July 18 (Thursday)

Markets
Stocks Lower as Earnings Season Starts With Growth Concerns (W)
Negative-Yield ‘Quicksand’ Risks Trapping Even the U.S. Bond Market (B)

Central banks
In Donald Trump vs. Jay Powell, New Battle Lines Are Being Drawn (B)
Fed’s Beige Book Reports Modest Growth, Trade Worries (W)
Fed’s George Suggests She’s Not Ready to Cut Rates (W)

US
U.S. housing market stuck in a rut even as mortgage rates fall (R)
Home Builders Get a Reality Check (W)
Foreign purchases of American homes plunge 36% as Chinese buyers flee the market (C)

China
China’s State-Driven Growth Model Is Running Out of Gas (W)

Japan
Japan’s Answer to Its Pension Problems: Invest Like the U.S. (W)
Japan manufacturers’ mood hits three-year low: Reuters Tankan (R)

US politics
Trump Rests His 2020 Hopes on Some Old Tactics (W)
House Passes Motion Blocking Bid to Impeach Trump (W)
Trump Expressed Concerns About Pentagon Cloud-Computing Contract (B)

Geopolitics & trade
U.S.-China Talks Stuck in Rut Over Huawei (W)
U.S. ‘Shot Itself in the Foot’ by Quitting Iran Deal, Zarif Says (B)
Japanese official says negotiators working hard on U.S.-Japan trade deal (R)

Industries & companies
FAANGs: Netflix just missed hard on the only number that matters — international subscriber growth (C)
FAANGs: Amazon Faces Probe in Europe Over Use of Merchant Data (W)
FAANGs: Facebook’s Cryptocurrency Faces Second Day of Critical Hearings (N)
Financials: Consumers Lift Profit at Bank of America (W)
Tech: IBM Revenue Lags as Cloud Pivot Remains a Challenge (W)

Technology
Elon Musk’s Neuralink Shows Off Advances to Brain-Computer Interface (W)
Despite High Hopes, Self-Driving Cars Are ‘Way in the Future’ (N)

Corporate finance
China’s Didi Seeks Up to $2 Billion as Ride-Hailing Firms Want Investors to Fund Growth (W)

Offbeat
Read this before using FaceApp — you give up more personal data than you realize on this Russian-made app (MW)