Thursday’s links

  1. EU Blocks More Than €200 Billion in Russian Central Bank Assets – Bloomberg
  2. China keeps Putin waiting on Siberian gas pipeline – FT
  3. US Credit Rating at Risk of Fitch Cut on Debt-Limit Impasse – Bloomberg
  4. Federal officials were ‘less certain’ about need for more interest rate rises – FT
  5. Inside Wall Street’s Playbook to Prevent Debt-Ceiling Chaos – WSJ
  6. Boston Fed chief: interest-rate ‘pause’ may be close at hand – MarketWatch
  7. Why Even a Debt Ceiling Deal Could Be Bad News for the Stock Market – Barron’s
  8. The Yuxi Circle and the Drums of War – Pacemaker Global *

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