What I Am Reading
Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Markets
Credit
Commodities
- Trump orders blockade of sanctioned oil tankers in and out of VenezuelaWall Street Journal
- Oil jumps ~2% as Trump's Venezuela tanker blockade stokes uncertaintyReuters
- Oil prices climb as blockade raises supply risksWall Street Journal
- Venezuela oil impact likely muted given long output slumpBloomberg
- Iron ore gains again, shrugging off bearish China dataBloomberg
Central Banks
US Economy & Politics
Japan
China
Global Economy & Trade
AI & Corporate Finance
US Nonfarm Payrolls (Nov 2025)
- Source:BLS The Employment Situation
US Unemployment Rate (Nov 2025)
- Source:BLS The Employment Situation
US Retail Sales, Advance Estimate (Oct 2025)
Germany ZEW Economic Sentiment Index (Dec 2025)
Germany HCOB Manufacturing Output PMI, Flash (Dec 2025)
- a nine-month sequence of growth. Source:S&P Global / HCOB Flash Germany PMI.
- -month high. Source:S&P Global – Flash UK PMI.
UK S&P Global/CIPS Services PMI, Flash (Dec 2025)
- -month high. Source:S&P Global – Flash UK PMI
UK Unemployment Rate (Oct 2025)
- period and above a year earlier. Source:Office for National Statistics.