What I Am Reading
Thursday, April 16, 2026
Central banks
- Fed Chair Pick Kevin Warsh Is Caught in an Unprecedented StandoffWall Street Journal
Geopolitics
- Hegseth: Military Operations to Resume if Iran Doesn’t ‘Choose Wisely’Wall Street Journal
- Iran proposal allows ships to exit Oman side of Hormuz free of attackReuters
- Iran’s Shadow Fleet Meets Its Match in U.S. BlockadeWall Street Journal
- Iran war damaged as much as $58 billion of energy infrastructure: RystadCNBC
- Trump Turns Against Italy’s Giorgia Meloni, Broadening Clash With EuropeWall Street Journal
US
- The Cost of War: How Economists Predict the Economy Will FareWall Street Journal
- Has the Era of the Mega-Layoff Arrived?Wall Street Journal
- Student Debt Borrowers Face Costly Private Loans for Grad SchoolBloomberg
Europe
China
Emerging markets
Industries & companies
- Airlines:Spirit’s Bankruptcy Exit In Flux as Jet Fuel Prices SurgeWall Street Journal
- Banks:U.S. banks may soon collect citizenship data from customersCNBC
- Defense:Pentagon Approaches Automakers, Manufacturers to Boost WeaponsWall Street Journal
- Defense:A Private Equity Billionaire Mounts His Biggest Takeover Yet: the PentagonWall Street Journal