What I Am Reading
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
Markets
Central banks
US I
- Who Is E.J. Antoni? Trump’s Nominee to Lead the Bureau of Labor StatisticsWall Street Journal
- With new labor statistics nominee, Trump heads in a radical and hazardous directionMSNBC
- Opinion: If the inflation data go Trump’s way, will you trust it?MarketWatch
- Just How Bad Is The BLS At Its Job? Our Findings Will Shock YouI&I
- Trump Calls on Goldman to Replace Economist Over Tariff StanceWall Street Journal
US II
Europe
- Europe’s Free-Trade FumbleWall Street Journal
Geopolitics & trade
- Zelenskiy, Europe pitch to Trump ahead of Alaska summit with PutinReuters
- Trump’s Tariffs Stymie India’s Bid to Steal Manufacturing From ChinaWall Street Journal
- US embeds trackers in AI chip shipments to catch diversions to China, sources sayReuters
- Why China Loves and Fears Nvidia’s H20 ChipWall Street Journal
Corporate finance
Artificial Intelligence
- OpenAI’s Rocky GPT-5 Rollout Shows Struggle to Remain Undisputed AI LeaderWall Street Journal
Beyond markets
- The Recipe Behind the Trump Family’s Crypto Riches: PancakeSwapWall Street Journal
- Inside Silicon Valley’s Growing Obsession With Having Smarter BabiesWall Street Journal