Thursday, November 19, 2020
Evening
- Gov. Newsom orders curfew for most California counties amid coronavirus spike
- Wall Street closes higher as new stimulus talks ease shutdown worries
- Dollar slips on report that U.S. stimulus talks to resume
- Mnuchin Seeks Unused Funds From Fed in Clash With Central Bank
- Schumer says McConnell agrees to discuss Covid relief, as aides negotiate government funding
- Treasury seeks to extend some emergency Fed programs but end others, including Main Street facility
- Trump's vaccine team will not brief Biden administration: U.S. senators
- PBOC Set to Look Through Credit Wobbles as it Tapers Stimulus
- Mnuchin Declines to Extend Several Fed Emergency Lending Programs
Afternoon
- U.S. Stocks Trade Mixed With Tech Leading Gains: Markets Wrap
- U.S. COVID-19 hospitalizations rise by nearly 50% in 2 weeks, ushering in new shutdowns
- CDC urges Americans against traveling for Thanksgiving as coronavirus outbreak worsens
- Coronavirus live updates: Airline bookings dip ahead of the holidays; HHS piloting rapid test used by the NBA
- U.S. labor market losing steam as COVID-19 rages
- IMF, G-20 Warn Recovery May Be Derailed, Risks Still Very High
- Canada sheds 79,500 jobs in October: ADP
- As new debt crisis looms, Africa needs more than world is offering
- Trump Broadens His Efforts to Overturn Election Outcome
General
- S&P 500 Edges Lower as European Stocks Fall: Markets Wrap
- World stocks ease further from highs, oil dips on COVID-19 count
- Dollar up on COVID-19 case rise, gains curbed by Fed easing expectations
- U.S. weekly jobless claims total 742,000, vs 710,000 estimate
- U.S. existing home sales rise for fifth straight month
- Coronavirus live updates: HHS piloting rapid test used by the NBA; Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is effective across all ages
- NYC Recovery at Risk on Double Whammy of School-and-Subway Pain
- Fannie-Freddie Watchdog Demands Capital Above $280 Billion
- U.S. Homebuyers Put Up Biggest Down Payments In 20 Years
- State firms from China's Shanxi able to meet near-term bond repayments -local official
- Turkish Rate Hike Backed by Erdogan Heralds Return to Mainstream
- IMF Says Global Recovery May Be Fading, Risks Still Very High
- Lagarde Pledges Forceful ECB Stimulus Response in December
- Japan's daily coronavirus cases hit new record of 2,259: TBS
- China Credit Stress Spreads Wider as Developer Defaults on Bond
- China’s Next Default Pressure Point Comes Closer
- G-20 Says Global Recovery Subject to ‘Elevated Downside Risks’
- Global Crop Supply Fears Send Soybeans to Highest in Six Years
- Large Chinese Broker Faces Probe After State-Owned Coal Miner’s Default
- Political divisions put Fed’s pandemic emergency measures in doubt
- Why the developing world needs a bigger pandemic response
- Bundesbank chief: How central banks should address climate change