Morning Brief – January 8th 2021
Americas
United States #Covid_19: Daily Summary (January 8th)
➡ Regional/national data
➡ Restrictionshttps://t.co/XIXwIYf3WX— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) January 8, 2021
#Biden's one-two stimulus punch – Axioshttps://t.co/Z6iVrH6jhL
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) January 8, 2021
The Fed may begin paring back its bond-buying program as soon as the end of this year, says Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker https://t.co/bRgJb3CKYK
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) January 7, 2021
The Federal Reserve has returned about $42 billion to the U.S. Treasury, and will soon transfer another $20 billion connected to emergency lending facilities https://t.co/ZAf0jT7L0u
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) January 7, 2021
#Housing | U.S. #Mortgage Rates Dropped To Another Record Lowhttps://t.co/rzsApOlAzw
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) January 7, 2021
Mick Mulvaney resigns from Trump administration: "I can't stay here" https://t.co/vDK0ArjHsU pic.twitter.com/etDZBqd4q5
— The Hill (@thehill) January 8, 2021
Asia
More U.S. States Find Variant; Hebei Cases Jump: Virus Update https://t.co/WAiJTMc29f
— Bloomberg Asia (@BloombergAsia) January 8, 2021
BREAKING: Hyundai shares surged as much as 18%, the most intraday since 1988, after a report said the carmaker was in talks with Apple to cooperate on developing self-driving vehicles https://t.co/42e4F8jcwX pic.twitter.com/mJLUroVwj0
— Bloomberg Asia (@BloombergAsia) January 8, 2021
China orders local media to censor Alibaba coverage, FT reports https://t.co/GKuIUAeYOH
— Bloomberg Asia (@BloombergAsia) January 8, 2021
MSCI Index Deletions Trigger Rush to Sell Chinese Telecom Stocks – Bloomberghttps://t.co/abn6ydCBwP
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) January 8, 2021
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s bet on a less-stringent state of emergency runs the risk of compounding the economic pain if it proves insufficient https://t.co/V7DR3ebrSq
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) January 7, 2021
Japanese wages fell in November for an 8th straight month as employers continued to be cautious about the profit outlook amid a global resurgence of the coronavirus https://t.co/dAArVPMM0b
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) January 8, 2021
Taiwan is doing everything possible to avoid negative yields https://t.co/w49ZSzF5xj
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) January 7, 2021
Kim Jong Un pledged to improve North Korea’s external relations during meetings of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea in Pyongyang https://t.co/b4r3livuQt
— Bloomberg Asia (@BloombergAsia) January 8, 2021
Europe
It's U.S. jobs day
SNB posts $24 billion profit thanks to foreign currencies, gold
Brexit becomes truckers' nightmare as red tape ties up drivers
Here's a rundown of your top economic news today https://t.co/82Uchgf8ix— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) January 8, 2021
#Europe #Covid_19: Daily Summary (January 8th)
*Focus on #Germany, #Spain, #France and #Italy
HT @FLAHAULT, @ForexLive, @ngbpadel2, @mianrey, @ramonfornose, @nicolasberrod, @starjoin, @gforestier, @Fabien_L, @Corriere https://t.co/xVLEkcNNLE
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) January 8, 2021
France will keep gyms, theaters and ski lifts closed until the end of January, and bars and restaurants until at least mid-February https://t.co/1iAzUulhnS
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) January 7, 2021
Pfizer Inc and BioNTech’s #COVID_19 vaccine appeared to work against a key mutation in the highly transmissible new variants of the coronavirus discovered in the UK and South Africa, according to a laboratory study conducted by the U.S. drugmaker.https://t.co/R3DwFk2hJE
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) January 8, 2021
Euro-area unemployment extended its decline in November, defying economist predictions of an increase https://t.co/Vepkt2DTjW
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) January 8, 2021
UK house prices rise to a record high as a government incentive to buy and a desire to move out of big cities boosts demand https://t.co/eIqifpvX3F
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) January 8, 2021
German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz says the U.S. and the EU should scrap billions of dollars of tariffs on each other’s exports levied in a dispute over subsidies to Boeing and Airbus https://t.co/q85Q4CXb0w
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) January 7, 2021