January 2 (Thursday)
Markets
The Bull Market Is Charging Into 2020 W
The Strongest Major Currency This Year Seen Stalling Out in 2020 B
U.S. dollar share of global currency reserves highest for a year in third quarter: IMF data R
Central banks
China’s Monetary Policy Eases Into the New Year W
PBOC Stresses Policy Flexibility as Economic Pressures Persist B
Fed sees small take-up of repo, rates fall for year-end R
US
Jobs and Inflation: The Great Trade-Off, Demystified W
Small business pay checks are growing at a fast pace as job gains slow C
China
Inside China’s Push to Turn Muslim Minorities Into an Army of Workers N
US politics
Giuliani says he’d testify at Trump’s Senate trial C
Pete Buttigieg raised a huge $24.7 million haul in the fourth quarter, campaign says C
Geopolitics & trade
Trump Says He Will Sign Phase-One Trade Deal With China on Jan. 15 W
Tariffs on Chinese Goods Are Skirted by Some U.S. Shoppers W
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warns of ‘shocking’ action, new strategic weapon C
Industries & companies
Aerospace: Exclusive: Airbus beats goal with 863 jet deliveries in 2019, ousts Boeing from top spot R
Energy: Energy Producers’ New Year’s Resolution: Pay the Tab for the Shale Drilling Bonanza W
Pharma: More drugmakers hike U.S. prices as new year begins R
Offbeat
Ghosn’s Escape From Japan Followed Months of Planning W
Google AI Beats Doctors at Breast Cancer Detection—Sometimes W
A Restaurant With No Leftovers N
