What I Am Reading
Friday, April 24, 2026
Credit
- The Arbitrage Trade That’s Making Private-Credit Withdrawals WorseWall Street Journal
Europe
- Fear of Shortages Boosts Global Factories, but Eurozone Activity DeclinesWall Street Journal
- German Business Sentiment Collapses to Lowest Since 2020 as War Hits OutlookWall Street Journal
US
- Americans blame Trump for gas price surge in midterm election year, Reuters/Ipsos poll findsReuters
- Trump: Americans should expect higher gas prices for 'a little while'CNBC
- Most US companies seen sticking with quarterly reportingReuters
- In a Slow Market, Some Houses Are Still Selling FastWall Street Journal
- Boom Belt states are winning the great American wealth migration battleFOX
Jobs
AI
- OpenAI announces GPT-5.5, its latest artificial intelligence modelCNBC
- China’s DeepSeek Launches Long-Awaited AI ModelWall Street Journal
- Meta will use hundreds of thousands of AWS Graviton chipsCNBC
- Meta Signs Multibillion-Dollar Deal With Amazon to Use Its CPU Chips for AIWall Street Journal
- Oracle’s Deluge of AI Debt Pushes Wall Street to the LimitWall Street Journal
- AI Startups From Canada, Germany Join Forces in Challenge to Silicon ValleyWall Street Journal
- AI data center risk for Pennsylvania GOP incumbentsCNBC
Geopolitics & trade
- Pentagon email floats suspending Spain from NATO, other steps over Iran rift, Reuters reportsCNBC
- An Iranian Ship Tried to Slip Past the Blockade. A U.S. Destroyer Chased It Down.Wall Street Journal
- Iran's foreign minister to head to Islamabad, venue of US talksReuters
- Trump warns of ‘big tariff’ if UK doesn’t drop digital services taxCNBC
- The Macroeconomic Effects of Tariffs: Insights from 180 Years of U.S. Trade PolicyNBER
Industries & companies
Corporate finance
Germany S&P Global Manufacturing PMI Flash (April)
- Source:https://www.pmi.spglobal.com
UK S&P Global Manufacturing PMI Flash (April)
- Source:https://www.pmi.spglobal.com
UK S&P Global Services PMI Flash (April)
- Source:https://www.pmi.spglobal.com
Japan Inflation Rate YoY (March)
- Source:https://www.stat.go.jp