Morning Brief – December 16th 2020
Cryptocurrencies
Fund Managers See #Bitcoin Trade Crowded as Institutions Jump In – Bloomberg
*Link: https://t.co/sESjTWHzlF pic.twitter.com/A4pLYIzH1c— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) December 16, 2020
#FCA Creates Temporary Registration Regime for #Cryptoasset Businesses
*Full statement: https://t.co/nzGDyxsboGhttps://t.co/9odJ6iTq7M— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) December 16, 2020
Americas
United States #Covid_19: Daily Summary (December 16th)
➡ Regional/national data
➡ Latest Restrictionshttps://t.co/6dASwbauJq— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) December 16, 2020
McConnell says "we're getting closer and closer" to deal on #COVID relief – CBShttps://t.co/1ozhx8RJ9u
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) December 16, 2020
Low-income U.S. households are spending savings quicker than high earners: study https://t.co/NUqtO6RAIf pic.twitter.com/NRysic6Mbm
— Reuters Business (@ReutersBiz) December 16, 2020
Analysis-Federal Reserve 'boneheads' emerge from Trump era unscathed https://t.co/QHUKpLp0gP pic.twitter.com/35sW1F27J0
— Reuters Business (@ReutersBiz) December 16, 2020
Stocks: Positioning, Valuations and Technical Signals Look Stretched Ahead of #Fed Meetinghttps://t.co/xFxfv8GlE7
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) December 16, 2020
Asia
MSCI chops Chinese firms from global indexes, but will keep them elsewhere https://t.co/XzT5pmi7Ib pic.twitter.com/h9H8YztNHU
— Reuters Business (@ReutersBiz) December 16, 2020
South Korea targets Samsung and others under tougher corporate lawhttps://t.co/4TowkVUf3Q
— Nikkei Asia (@NikkeiAsia) December 16, 2020
#China Inc.’s #IPO Haul From the U.S. and at Home Tops Records – Bloomberg
*Link: https://t.co/nDBlBAAbHm pic.twitter.com/TWUpoIkgQa— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) December 16, 2020
Declines in Japan’s exports unexpectedly steepen for the first time since May https://t.co/xJo7blx4OH
— Bloomberg Asia (@BloombergAsia) December 16, 2020
BOJ to hold fire in hope extending aid programmes will keep pandemic pain at bay https://t.co/0g51LgqNh6 pic.twitter.com/KWcRdeNv7e
— Reuters Business (@ReutersBiz) December 16, 2020
China is set to hold a dominant share in the global market for new energy technologies, such as solar panels, wind turbines, electric vehicles and batteries.https://t.co/jzzxJ6RDKU
— Nikkei Asia (@NikkeiAsia) December 16, 2020
Europe
BOE meets with no news on a Brexit trade deal
Norges Bank may show path to post-virus tightening
A multi-billion currency battle has put Switzerland in the crosshairs of the U.S.
Here's a rundown of your top economic news todayhttps://t.co/25keRnrszl— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) December 16, 2020
#Europe #Covid_19: Daily Summary (December 16th)
*Focus on #Germany, #Spain, #France and #Italy
HT @FLAHAULT, @Reuters_Health, @ngbpadel2, @mianrey, @starjoin, @gforestier, @Fabien_L, @Corriere https://t.co/Lt1nVvWbBq
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) December 16, 2020
#Germany Pushes EU to Double Aid Limit for Firms Ravaged by #Covid – Bloomberghttps://t.co/0MbuacDV4v
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) December 16, 2020
*VON DER LEYEN SAYS #BREXIT TALKS HAVE PATH TO AN AGREEMENT – BBG
*VON DER LEYEN: I CANNOT TELL YOU IF THERE WILL BE A UK DEAL
*VON DER LEYEN: FISHERIES, LEVEL PLAYING FIELD STILL OUTSTANDING— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) December 16, 2020
NEW: Notes of careful optimism in EU off-record briefings .. Not just the public ‘maybe, possibly, but let’s see’ of the European Commission President in front of the European Parliament this morning /1
— Katya Adler (@BBCkatyaadler) December 16, 2020
Euro-area services came close to stabilizing in the first half of December—a trend likely to be short-lived https://t.co/jzLY5x8bv8
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) December 16, 2020
The U.K. economy returned to growth this month as stockpiling before the end of the Brexit transition period bolsters manufacturing https://t.co/WBiILAJD68
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) December 16, 2020
The euro rallies above $1.22 for the first time since 2018 https://t.co/41AXdd5puV
— Bloomberg Asia (@BloombergAsia) December 16, 2020
Germany's Ifo institute cuts 2021 GDP growth forecast to 4.2% https://t.co/ulxrJ7EUqT pic.twitter.com/Mzkwm32oAX
— Reuters Business (@ReutersBiz) December 16, 2020
Turkey will tighten monetary policy further to curb inflation when warranted by price developments and build up the central bank’s foreign-exchange reserves, Governor Naci Agbal said https://t.co/T2rHPacrVl
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) December 16, 2020