Sunday, April 17, 2016

Monday's News Links

[Bloomberg] Crude's Losses Drag Ruble, Loonie Lower; Stocks Pare Their Drop

[Bloomberg] U.S. Stocks Advance as Investors Look Past Declines in Crude Oil

[Reuters] China March home prices rise at fastest rate in two years, top cities boom

[Bloomberg] China State Enterprises Likely to Suffer More Defaults, S&P Says

[Reuters] Congressional vote moves Brazil's Rousseff closer to impeachment

[CNNMoney] Brexit scenarios: The good, the bad and the ugly

[NYT] Discord Grows Among the Parties Over Greek Debt Talks

[Bloomberg] Credit Suisse: Germany Is Asking for a Different Kind of Bailout

[FT] Corporate borrowers default on $50bn debt so far this year

[FT] Draghi’s flying circus to stay grounded

[Financial Times] China’s house prices surge as efforts to cool market fall flat

[NYT] Chinese Housing Market Shakes Off a Slump

[Reuters] China steps up war of words with Taiwan over fraud suspects

Sunday Evening Links

[Reuters] Brazil's lower house backs Rousseff impeachment

[Bloomberg] Crude Slumps as Oil Talks Fail; S&P 500 Futures Drop With Aussie

[Bloomberg] Doha Failure Sees Loonie, Aussie Slide; Yen Near 1 1/2-Year High

[Bloomberg] China's Stocks Fall Most in Three Weeks as Oil Producers Slump

[Bloomberg] Oil-Freeze Talks End in Failure Amid Saudi Demands Over Iran

[Bloomberg] Oil's Grand Bargain Falls Victim to Saudi Arabia's Iran Fixation

[Bloomberg] Rousseff Hangs by a Thread After Brazil Vote as Allies Cry Coup

[Reuters] Brazil impeachment backers take strong lead in Congress vote

[Bloomberg] Historic Brazil Impeachment Vote Under Way as Tempers Run High

[Bloomberg] China's Home-Price Gains Spread as Easing Measures Spur Demand

[Bloomberg] Getting the Yuan Right Means Ignoring What Chinese Leaders Say

[NYT] An Old Alliance Faces New Pressures as Obama Heads to Saudi Arabia

Sunday's News Links

[Bloomberg] Doha Oil Talks Start After Delay to Address Saudi Stance on Iran

[Bloomberg] Doha Oil-Freeze Talks Delayed to Address Saudi-Iran Differences

[Reuters] Oil freeze deal faces trouble as Saudi-Iran tensions spike

[Bloomberg] Saudi Arabia Leads Gulf Stock Drop as Traders Wait on Oil Meet

[Bloomberg] Brazil Impeachment Drive Down to Wire as Rousseff Hits Back

[MarketWatch] Could the San Francisco real estate market finally be slowing down?

[Reuters] China to implement appropriate monetary policy, more forceful fiscal policies

[Bloomberg] Merkel Feels Heat From Backing Prosecution of Erdogan Satirist

[Reuters] China launches upgraded drills for South China Sea fleets