Saturday Brief – November 14th 2020
Americas
Wall Street closes higher, with upbeat earnings reports and COVID-19 vaccine updates helping to drive optimism about the economy https://t.co/EJOQNtC2r9 pic.twitter.com/lLJq2lYxkz
— Reuters Business (@ReutersBiz) November 13, 2020
Vegetables lift U.S. producer prices; trend remains moderate https://t.co/Z5eXFPff8d pic.twitter.com/qF69vDRp9K
— Reuters Business (@ReutersBiz) November 13, 2020
United States #Covid_19: Daily Summary (November 14th)
➡ Regiona/national data
⚠ Latest restrictions: North Dakota, New York, California, Washington, Virginia, Ohio
⚠ Lockdowns: New Mexico, Oregonhttps://t.co/Sab7jrKkaS— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) November 14, 2020
As I expected, several states such as Oregon and New Mexico will implement strict restrictions.
Others will follow in the coming weeks as health situation worsened dramatically this week.
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) November 14, 2020
NOV PRELIMINARY UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN CONFIDENCE: 77.0 V 82.0E
– Current conditions: 85.8 v 88.3e
– Expectations: 71.3 v 79.1e— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) November 13, 2020
Should we guess that Michigan will drop further in December? Seems like it… pic.twitter.com/v5GbSpefPN
— Mikael Sarwe (@MikaelSarwe) November 13, 2020
Former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen is under consideration to be Biden’s Treasury secretary https://t.co/XyFIubZ7zp
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) November 14, 2020
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will extend several loan origination flexibilities related to Covid-19 by a month to Dec. 31, the Federal Housing Finance Agency said https://t.co/pBmb4D6jCy
— Bloomberg Asia (@BloombergAsia) November 14, 2020
US grants TikTok extension on sale deadline https://t.co/cXeFBQEPZf
— Financial Times (@FT) November 13, 2020
Asia
Here's the latest on Covid-19:
– Hong Kong tightens restrictions at bars and restaurants
– Russia reports a record number of new infections
– Daily cases reach an all-time high of 190,059 in the U.S.https://t.co/3VndvTSvvk— Bloomberg Asia (@BloombergAsia) November 14, 2020
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— South Korea logs most daily cases since Sept.
— Brazil suspects hackers targeted COVID data
— US Secret Service fights clusterhttps://t.co/KvCzimeHoj— Nikkei Asia (@NikkeiAsia) November 14, 2020
Tokyo COVID cases top 300 for 4th straight day
Officials warn of 'third wave' as infections surge in metro areashttps://t.co/KJ1eGAteIn— Nikkei Asia (@NikkeiAsia) November 14, 2020
The Chinese government looks like it's squeezing more private-sector companies for control.https://t.co/2OcTucizEH
— Nikkei Asia (@NikkeiAsia) November 14, 2020
China will overtake the U.S. to become the world’s biggest economy in 15 years, according to Bloomberg Economics forecasts. The global economy is transitioning from West to East, and away from democracies. https://t.co/eFs8qw04Hp via @BW
— Bloomberg Asia (@BloombergAsia) November 14, 2020
Australia is showing the rest of the world just how bad things can get when you stand up to China https://t.co/HLDHDYErt8
— Bloomberg Next China (@next_china) November 14, 2020
Europe
#Europe #Covid_19: Daily Summary (November 14th)
*Focus on #Germany, #Spain, #France and #Italy
HT @zerohedge, @FLAHAULT, @macroandfinance, @ngbpadel2, @mianrey, @ramonfornose, @gforestier, @starjoin, @Fabien_L, @Corriere https://t.co/AlYsApMwKp
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) November 14, 2020
#Eurozone: Latest Restrictions Linked To #Covid_19 (An Update)https://t.co/yMbqqvdOOn
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) November 12, 2020
The Austrian govt will announce steps to tighten its 2nd lockdown on Saturday, after initial measures failed to prevent infections rising – Bloomberg
Economic activity, measured by high-frequency indicators — only ⬇ 7% last week, the central bank said. (vs -26% in March).— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) November 13, 2020
Italy’s government will ask parliament to approve as much as 20 billion euros in extra borrowing as soon as this month to cover aid during the country’s latest lockdowns https://t.co/PIaWwEwcoZ
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) November 13, 2020
Dominic Cummings: PM’s top adviser thrived on animosity but lost battle for power https://t.co/YZpWow67sA
— Financial Times (@FT) November 13, 2020
Boris Johnson will spend the weekend deciding who will take forward and define his goals as Prime Minister https://t.co/odXsFhyMDm
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) November 14, 2020