Morning Brief – November 18th 2020
Americas
WATCH: Wall Street closed lower on weak retail sales, surging cases of COVID-19, and a looming threat of shutdowns https://t.co/kDxvxYfH7d pic.twitter.com/gCiS6OmMWg
— Reuters Business (@ReutersBiz) November 18, 2020
United States #Covid_19: Daily Summary (November 18th)
➡ Regional/national data
➡ Latest Restrictions: #Pennsylvania, #LosAngeles, #Ohio, #Illinoishttps://t.co/opYggO84Nz— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) November 18, 2020
*PFIZER PLANS TO FILE FOR EMERGENCY-USE AUTHORIZATION FROM FDA – BBG
*PFIZER SAYS SAFETY-DATA MILESTONE REQUIRED BY FDA ACHIEVED— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) November 18, 2020
BREAKING: Pfizer says a final analysis of clinical-trial data shows its Covid-19 vaccine is 95% effective https://t.co/E8oi98Y3gL pic.twitter.com/ezb10vEXfw
— Bloomberg Asia (@BloombergAsia) November 18, 2020
Pelosi and Schumer ask McConnell to resume talks on a multi-trillion-dollar stimulus package for the U.S. economy https://t.co/Y94q6Kr2tu
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) November 17, 2020
Fed Chair Jerome Powell says recent progress on a vaccine is good news, but the U.S. economy still has a “long way to go” https://t.co/EBA6Ew0ez1
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) November 17, 2020
Controversial Trump nominee Judy Shelton is running out of time to win confirmation to the Fed's board https://t.co/7ES1IHOyRw
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) November 18, 2020
Trump orders Pentagon to pull 2,500 troops from Afghanistan and Iraq https://t.co/nFn7QSHyFB pic.twitter.com/n2O5O4W8gv
— The Hill (@thehill) November 18, 2020
SEC Pushes Urgent Plan That Could Delist Chinese Companies – Bloomberghttps://t.co/6c2C4unW7g
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) November 18, 2020
Business Roundtable Chief Urges Biden to Ease Trump’s Tariffs on #China – WSJhttps://t.co/9VBvslX8np
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) November 18, 2020
Asia
Daily coronavirus cases in #Tokyo hit a record 493 on Wednesday, topping the previous high of 472 set on Aug. 1. https://t.co/XzsDaz35YQ
— Nikkei Asia (@NikkeiAsia) November 18, 2020
#Japan | #Tokyo to raise coronavirus alert level to highest of 4 levels – Nikkei – Reutershttps://t.co/aXf6Z7RjTP
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) November 18, 2020
South #Australia announces six-day 'circuit-breaker' lockdown – SMHhttps://t.co/pqKnbamo6m
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) November 18, 2020
India stock rally sputters amid high valuation, virus resurgence https://t.co/ErGgKJWVMc
— Bloomberg Asia (@BloombergAsia) November 18, 2020
#CHINA | *#PBOC RESEARCHER SEES LITTLE ROOM FOR RATE CUT: SEC. JOURNAL – BBG
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) November 18, 2020
Japan’s biggest labor union said Covid-19 won’t stop it demanding pay increases for its 7 million members https://t.co/pG3WuL54Vs
— Bloomberg Asia (@BloombergAsia) November 18, 2020
US now finds itself on outside of two massive Asia-Pacific blocs. #RCEPhttps://t.co/46EK0h8c8B
— Nikkei Asia (@NikkeiAsia) November 18, 2020
Europe
Here's a rundown of your top economic news today https://t.co/qidlgOaBqP
— Bloomberg Asia (@BloombergAsia) November 18, 2020
#Europe #Covid_19: Daily Summary (November 18th)
*Focus on #Germany, #Spain, #France and #Italy
HT @FLAHAULT, @ForexLive, @ngbpadel2, @mianrey, @ramonfornose, @gforestier, @starjoin, @Fabien_L, @Corriere https://t.co/cdLQzXbP8X
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) November 18, 2020
#France | Insee : Point de conjoncture (17 novembre)
*Lien: https://t.co/mlmFWoqTi5 pic.twitter.com/SsZNFV7hKB— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) November 18, 2020
The UK inflation rate edged higher in October, boosted by the rising cost of food and clothing https://t.co/QMQwBiIQBB
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) November 18, 2020
ECB President Christine Lagarde says economic “recovery may not be linear, but rather unsteady, stop-start” (via @neweconforum) #OurNewEconomy https://t.co/aS3yOg5pOq
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) November 18, 2020