Be in the know. 20 key reads for Thursday…

  1. China’s Consumers Are Ready to Spend (barrons)
  2. Politburo Emphasizes Domestic Consumption (chinalastnight)
  3. What China’s Covid-19 Reopening Means for Markets (wsj)
  4. Continuing Jobless Claims Surge To 10-Month Highs (zerohedge)
  5. How Amazon Could Get Back Into the Trillion Dollar Club (barrons)
  6. Almost everyone is expecting a recession next year, but the market is forecasting earnings growth, this model finds (marketwatch)
  7. ‘Anti-woke’ reaction? Fund giant Vanguard quits net-zero climate alliance. (marketwatch)
  8. Hong Kong Stocks Advance on China’s Relaxed Covid-19 Rules. Macau Casinos Surge. (barrons)
  9. Oil Prices Were Set to Soar. Now They’re Falling Fast. (barrons)
  10. China Scraps Most Covid Testing, Quarantine Requirements in Policy Pivot (wsj)
  11. Letter From Top Apple Supplier Foxconn Prodded China to Ease Zero-Covid Rules (wsj)
  12. BlackRock CEO Larry Fink pushed to exit over ESG ‘hypocrisy’ (nypost)
  13. Hong Kong May End Outdoor Mask Rule, Relax Covid Tests, Report Says (bloomberg)
  14. China Mulls More Property Easing at Economic Meeting Next Week (bloomberg)
  15. The Federal Reserve Is Deflating Financial Bubbles, Without a Crash (bloomberg)
  16. Cathie Wood May Be Right About Jay Powell Being Wrong (bloomberg)
  17. How Will China Turn Its Economy Back On? The World Is About to Find Out. (nytimes)
  18. Keystone pipeline shut after oil release into Nebraska creek (reuters)
  19. FT Magazine. Exclusive: The secret lives of MI6’s top female spies (ft)
  20. China’s Gen-Z consumers prep for bout of ‘revenge’ spending on personal care (scmp)