Saturday Brief – March 13th 2021

13 March, 2021

Americas

The Dow rose to an all-time high for a fifth straight session, scoring its biggest weekly gain since November https://t.co/EVW7wEwjNE pic.twitter.com/88ynYK44kU
— Reuters Business (@ReutersBiz) March 13, 2021

U.S. Treasury Begins Sending First Batch of $1,400 Payments – Bloomberghttps://t.co/tc6dSReeeJ
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) March 13, 2021

U.S. Economic Growth Will Easily Top 6 Percent In 2021https://t.co/QgqD3Tj1VN
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) March 11, 2021

How will we know whether the stimulus is working? @MichaelRStrain has three key metrics (via @bopinion) https://t.co/lzOVAZYSMd
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) March 13, 2021

Pelosi says U.S. lawmakers must work 'swiftly' on major #infrastructure package – Reutershttps://t.co/sYcNYKmuWj
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) March 13, 2021

#Covid_19: Daily Summary (March 13th)
➡ News
➡ Restrictions (easing)
➡ Regional/national data
➡ Vaccine trackerhttps://t.co/X2BhlBxrPN
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) March 13, 2021

U.S. airport passengers hit highest level since March 2020 – Reutershttps://t.co/5V3hX8eHCM
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) March 13, 2021

Asia

Japan has seen a rapid increase in infections of coronavirus variants, with confirmed cases jumping 60% over a single week, complicating the work of a government scrambling to contain the pandemic ahead of the Olympics. #COVID #Olympics https://t.co/OzAvf2wP8d
— Nikkei Asia (@NikkeiAsia) March 13, 2021

Thailand’s southern resort island of Koh Samui plans to fully reopen to foreign visitors who are vaccinated, and will allow them to skip quarantine from October https://t.co/GbxZPcqb5T
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) March 13, 2021

Boosting consumption an economic priority in new five-year plan https://t.co/oqLTvoPQId
— SCMP News (@SCMPNews) March 13, 2021

The leaders of the U.S., India, Japan and Australia wrap up their first virtual summit vowing to promote security in the Indo-Pacific, expand vaccine efforts and coordinate on climate https://t.co/P5l2jY16ts
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) March 12, 2021

INDO-PACIFIC | WHAT'S IN A SUMMIT
For Japan's embattled prime minister, an upcoming U.S. visit is a much needed piece of good news.
But U.S. President Joe Biden has his own reasons for inviting Yoshihide Suga.https://t.co/FOciyDmej9 #IndoPacific
— Nikkei Asia (@NikkeiAsia) March 13, 2021

North Korea executes lockdown violators fleeing starvation: UNhttps://t.co/qlPN4zRezl
— Nikkei Asia (@NikkeiAsia) March 13, 2021

G-7 expresses 'grave concerns' over #HongKong electoral changeshttps://t.co/KH5vt15XSj
— Nikkei Asia (@NikkeiAsia) March 13, 2021

Europe

#Europe #Covid_19: Daily Summary (March 13th)
Special focus on ⚠ #France ⚠
Data for #Germany, #Spain and #italya https://t.co/5b3qG9pEwA
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) March 13, 2021

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and his colleagues from the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Bulgaria and Latvia are demanding an EU summit on what they claim is uneven distribution of vaccines in the bloc https://t.co/KKDJGuWfMG
— Bloomberg Asia (@BloombergAsia) March 13, 2021

In today's coronavirus news:
EU countries send help to Slovakia …
… and purchase some vaccines for Jordan …
️ … while arguing about which EU country received more doses
More here: https://t.co/6Htj0pOUfF pic.twitter.com/bCFsYA2HZW
— POLITICOEurope (@POLITICOEurope) March 13, 2021

As EU leaders prepare to review the bloc’s strategy on Russia, some of the most senior officials in Brussels are privately advocating a shift to a less combative approach https://t.co/CTl5qUVOH9
— Bloomberg Asia (@BloombergAsia) March 13, 2021

The EU's deal with China should achieve "reciprocity" in access to markets, but that isn't the case with the media sector.
Foreign investment in Chinese media is still heavily restricted, while Chinese investors have a free hand in the EU market. https://t.co/3zVa7x7yB1
— POLITICOEurope (@POLITICOEurope) March 13, 2021