Feb 12 (Monday)

Markets
‘Bond vigilantes’ are saddled up and ready to push rates higher, says economist who coined the term (C)
After Correction Pain, More Market Gain? (BR)
Seat Belts Fastened: Volatility Ahead (BR)
Bonds Behaving Well: A Tale of Two Markets (BR)

US
America’s extraordinary economic gamble (E)

Europe
Britain has exported its political mess to Germany (FT)

China
Why China Isn’t Worried About a Slowdown in this Lending Market (W)
There’s a Global Race to Control Batteries—and China Is Winning (W)

US politics
Sizing Up the Trumponomics Gamble on Deficit Spending and Inflation (W)
New Tax Law Haunts Companies That Did ‘Inversion’ Deals (W)

Geopolitics & cybersecurity
Inside North Korea’s Hacker Army (B)

Industries & companies
FAANGs: What It Would Take for Amazon to Become UPS or FedEx (W)
FAANGs: Amazon Is Turning These Four Cities Into Grocery Battlegrounds (B)
Financials: Looser Regulation Means Bigger Bank Payouts (BR)

Technology & cryptocurrency
Home-made drones now threaten conventional armed forces (E)
Bitcoin and its rivals offer no shelter from the storm (E)

Offbeat
Experimental Drug Promises to Kill the Flu Virus in a Day (W)