September 30 (Thursday)

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Daily Markets Overview
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Markets
Stock Market Pares Gains After Tuesday Rout | W
Is Stock Market Rigged? Insider Trading by Executives Is Pervasive, Critics Say | B
Whatever Happens to Evergrande, Nobody Wants to Short the Yuan | B
Analysis: Debt ceiling worries start to rattle Wall Street | R

Central banks
Fed Chair Powell calls inflation ‘frustrating’ and sees it running into next year | C
Powell Says Supply-Chain Bottlenecks Could Lead to Somewhat Longer Interval of High Inflation | W
Global supply disruptions could still get worse, central bankers warn | R

US
U.S. Economy Is Expected to Pick Up Speed After Delta-Driven Downturn | W
Rents in US Are Accelerating at ‘Shocking’ Rates of More Than 10% | B
Infrastructure Bill in Peril as Democrats Strain to Unite Party | W
Debt ceiling: House passes bill to avoid U.S. default | C
Comptroller of the Economy | W

China
China Evergrande to Sell Bank Stake to State-Owned Firm for $1.5 Billion | W
China Tells Bankers to Shore Up Property Market, Help Homebuyers | B
China September factory activity unexpectedly contracts -official PMI | R

Geopolitics & trade
North Korea Sees U.S. as Ongoing Threat, Kim Jong Un Says in Speech | W
Mayor of Kabul warns, ‘We have millions of people who are at the verge of famine and hunger’ | C
 
Industries & companies
Airlines: United Airlines Is Firing Workers Over Vaccine Noncompliance | N
Communication services: Google wants search results to be ‘endless stream of visual ideas’ | C
Tech: U.S., Europe Team Up to Address Chip Shortage, Tech Issues | W

Virus
Americans Are Getting Covid-19 Boosters—No Questions Asked | W
Covid-19 Cases Improving in 47 of 50 States | B

Technology
How an 11-Foot-Tall 3-D Printer Is Helping to Create a Community | N

Beyond markets
America needs a ‘Million Talents Program’ now | TheHill