Sunday, January 17, 2021

Monday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] U.S. Equity Futures Fluctuate, Dollar Edges Higher: Markets Wrap

[CNBC] Global stocks sink as coronavirus fears outweigh recovery hopes

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Gold Edges Up From December Low With Focus on Stimulus, Dollar

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Extends Losses on Stronger Dollar and Still-Surging Virus

[CNBC] Biden plans immediate executive actions to roll back Trump era after inauguration speech

[AP] What Biden can and can’t get from an evenly divided Senate

[CNN] Expert sees 'a ray of sunshine' in Covid-19 battle, but deaths and variant cases are growing in the US

[CNN] The US has 'screaming level' of Covid-19 transmission, expert says, as country adds nearly 4 million cases this month

[NYPost] One in eight recovered COVID patients die from another illness within five months: UK study

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China’s Economy Grew 2.3% in 2020, Accelerating Global Rise

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Italy’s Conte Calls on Lawmakers to Back His Plan to Govern

[Reuters] German economy at risk of 'sizeable setback' if curbs extended: Bundesbank

[Reuters] Dark days are far from over: Five questions for the ECB

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Billionaires-Led ‘Gilded Age’ Comes Under Attack in Modi’s India

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Dollar Shorts Mount Before Yellen Outlines Market-Based Policy

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Bond Turmoil on India’s Cash Drain Shows Market Fragility

[WSJ] For Joe Biden, Daunting—and Unprecedented—Challenges

[FT] Inflation-adjusted US bond yields push higher from record low

[FT] China’s economy expands at faster rate than before coronavirus