Morning Brief – February 5th 2021
Americas
The Dow and S&P 500 extended their rally to a fourth straight day. A batch of upbeat earnings reports, a drop in weekly jobless claims, and hopes of further progress on President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion relief package boosted the market. More here: https://t.co/05VkQc8Zr1 pic.twitter.com/9WrPknwrxB
— Reuters Business (@ReutersBiz) February 5, 2021
#Robinhood Traders Bash the App But Just Can’t Leave It – Blloomberg
*Link: https://t.co/ppEnbU8AOL pic.twitter.com/EZ8De9Phkm— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) February 5, 2021
#Covid_19: Daily Summary (February 5th)
➡ Regional/national data
➡ Vaccine trackerhttps://t.co/PDzxPTORmn— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) February 5, 2021
#Covid_19 | U.S. Restrictions Easing
*Link: https://t.co/1OJnq8yA3V pic.twitter.com/T5lIoQiWbO— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) February 5, 2021
#Democrats’ Go-It-Alone Stimulus Plan Faces Night of #GOP Sniping – Bloomberghttps://t.co/O9R2dipjAT
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) February 5, 2021
#WhiteHouse reviewing whether #Biden can take action to cancel student loan debt – The Hillhttps://t.co/B53bjO13ZF
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) February 5, 2021
#Biden beefs up administration with #Asia experts as the U.S. prepares to take on #China – CNBChttps://t.co/Zuj5L8Q0H3
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) February 5, 2021
Asia
Kuaishou Nearly Triples In Biggest Technology #IPO Since Uber – Bloomberghttps://t.co/yuUXciqpYP
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) February 5, 2021
#China Investors Evade Capital Controls to Buy #HongKong #IPOs – Bloomberg
*Link: https://t.co/nnAM2q6PcC pic.twitter.com/WGX6yjrmIL— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) February 5, 2021
The Philippine Stock Exchange will allow short selling after issues on borrowing and lending of securities are resolved https://t.co/s4O45gbxkv
— Bloomberg Asia (@BloombergAsia) February 5, 2021
#China’s Bond Traders Reprice a Future With Tighter Liquidity – Bloomberg
*Link: https://t.co/dU82JaQ2nN pic.twitter.com/0NXKFH36Kq— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) February 5, 2021
#China reports fewest daily #COVID_19 cases in over a month – Reutershttps://t.co/GvnIhhqw87
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) February 5, 2021
India’s central bank relaxed rules for foreign investors to put their money into defaulted corporate bonds https://t.co/fgVIJMHK3R
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) February 5, 2021
Europe
UK funding rates may bounce back from December’s record lows
Merkel cautions of easing lockdown in "last stretch" of pandemic
Macron's lockdown conundrum will decide France's recession fate
Here's a rundown of your top economic news today https://t.co/sPV2KkzsAU— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) February 5, 2021
#Europe #Covid_19: Daily Summary (February 5th)
*Focus on #Germany, #Spain, #France and #Italy https://t.co/DqSkNF2bSG
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) February 5, 2021
Macron’s Lockdown Conundrum Will Decide #France’s Recession Fate – Bloomberg
*Link: https://t.co/H0Z6ORgaOJ
*INSEE link: https://t.co/ChkBjGkNL3 pic.twitter.com/0ICC35lX9N— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) February 5, 2021
#Germany Dec. Factory Orders
*MoM: -1.9% v +2.7% prior
*YoY: +6.4% v +6.7% priorOn a YoY basis, it confirms global trade growth will keep rising in early 2021. pic.twitter.com/xUB50apdka
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) February 5, 2021
U.K. House Prices Slip Most Since April as Boom Loses Steam – Bloomberg
*Link: https://t.co/867REpBZtz pic.twitter.com/QoDfG8gSDx— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) February 5, 2021
Barcelona's new proposal on regulating vacation rentals escalates the city's aggressive efforts to rein in platforms like Airbnb (via @CityLab) https://t.co/BlYzMM8MAB
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) February 5, 2021
Israel extends its national lockdown to Sunday and plans to gradually ease restrictions next week https://t.co/7Ihqt7RA2l
— Bloomberg Asia (@BloombergAsia) February 5, 2021
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