Morning Brief – August 4th 2020

Americas

JULY ISM #MANUFACTURING: 54.2 (highest since March 2019) V 53.6E; PRICES PAID: 53.2 V 52.0E
– New Orders Index: 61.5 v 55.1e pic.twitter.com/JAQ73FlRU1

— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) August 3, 2020

#Trump Is Considering Unilateral Action If No #Covid_19 Relief Deal – Washington Posthttps://t.co/1KTy4yXp6j

— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) August 3, 2020

#Treasury Lifts Quarterly Borrowing Estimate to $947 Billion – Bloomberg
*Link: https://t.co/c6y4fOGeTJ pic.twitter.com/j8q1i86Lxa

— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) August 4, 2020

#Trump Seeks #TikTok Payment to U.S., Despite No Clear Authority – Bloomberghttps://t.co/lgMU5zjWzs

— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) August 4, 2020

#WallStreet Is Torn on Whether a #Biden Win Would Bring Joy or Misery – Bloomberghttps://t.co/WnribXLpiP

— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) August 4, 2020

Asia

#Victoria’s Spiraling Crisis Likely to Prolong #Australia’s Recession – Bloomberghttps://t.co/JM22H06Stm

— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) August 4, 2020

Kuroda says ready to extend deadline for BOJ's loan schemes – Yomiuri https://t.co/yyrku9komu pic.twitter.com/RQNlWYm4Gl

— Reuters Business (@ReutersBiz) August 4, 2020

#OOTT | #China only fulfils 5%❗ of Sino-U.S. #energy #trade deal in first half of 2020 – Reuters
*Link: https://t.co/pLxL704KKJ

*As I already noted, China Won’t Fulfill Its 2020 Commitments ➡ https://t.co/VCDtUXq3qe ⚠ pic.twitter.com/gmxY3X87Ep

— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) August 4, 2020

#Microsoft talks to buy #TikTok's U.S. operations spark ire in #China – Reutershttps://t.co/tUjk2mlCJ2

— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) August 4, 2020

#China to retaliate if U.S. forces out Chinese journalists: Global Times editor – Reutershttps://t.co/2K9jFddz5m

— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) August 4, 2020

North Korea has 'probably' developed nuclear devices to fit ballistic missiles, according to a confidential U.N. report https://t.co/L1cCPESZgo via @michellenichols pic.twitter.com/1RNAwMXEPo

— Reuters (@Reuters) August 4, 2020

Europe

#France reports 3,376 new #COVID_19 cases over three-day period – Reuters
*The 1,125 daily average of cases seen since the beginning of August is more than twice as high a June’s 435 figure and a third higher than July’s 746.https://t.co/NbmjACm3ST

— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) August 4, 2020

EU eyes softening key state aid demand in Brexit talks – sources https://t.co/Ms6FwpSZls pic.twitter.com/NGc4moR551

— Reuters (@Reuters) August 3, 2020

Boris Johnson’s government will invest nearly $1.7 billion in building projects in an effort to create jobs and rally the economy https://t.co/LVVwze5fyB

— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) August 4, 2020