August 16 (Friday)

Markets
U.S. Stocks Stabilize on Strong Retail-Sales Data (W)
U.S. 30-year yields drop to fresh record low below 2% (R)
10-year Treasury yield falls to three-year low below 1.5%, 30-year rate declines to record low (C)
What the Yield Curve Says About When the Next Recession Could Happen (B)

Central banks
Powell Expected to Seek Another Cut Despite Strong Spending (B)
Fed’s Bullard Doesn’t See Need to Rush Into Emergency Rate Cut (B)
As Recession Concerns Mount, Dozens of Central Banks Are Cutting Rates (N)
ECB Primes Big Bazooka for September (W)

US
Earnings Outlook for S&P 500 Companies Looks Bleak (W)
Growth forecasts are rising and economy looks nowhere near as bad as bond market predicts (C)
U.S. Shoppers Splurge in Face of Global Headwinds (W)

Japan
Japan surpasses China as largest foreign holder of US Treasurys (C)

Europe
German banks are in a much worse position than the rest of Europe, Citi analyst says (C)

US politics
Navarro’s Tiff With the Wall Street Journal Boils Over (B)
Trump, Navarro are the only officials in the White House blaming the Fed for volatility, sources say (C)
Trump Eyes a New Real-Estate Purchase: Greenland (W)

Geopolitics & trade
China to counter latest U.S. tariffs as Trump vows deal on U.S. terms (R)
China Preps Tariff Response as Trump Sees a Xi Call ‘Very Soon’ (B)
China’s Paramilitary Police Flex Muscles Opposite Hong Kong (W)
China warns it could quell Hong Kong protesters; Trump urges Xi to meet them (R)
Trump Urges Xi to Meet With Hong Kong Protesters (W)
U.S. Arranges Secret Talks Between Israel, U.A.E. Over Iran (W)
Israel bars U.S. Democratic lawmakers Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib under pressure from Trump (R)

Industries & companies
Financials: Federal Prosecutors Accuse Capital One Hacker of Hitting Dozens More Targets (W)
Industrials: GE Is New Target of Madoff Whistleblower (W)
Industrials: GE falls the most in 11 years after Madoff whistleblower calls it a ‘bigger fraud than Enron’ (C)
Industrials: GE CEO Larry Culp bought nearly $2 million worth of the company’s stock after fraud accusation (C)
Retail: Walmart Continues Run of Sales Growth, Raises Forecasts (W)
Retail: Walmart Set to Outpace Amazon for 2019 (W)
Tech: Nvidia jumps on earnings beat (C)

Cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin slumps to two-week low on technical trading, market jitters (R)

Offbeat
Epstein Autopsy Deepens Mystery Over His Death, Post Reports (B)