Saturday Brief – February 6th 2021

06 February, 2021

Americas

WATCH: The S&P 500 and Nasdaq posted record closing highs for a second day in a row https://t.co/poTqxeuthq pic.twitter.com/Hab7MAFDGh
— Reuters Business (@ReutersBiz) February 6, 2021

The U.S. unemployment rate came in at 6.3% in January and the hiring last month barely put a dent in the more than 9 million jobs needed to get the labor market back to where it was before the health crisis https://t.co/Y8Nv2Tellf pic.twitter.com/YTwIqLJC91
— Reuters Business (@ReutersBiz) February 5, 2021

US January Nonfarm Payrolls Review – LiveSquawkhttps://t.co/yNIIs54D9e pic.twitter.com/hTsNqY55yE
— LiveSquawk (@LiveSquawk) February 5, 2021

The share of unemployed without work for at least 27 weeks climbed to 39.5% in January, the highest since November 2012, according to Labor Department figures released on Friday – Bloomberg pic.twitter.com/pRbyO59dZk
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) February 5, 2021

#Housing #Refinancing | US #Mortgage Rates Remain Close To Record Lowhttps://t.co/7XR6LZDxIG
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) February 5, 2021

#Covid_19: Daily Summary (February 6th)
➡ Regional/national data
➡ Vaccine trackerhttps://t.co/fC26OHO67w
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) February 6, 2021

The Bloomberg Vaccine Tracker now shows how long, at the current rate, it will take for different states to reach 75% of the population vaccinated.
Check out the tool here: https://t.co/Zlpj7QKm49 pic.twitter.com/9Rc8C5mo8f
— Bloomberg TV (@BloombergTV) February 5, 2021

The House of Representatives is expected to approve a budget measure that would enable Democrats to push President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package through Congress in coming weeks without Republican support. More here: https://t.co/dj6oiWuG3X pic.twitter.com/hqNgw9Ug5J
— Reuters Business (@ReutersBiz) February 5, 2021

Once Congress passes the stimulus and the economy is on the road to recovery, we can debate the economic issues Larry Summers is worried about, says @karlbykarlsmith (via @bopinion) https://t.co/OCQtBHNNMc
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) February 6, 2021

Biden says minimum wage increase is unlikely to be in relief package https://t.co/0gpzDgF3hm
— Bloomberg Asia (@BloombergAsia) February 6, 2021

Asia

China approves Sinovac Biotech Covid-19 vaccine for general public use https://t.co/flH5ttysF1
— ST Foreign Desk (@STForeignDesk) February 6, 2021

Mainland China reported 12 new COVID-19 cases on Feb. 5, down from 20 cases a day earlier and the lowest daily increase since Dec. 17, the national health authority said on Saturday. https://t.co/Lhl1o26Si9
— Reuters Health (@Reuters_Health) February 6, 2021

Hong Kong Lunar New Year flower markets open with crowd control measures, city expects 20 new coronavirus cases https://t.co/bRNBY6HUku
— SCMP News (@SCMPNews) February 6, 2021

South Korea’s bird flu outbreak has led to the culling of more than 25 million birds and a shrinking supply of eggs that driving up food prices https://t.co/bFYRX3xVq8
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) February 6, 2021

Third of Japan companies fear Brexit will hurt business: surveyhttps://t.co/q3szqjsdz0
— Nikkei Asia (@NikkeiAsia) February 6, 2021

Myanmar shuts down internet and data communicationshttps://t.co/pMb2CCjsLG
— Nikkei Asia (@NikkeiAsia) February 6, 2021

Europe

#Europe #Covid_19: Daily Summary (February 6th)
*Focus on #Germany, #Spain, #France and #Italy https://t.co/8GiXbDsqnP
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) February 6, 2021

German Lockdown Likely to Be Extended Until End of February – Bloomberghttps://t.co/7HJK5OvL5R
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) February 5, 2021

#Greece Tightens Curbs to Stop Upward Trend in #Covid_19 Cases – Bloomberghttps://t.co/JsxC0zMFF2
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) February 5, 2021

Israel sees big drop in COVID cases among vaccinated.#vaccine #COVID https://t.co/ojGwhKs0yw
— Nikkei Asia (@NikkeiAsia) February 6, 2021

Mario Draghi has plenty of work to do in Rome https://t.co/aOlg8yznTu
— Bloomberg Asia (@BloombergAsia) February 6, 2021

More than 1.4 million UK businesses will get more flexibility for repaying government-backed loans they took out to weather the Covid-19 pandemic, Chancellor Rishi Sunak says https://t.co/j5WaKUwgMC
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) February 6, 2021

Merkel and Macron seek to iron out differences over the Nord Stream 2 pipeline ahead of talks with Biden on the controversial Russian project https://t.co/jUmh3wJ5mk
— Bloomberg Asia (@BloombergAsia) February 5, 2021

The Swiss National Bank’s portfolio of U.S. equities rose to a record $141 billion as of December, reflecting a buoyant stock market https://t.co/gZlhR6jlTZ
— Bloomberg Asia (@BloombergAsia) February 6, 2021