October 17 (Thursday)

Markets
Stock Market Refuses to Cooperate With Trump’s ‘Up Big’ Call (B)

Central banks
Charles Evans Says Fed May Want to Cut Interest Rates Again (B)
Fed’s Brainard Views Cost-Benefit of Negative Rates Unattractive (B)
The Fed Is Buying Treasurys Again. Just Don’t Call It Quantitative Easing. (W)
Record-Low 0.0000000091% Yield on Japan Bond Shows BOJ Effect (B)
Germany’s Central-Bank Chief Warns of U.S.-Europe Trade-War Dangers (W)

US
U.S. Economy Flashes Vivid Contradictions With Housing, Retail (B)

Europe
European Officials Strike Upbeat Tone on Brexit Deal (W)

Geopolitics & trade
‘Don’t be a fool!’ Trump letter warned Turkey’s Erdogan against Syria offensive (C)
Democrats say they left White House meeting on Syria after Trump ‘meltdown’ (C)

Industries & companies
Autos: GM, UAW agree on tentative labor contract that could end a monthlong strike by 48,000 workers (C)
FAANGs: Netflix soars after beating on earnings, despite miss on subscribers (C)
FAANGs: Inside Facebook’s Botched Attempt to Start a New Cryptocurrency (W)
Financials: Bank of America Profit Falls on Charge (W)
Materials: Alcoa Plans Up to $1 Billion in Assets Sales as Demand Sags (B)
Pharma: J&J Offers $4 Billion Opioid Litigation Settlement (W)
Retail: U.S. Retail Sales Unexpectedly Drop in Signal of Shaky Consumer (B)
Retail: Retail Stocks Shrug Off Weak Data (W)
Tech: IBM Earnings Fall in Prolonged Sales Slump (W)
Transports: CEO of the largest US trucking company predicts ‘difficult’ quarter for transport industry (C)

Corporate finance
T-Mobile Purchase of Sprint Clears FCC Vote, Heads to Court (B)