Saturday Brief – January 23rd 2021
Americas
Wall Street's main indexes were mixed on Friday as hopes dimmed for a full economic reopening in the coming months and shares of blue-chip stocks Intel and IBM were hit hard following their quarterly results. Read more https://t.co/gELjFOVvlw $IBM $INTC pic.twitter.com/xYNVEH8Mu0
— Reuters Business (@ReutersBiz) January 23, 2021
#Covid_19: Daily Summary (January 23rd)
➡ Regional/national datahttps://t.co/QkRoTAhNPE— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) January 23, 2021
#Housing | U.S. Existing Home Sales Surprised Upward In December Despite Record Low Inventoryhttps://t.co/Xyx7MNTCPg
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) January 22, 2021
#Housing | U.S. 30-Year #Mortgage Rate Fell Slightly This Weekhttps://t.co/3oSClPHWKe
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) January 22, 2021
Biden is raising blood pressure across the oil industry https://t.co/xwUy8zKSs8
— Bloomberg Asia (@BloombergAsia) January 23, 2021
Biden's third wave of executive orders target minimum wage and food insecurity https://t.co/ocziSU9uLw pic.twitter.com/fd585a8wGy
— The Hill (@thehill) January 23, 2021
Donald Trump turns to ethics lawyer Butch Bowers to defend him in impeachment trial https://t.co/gAiV4GKS0l
— SCMP News (@SCMPNews) January 23, 2021
Asia
From @Breakingviews: Hong Kong will place tens of thousands of its residents in a lockdown to contain a new outbreak of the coronavirus, the first such measure the Chinese-ruled city has taken since the pandemic began, a newspaper reported https://t.co/9z1PwneyS1 pic.twitter.com/rokQLtoyNF
— Reuters Business (@ReutersBiz) January 23, 2021
China’s rapid economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic masks the fact that the gap between rich and poor remains wide, holding back a stronger turnaround in consumption https://t.co/ql5ZspomHj
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) January 23, 2021
#SouthKorea Janaury 1-20 Exports Y/Y: +10.6% v +12.6% in December (full month)
*Average Daily Exports Y/Y: 10.6% ❗ v +7.9% in December (full month)
*Link (Korean): https://t.co/nhrvEiiucM pic.twitter.com/42AD0wWALk— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) January 23, 2021
India’s central bank proposes tighter regulations for large shadow lenders to prevent events such as the collapse of a big financier in 2018 https://t.co/sxaZ5w5Bbf
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) January 23, 2021
China sees more common ground with Biden-led UShttps://t.co/LrMX76di96
— Nikkei Asia (@NikkeiAsia) January 23, 2021
Europe
#Europe #Covid_19: Daily Summary (January 23rd)
*Focus on #Germany, #Spain, #France and #Italy
HT @FLAHAULT, @Reuters, @ngbpadel2, @mianrey, @ramonfornose, @nicolasberrod, @starjoin, @gforestier, @Fabien_L, @Corriere https://t.co/QK07WoqnQw
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) January 23, 2021
AstraZeneca va réduire les livraisons de son vaccin de 60% au premier trimestre. C'est une bien mauvaise nouvelle, qui aura des conséquences concrètes en France. La capacité de vaccination max à fin mars passe de 10,6 millions à 8,1 millions de personnes.https://t.co/2ifpp41aoC pic.twitter.com/2atQz5zN9Z
— Vincent Glad (@vincentglad) January 22, 2021
Oxford University researchers are planning a large-scale trial of an inexpensive drug that could help dramatically reduce Covid-19 deaths globally, according to a report in the Times https://t.co/HQrT1FvMSn
— Bloomberg Asia (@BloombergAsia) January 23, 2021
The U.K. is still in the grip of the coronavirus crisis, but political speculation is already rife on how the country will manage its ballooning debt https://t.co/DRkWoAFBWZ
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) January 23, 2021
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu is giving the EU two options:
❌ Imposing new sanctions against Turkey will "ruin everything"
… But if Brussels decides to revive accession talks, Turkey is ready to meet all the criteria. https://t.co/wktFUmaxTk— POLITICOEurope (@POLITICOEurope) January 23, 2021