Morning Brief – August 13th 2020
Americas
U.S. Daily Coronavirus Case Count Drops to Lowest Level Since Early August – WSJhttps://t.co/BCbAsegIsr
— Macro Brief (@macroandfinance) August 13, 2020
No sign of a stimulus deal in sight as Mnuchin, Pelosi phone call yields no progress – CNBChttps://t.co/VwAmSLoemt
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) August 13, 2020
Mnuchin renews a push for a more limited pandemic relief package of “a little more than” $1 trillion https://t.co/b5zcGEdMw6
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) August 12, 2020
#Trump plans to terminate payroll tax but will protect Social Security – Fox Businesshttps://t.co/RPN9pw24im
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) August 13, 2020
Mnuchin and Kudlow say a congressional vote is needed to cut the capital gains tax https://t.co/B47FgM0fap
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) August 12, 2020
#Fed Officials Warn Pandemic Response Is Hobbling Economic Rebound – WSJhttps://t.co/4yu7LbjMB5
— Macro Brief (@macroandfinance) August 13, 2020
Fed's Daly says loss of enhanced unemployment benefits creates a 'hole' in spending https://t.co/bMI6S8Renq pic.twitter.com/Fq65rz44eV
— Reuters Business (@ReutersBiz) August 13, 2020
US sends stealth bombers to counter Chinese threat – Timeshttps://t.co/XTMdV55az5
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) August 13, 2020
Asia
#China’s Bond Data Hint Central Bank Is Buying Government Debt – Bloomberg
*Link: https://t.co/sMoucK6caj pic.twitter.com/fn5J4kR3Fu— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) August 13, 2020
Chinese tech companies topple Japan, chase US in market share – Nikkeihttps://t.co/81879Lqfg0
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) August 13, 2020
#China’s Xi Speeds Up Inward Economic Shift – WSJhttps://t.co/WgwMgiUv0K
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) August 13, 2020
#Taiwan to boost defence spending 10% in face of #China pressure – Reutershttps://t.co/rd2PjT7YWL
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) August 13, 2020
China says frozen chicken wings from Brazil test positive for coronavirus https://t.co/uqyrErkgIm
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) August 13, 2020
#China Recovered #COVID_19 patient tests positive again in #Hubei – Xinhua
*Link: https://t.co/0zhzlKBcX1 pic.twitter.com/IRV7SrHvUO— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) August 13, 2020
Two Chinese Patients Test Positive Months After Virus Recovery – Bloomberghttps://t.co/ugDOLZClMn
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) August 13, 2020
#NewZealand to Quarantine Virus Cases as Auckland Cluster Grows – Bloomberg https://t.co/RF0QWRQOgh
— Macro Brief (@macroandfinance) August 13, 2020
India's coronavirus cases jump by 67,000, setting daily record https://t.co/UAKMQhZ6HW
— Reuters India (@ReutersIndia) August 13, 2020
Australia on course for lowest one-day rise in COVID-19 cases in more than three weeks https://t.co/kNvBMmTf6a pic.twitter.com/3pGTEQzQqU
— Reuters UK (@ReutersUK) August 13, 2020
Australian employers added almost four times as many jobs as forecast in July https://t.co/QFY91c4toN
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) August 13, 2020
Europe
Up to 6% of England's population may have had Covid, study suggests https://t.co/PsftN52B2b
— The Guardian (@guardian) August 13, 2020
The U.S. stepped up pressure on Germany and France with extra tariffs on some of their goods, a move designed to squeeze the European Union into settling a long-running dispute over illegal subsides to Airbus https://t.co/C8uD4D475s
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) August 13, 2020
Airbus expects EU to respond to U.S. tariffs in aircraft subsidy dispute – Reutershttps://t.co/1wl5vvybeq
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) August 13, 2020
German companies see business returning to normal in 11 months: Ifo https://t.co/TNmnAS2EOy pic.twitter.com/4DzIRxnxz4
— Reuters Business (@ReutersBiz) August 13, 2020
#Russia Ditches the #Dollar for Bulk of Its Exports to #China – Bloomberg
*Putin has strategy to “de-dollarize” the Russian economy.
*Link: https://t.co/TohMghHCxQ pic.twitter.com/DB2Ym9TYkk— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) August 13, 2020
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's interior ministry announced Wednesday that police had arrested over 6,000 people and fired live rounds at protesters — Brussels Playbook has the details: https://t.co/AQotBcApsI pic.twitter.com/ERCgBUZ4Wy
— POLITICOEurope (@POLITICOEurope) August 13, 2020