Saturday Brief – August 15th 2020
Americas
U.S.-#China #trade deal review planned for Saturday postponed -sources – Reutershttps://t.co/oFHDNQVJKe
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) August 14, 2020
U.S. Formalizes F-16 Jet Sale to #Taiwan With China Tensions High – Bloomberghttps://t.co/3oGOXWQHg9
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) August 15, 2020
#Trump hits #TikTok's owner again by ordering sale of U.S. operations – Politicohttps://t.co/o2lCmHiAaO
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) August 15, 2020
The Fed could allow inflation to accelerate above its 2% goal if has underperformed it in the past, says Dallas Fed President Robert Kaplan https://t.co/XMq9jsFROw
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) August 14, 2020
Update: California heatwave now expected to be much more intense, prolonged, and dangerous than initially anticipated. (Hence, the new blog post.) This one reminds me of July 2006 in many ways… #CAwx #CAfirehttps://t.co/UHzYO7Mjhe
— Daniel Swain (@Weather_West) August 14, 2020
BREAKING – Rolling blackouts hit California electricity grid for first time since 2001 energy crisis https://t.co/VkAhfNr8YR
— Dale Kasler (@dakasler) August 15, 2020
U.S. Bid to Extend #Iran Arms Ban Suffers Stinging Defeat at UN – Bloomberghttps://t.co/pvXgoGo1Lr
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) August 15, 2020
Asia
#China’s #Shenzhen Finds New Local Covid-19 Cases, Shutters Stores – Bloomberghttps://t.co/TsfpEt7V4r
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) August 15, 2020
Tokyo's new coronavirus cases top 300 for second straight day https://t.co/nebfKBwlEs
— The Straits Times (@STcom) August 15, 2020
China is on track to buy less than one-third of the American agricultural products it promised to purchase in 2020, the head of the U.S.’s busiest port says (via @apgmonteiro) https://t.co/cRQO0ZlaPF
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) August 15, 2020
Tense ties between major U.S. allies Japan and South Korea are set to be tested at ceremonies Saturday to remember Japan’s World War II surrender 75 years ago that ended its brutal colonial rule over the Korean Peninsula https://t.co/1UNyUzmVLx
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) August 14, 2020
Europe
#Eurozone #Covid_19: Daily Summary (August 15th)
➡ Focus on #Germany, #Spain, #France and #Italy.https://t.co/JxYyVpbzWO— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) August 15, 2020
The euro zone's trade surplus rose sharply in June to $25 billion as a drop in the imports of goods outpaced the fall of exports in the bloc. Read more https://t.co/lCFinRxa7M pic.twitter.com/2xGXhP97Ir
— Reuters Business (@ReutersBiz) August 14, 2020
#France and #Germany Test Demand for Debt in Mid-August Bond Sales – Bloomberg
*Link: https://t.co/cQDL64Iotw pic.twitter.com/2wQrMSknHE— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) August 15, 2020