Feb 24 (Wednesday)
YRI
Daily Markets Overview
Today’s Morning Briefing
Markets
S&P 500, Dow close higher in late session turnaround | R
Key Short-Term Bond Spread Hits Lowest Level in Nearly a Year | W
What the Bond Market Is Telling Us About the Biden Economy | N
Tech Stocks Bounce Back as Rate Fears Ease | W
Central banks
Jerome Powell Sees Easy-Money Policies Staying in Place | W
Powell: Inflation still ‘soft’ and Fed is committed to current policy | C
Powell Signals Fed to Keep Buying Bonds Even as Outlook Improves | B
Powell’s Econ 101: Jobs not inflation. And forget about the money supply | R
Is Fed Chair Powell ‘cool’ with more fiscal aid? Suddenly he won’t say | R
Commentary: The Fed has a simple tool it can deploy to curb market speculation | C
US
As Women Drop Out of Labor Market, Moms Call for More Aid | B
US politics
The $1.9 trillion Biden stimulus plan is moving forward — here are the biggest parts of it | MW
Opinion: Stiglitz: Failing to pass Biden’s relief package would be irresponsible and reckless | NN
Biden Nominee Tanden Hits Rough Patch as Becerra, Haaland Face GOP Questions | W
Senate approves Biden nominees for UN ambassador, Ag secretary | C
White House to Meet With Lawmakers About Chip Shortage | W
Romney Says Trump Would Win 2024 GOP Nomination If He Runs | B
China
How Xi Jinping Is Reshaping China and What It Means for the West | W
Geopolitics & trade
U.S. Treasury No. 2 nominee Adeyemo urges get-tough attitude on China | R
Iran Limits Access to Nuclear Sites but Open to Talks With U.S. | W
Industries & companies
Financials: HSBC Sharpens Focus on Asia, Retreats From U.S. | W
Retail: Home Depot, Macy’s Expect Pandemic Trends to Continue, for Now | W
Tech: Ad tech company PubMatic stock pops 10% in first earnings report | C
Virus
China’s Reckless Labs Put the World at Risk | W
Novavax Nears Covid-19 Vaccine Game Changer—After Years of Failure | W
Future Vaccines Depend on Test Subjects in Short Supply: Monkeys | N
Corporate finance
AT&T nears deal with TPG to sell large minority stake in DirecTV, U-verse | C
Offbeat
Dominion lawsuit against MyPillow’s Lindell definitely not the last, CEO says | C
