Thursday’s links

  1. Chinese economic data fuels gloom over recovery – FT
  2. Jay Powell’s conversion – FT Unhedged
  3. Kenya Is Poised to Become the ‘Singapore of Africa’ – Tyler Cowen in Bloomberg
  4. ECB increases interest rates to highest level since 2001 – FT
  5. Analyst Dick Bove Returns to Negative View on Bank Stocks – Bloomberg
  6. China Plans New Spending Drive & Stimulus to Revive Economy – WSJ
  7. Russia’s Big Economic Problem: Not Enough Workers – WSJ
  8. The Fed Dilemma: Whether to Follow Its Actions or Its Words – Barron’s