Morning Brief – November 2nd 2020
Americas
United States #Covid_19: Daily Summary (November 2nd)
HT @TB_Times, @KUTV2News, @WTKR3, @KATUNews, @Reuters, @calculatedrisk, @COVID19Tracking https://t.co/o0VM4aOYMY
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) November 2, 2020
Coronavirus latest: US disease control agency pledges to help revive cruise ship sector https://t.co/NOzfHSG8qs
— Financial Times (@FT) November 1, 2020
BofA: 'The overall composition of the Senate is unlikely to be determined until sometime in January due to election rules in Georgia which stipulates the race goes to a runoff if no candidates garners 50% majority."
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) November 1, 2020
#Philadelphia Expects to Need Several Days to Count Mail Ballots – Bloomberghttps://t.co/UMgyVlvqpc
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) November 2, 2020
Biden begins two-day campaign sprint in battleground Pennsylvania https://t.co/ZyJ3hZfSya pic.twitter.com/J8XSFedvAs
— The Hill (@thehill) November 2, 2020
Poll: Biden opens up 10-point lead over Trump nationwide https://t.co/mECTql1oVZ pic.twitter.com/x7jXk13YYN
— The Hill (@thehill) November 2, 2020
Potential stock winners and losers from Tuesday's U.S. election https://t.co/5InGJvimSo pic.twitter.com/8QOiFkEn0S
— Reuters Business (@ReutersBiz) November 2, 2020
Asia
Asia stocks climbed buoyed by upbeat China factory activity in volatile start to crucial week spanning US election & Fed meeting, events that could set tone for markets for rest of 2020. Bonds gain w/US 10y at 0.85%. Oil tumbled to 5mth low. Gold & Bitcoin unch at $1882 & $13.7k. pic.twitter.com/mzXZgPmJZa
— Holger Zschaepitz (@Schuldensuehner) November 2, 2020
#CHINA OCT CAIXIN PMI #MANUFACTURING: 53.6 V 52.8E (highest since Jan 2011, 6th month of expansion)
*Link: https://t.co/l84L65Vvmp pic.twitter.com/bF7gVPerlq— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) November 2, 2020
#China regional GDP data shows growing economic divide, exacerbated by #coronavirus – SCMPhttps://t.co/ycQMhe2x9D
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) November 2, 2020
Japan’s car sales surged in October, rising at the fastest pace in more than 8 years as the economy continues to bounce back https://t.co/Un8zuWlxmT
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) November 2, 2020
Australian home prices rose for the first time in 6 months in October, with gains in every state capital except Melbourne https://t.co/fqFcm0DkXE
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) November 2, 2020
EXCLUSIVE: China-Australia relations: import ban on Australian copper, sugar expected after blocks on lobster, timber, barley, reports @SuLin_Tan #Australia #China #china #lobster #copper #timber #sugar #barley https://t.co/YZAtIkpBei pic.twitter.com/abET6Fwtvy
— SCMP Economy (@scmpeconomy) November 2, 2020
China presses ahead with smaller import fair amid pandemic https://t.co/HQFJJ1cnQY pic.twitter.com/TFvR9NHeNs
— Reuters Business (@ReutersBiz) November 2, 2020
Europe
Here's a rundown of your top economic news today https://t.co/hPqUXDFcly
— Bloomberg Asia (@BloombergAsia) November 2, 2020
Oil prices drop as new lockdowns hit economic outlook https://t.co/QgXvsrTPUV
— Financial Times (@FT) November 2, 2020
#Europe #Covid_19: Daily Summary (November 2nd)
*Focus on #Germany, #Spain, #France and #Italy
HT @sole24ore, @FLAHAULT, @ForexLive, @ramonfornose, @mianrey, @gforestier, @starjoin, @Fabien_L, @Corrierehttps://t.co/cOpNu7GnFw
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) November 2, 2020
#EUROZONE OCT FINAL #MANUFACTURING PMI: 54.8 V 54.4E (confirms 4th month of expansion and highest reading since Aug 2018)
*Link: https://t.co/tRUBBbUuN2 pic.twitter.com/bNGX7qLqEL— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) November 2, 2020
As I expected ⚠ https://t.co/K1e5XN1gbL ⚠ ⬇
#Eurozone economic forecasts slashed as fresh lockdowns imposed – FT
*The eurozone economy is now expected to shrink by 2.3% in 4Qhttps://t.co/MrXcRvsXOu— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) November 1, 2020
European authorities could “do anything” to help boost the economy, says Fabio Panetta, a member of the ECB’s executive board https://t.co/SlbZ75tYOQ
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) November 2, 2020