Paul Volcker, Central Banker Who Defeated Inflation, Dead At 92 -Zero Hedge
"Paul A. Volcker, who helped shape American economic policy for more than six decades, and who will forever be etched in the history books for leading the Federal Reserve's brute-force campaign to subdue inflation in the late 1970s and early '80s, has died on Sunday in New York, the NYT reported. He was 92....

As Tariff Deadline Looms, Investors' Other Worries Fade Away -Wall Street Journal
"Investors are anxiously waiting to see whether a new round of tariffs on Chinese consumer goods takes effect next week, one of the few remaining hurdles for the stock market in 2019....Many analysts had assumed that tariffs on more imports from China, ranging from smartphones to clothing, would be off the table after the U.S. and China reached a tentative truce in mid-October.

Jobs, Jobs Everywhere, But Most of Them Kind of Suck -New York Magazine
"Friday's jobs report must have been adapted from a comic book - because everyone's calling it a 'blockbuster'....A true 'full employment' economy can advance many goals that liberals have struggled to promote through legislation....