Now They Can’t Let Go.Wall Street Journal
- The South is fast becoming America’s industrial heartlandEconomist
China I
- Consumption soft even amid deep discounts during major China shopping festival, analysts sayCNBC
- Goldman joins Wall Street banks in cutting China's growth outlookCNBC
- Exclusive: Japan regulator sounded out top domestic banks about China risks, sources sayReuters
- Analysis: China bankers told to shun flashy clothes, 5-star hotels in austerity driveReuters
China II
- Xi Jinping reaches into China’s ancient history for a new claim to ruleEconomist
- Their parents made China the world's factory. Can the kids save the family business?Reuters
- China’s tolerance for public oversight is limitedEconomist
- Column: China stored massive volume of crude oil in May, giving it optionsReuters
- These Businesses Are Getting Hit Hard by China’s Faltering Economic RecoveryWall Street Journal
- The crackdown on foreign firms will deter global business—and undermine China’s own interestsEconomist
Geopolitics & trade
Industries & companies
Corporate finance
- SVB Securities to Be Acquired in Management BuyoutWall Street Journal
Technology
- Supply chains: How AI could ‘remove all human touchpoints’CNBC
- AI voice clones are coming for the Amazon, Apple, Google audiobookCNBC
- How ChatGPT could help teachers and lower the cost of collegeEconomist
- France makes push to be Europe's A.I. hub setting up U.S. challengeCNBC
- How Britain can become an AI superpowerEconomist