Morning Brief – January 21st 2021
Americas
Wall Street's main indexes closed at record highs following the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States; solid results from Netflix sparked a rally in technology shares. Read more https://t.co/8JGHVl77rs $NFLX pic.twitter.com/Z3LsE5pZOS
— Reuters Business (@ReutersBiz) January 21, 2021
#Covid_19: Daily Summary (January 21st)
➡ Regional/national datahttps://t.co/2vUAaSIOD2— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) January 21, 2021
BREAKING: Biden today will issue a sweeping set of executive orders to tackle the pandemic, reversing many of Trump's most heavily criticized policieshttps://t.co/hoTftf8mJn pic.twitter.com/PH8jbFJJxo
— Bloomberg TV (@BloombergTV) January 21, 2021
Yellen's call to 'act big' reflects long re-think on big government debt https://t.co/BreeN0lUIS pic.twitter.com/9zy4XIhnC3
— Reuters Business (@ReutersBiz) January 21, 2021
Trump’s second impeachment trial remains in limbo as House Speaker Pelosi holds off on triggering a proceeding that could slow down the Senate’s new Democratic majority and delay confirmation of key Biden officials https://t.co/EJCyzGO0e2
— Bloomberg Asia (@BloombergAsia) January 21, 2021
Twitter Locks Out Chinese Embassy in U.S. Over Post on Uighurs – Bloomberghttps://t.co/bvdXMomFso
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) January 21, 2021
Asia
Record Chinese Inflows Push #HongKong Stock Index Past 30,000 – Bloomberg
*Link: https://t.co/jU4uYouNGM pic.twitter.com/9CLB2Wa22c— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) January 21, 2021
China proposed measures to curb market concentration in its online payment market, potentially dealing another blow to Ant and Tencent https://t.co/0MC8qeqyfs
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) January 21, 2021
China expects a sharp downturn in travel over the Lunar New Year period compared with pre-pandemic levels https://t.co/LhAveSM3wL
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) January 21, 2021
#China sanctions Pompeo, O’Brien, Azar and other #Trump administration officials after #Biden inauguration -CNBC
*Official link: https://t.co/4kDBlAZoQDhttps://t.co/5kX6q7oS6w— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) January 21, 2021
Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda looks to keep all his options open for a policy review in March following two critical months that will likely determine whether the pandemic will ease or take a turn for the worse https://t.co/mMgimO1hfS pic.twitter.com/L00Yg9Ae7B
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) January 21, 2021
#China Fails to Meet U.S. Trade Deal Target in 2020 Amid Pandemic – Bloomberg
*Link: https://t.co/GFLDyehZTF pic.twitter.com/9ripoHBqj6— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) January 21, 2021
Europe
The ECB just can't escape grip of the virus on the economy
Swedish millionaires on the rise put finance minister on edge
BOE's Bailey says economy will adapt to new lockdown
Here's a rundown of your top economic news today https://t.co/6zjnYiBpiu— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) January 21, 2021
#Europe #Covid_19: Daily Summary (January 21st)
*Focus on #Germany, #Spain, #France and #Italy
HT @FLAHAULT, @ForexLive, @ngbpadel2, @mianrey, @ramonfornose, @nicolasberrod, @starjoin, @gforestier, @Fabien_L, @Corriere https://t.co/DyZsD2j05x
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) January 21, 2021
Hungary is the first EU nation to approve Russia’s Covid-19 vaccine https://t.co/GzqhJfBGLw
— Bloomberg Asia (@BloombergAsia) January 21, 2021
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says China is a "systemic rival" to the bloc
She talked to @mariatad about the EU's investment deal with Beijing and working with the Biden administrationhttps://t.co/fIIXjUAqFD pic.twitter.com/wonGOSJngU
— Bloomberg TV (@BloombergTV) January 21, 2021
Norway’s central bank says it expects to be ready to start raising rates as soon as next year, which is earlier than most of its peers https://t.co/6j96JTn0Fw
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) January 21, 2021
Turkey’s central bank leaves its benchmark interest rate unchanged at the first monetary policy meeting of the year https://t.co/cCKLjQI7fE
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) January 21, 2021
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