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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1. Interest rates will be higher for longer to control prices – Financial Review
2. The new gold boom: how long can it last? – FT
3. Debt-Ceiling Fight Comes Down to Spending: Freeze or Cut? – WSJ
4. Yellen: Treasury Pushing for Debt-Limit Deal, Not Prepping for Default – Bloomberg
5. Why Inflation Erupted: Two Top Economists Have the Answer – Greg Ip in WSJ
6. The Luxury Party in the US Is Over – Bloomberg Opinion
7. Biden Has No Good Options in Debt-Ceiling Fight – WSJ
8. IMF chief sees U.S. dollar remaining global reserve currency – MarketWatch

1. Big investors rush into bonds after ‘cataclysmic’ year – FT
2. Rising shadow bank risks expose ‘insufficient’ EU rules, warns ECB – FT
3. T-Bills Show Wariness About Default Even as Debt Ceiling Talks Progress – Bloomberg
4. Inflation Has Peaked—Get Ready for Deflation – WSJ Opinion

1. The Debt-Ceiling Debate Is a Farce, But Fiscal Policy Is a Fiasco – Bloomberg
2. This is the hour of the global south – FT Opinion
3. BlackRock’s Wei Li Says the ‘Goldilocks’ Era is Over for Markets – Bloomberg
4. Rebound in Treasury Yields Fueled by Resilient Growth, Inflation – WSJ
5. PRC-Taiwan tensions could grip 2024 election; Musk, Buffett, & Dalio sound alarms – CNBC
6. Powell Says Inflation Remains Too High – NYT

1. Why investors are going gaga for gold – FT Opinion
2. Wall Street Fears $1 Trillion Aftershock From Debt Deal – Bloomberg
3. Why are central bank forecasts so wrong? – FT
4. The True Cost of an Extended US Debt-Ceiling Standoff – Bloomberg BusinessWeek
5. Yellen is ‘bluffing’ about government running out of money by early June – Market Insider
6. Fed officials insist they plan to keep policy “higher for longer” – MarketWatch
7. Fed’s Bullard suggests higher rates as ‘insurance’ against inflation – FT

1. Collapsing US rig count signals slowdown in oil & gas drilling – FT
2. JPMorgan Says Markets Are Right to Bet on US Rate Cuts – Bloomberg
3. What to expect as US nears ‘unthinkable’ debt default – FT
4. Recession Calls Keep Getting Pushed Back – Bloomberg
5. SVB’s Greg Becker Tells His Story – WSJ Opinion
6. How Biden Blew It on the Debt Ceiling – Krugman via NYT Opinion
7. Gold falls further below $2,000/oz – MarketWatch

1. Russian oil exports hit post-invasion high – FT
2. US Households Show Signs of Stress as New Delinquencies Rise – Bloomberg
3. Japan stock index hits 33-year high as investors warm to Tokyo story – FT
4. Fed Officials See Rates Remaining High This Year – Barron’s
5. Funds take record short positions across U.S. Treasuries curve – Reuters
6. China wants to make the yuan the global currency – Washington Post
7. USA is hurt by its debt ceiling theatre of the absurd – FT Opinion
8. BNP: U.S. debt-ceiling suspension may present an upside risk for USD – MarketWatch
9. Yellen warns of broken markets, other dangers, ramping up debt ceiling pressure – CNBC

1. How to end the US debt ceiling stand-off – FT Opinion
2. Fed’s Bostic Says He Doesn’t See Rate Cuts Until 2024 – Bloomberg
3. A ban on short selling is a bad idea – FT Opinion
4. Debt Ceiling Dispute Raises the Risks for ‘Risk-Free’ U.S. Bonds – NYT
5. China’s diplomatic push on Ukraine – Economist
6. Fed faces a long battle to trim inflation to its 2% target – FT
7. US Consumer debt passes $17 trillion for the first time – CNBC
8. What’s Ahead for the Banks as the Dust Settles After Failures – Barron’s
9. Jim Grant: ‘The Fed is problem No. 1 in American finance right now’ – MarketWatch
10. The Fed and its Lowest Comfortable Level of Reserves (“LCLoR”) – Fed Guy *

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1. Senior Fed official signals doubts over pause in US rate rises – FT
2. The Fed’s job gets harder – FT Unhedged
3. Yellen Says ‘We Have to Default’ on Something If Congress Fails – Bloomberg
4. Markets Are Not Sweating the Debt Ceiling – Bloomberg Opinion
5. Regional Bank Volatility Persists – Barron’s
6. The 14th Amendment and the Debt Ceiling Stand-Off – Barron’s
7. Is Chinese power about to peak? – Economist

1. Inflation inflection – FT Unhedged
2. Wall Street Loads Up on Hedges Against Market Selloff – Bloomberg
3. Swedish real estate sector rattled as refinancing worries surface – FT
4. Americans May Be Getting Used to High Inflation; That’s Bad News – WSJ
5. SEC’s Hedge Fund Rule Fails to Solve Two Main Problems – Bloomberg Opinion
6. Bond Selloff Adds to the Pressure on Regional Banks – WSJ
7. China’s Consumer Inflation Slows to 2-Year Low; Recovery Is Stalling – Barron’s
8. Oil futures fall, with recession worries pulling prices down – MarketWatch