What I Am Reading
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Markets
- S&P 500 Rises to Highest Level Since January 2022Wall Street Journal
- Stock Buybacks Are Getting AggressiveWall Street Journal
- Stock Investors Unprepared for Shocks, Wells Fargo’s Chris Harvey WarnsBloomberg
- U.S. crude oil falls 4% as traders worry inflation affects demandCNBC
- Inflation Expectations Cool as Oil Tumbles Ahead of Fed DecisionBloomberg
- China Turns the Tables on Wall StreetWall Street Journal
Central banks
- Here's everything the Fed is expected to do WednesdayCNBC
- Fed to start cutting rates midyear in 2024 with high chance of soft landing, CNBC Fed survey finds
- Traders Trim Bets on 2024 Fed-Rate Cuts After Inflation ReportBloomberg
- Why Fed rate hikes take so long to affect the economyCNBC
- The Fed Doesn’t Need to Cut. Financial Conditions Are Already Loosening.Manhattan Institute
- Fed Inflation Fight Enters Last Leg Without ‘Pain’ It FearedBloomberg
US
- Yellen Says U.S. Economy on Path to Soft LandingWall Street Journal
- Inflation Edges Lower, but Still Too High for the FedWall Street Journal
- Stubbornly high rental costs lift US consumer inflation in NovemberReuters
- CPI inflation report November 2023CNBC
- Here's the inflation breakdown for November 2023 — in one chartCNBC
- Yes, Trump can win the 2024 election. Here are four reasons whyReuters
Europe
Geopolitics & trade
- U.S. Companies Are Finding It Hard to Avoid ChinaWall Street Journal
- United Nations demands humanitarian ceasefire in GazaReuters
Industries & companies
- Autos:Tesla to Recall More Than Two Million Vehicles Over Autopilot Safety ConcernsWall Street Journal
- Media:Netflix Releases Full Viewership Data for First TimeWall Street Journal
- Pharma:Pfizer gets OK for $43-billion Seagen deal after donating cancer drug rightsReuters
- Pharma:Pfizer Warns 2024 Revenue Could Fall, Weighed Down by Soft Demand for Covid ProductsWall Street Journal
- Retail:The retail theft problem has been greatly exaggeratedCreditnews