Market Update

The United States’ Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) expanded at an annual rate of 33.4% in the third quarter, the US Bureau of Economic Analysis’ third estimate showed on Tuesday. This reading beat the previous estimate and the market expectation of 33.1%.

The Firm-level Business Activity Index of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia’s Nonmanufacturing Business Outlook Survey improved slightly to 5.6 in December from 5.3 in November. On a negative note, the Regional Business Activity Index slumped to -26.8 from -15.9.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that Beijing will impose measures on those responsible for harming the Chinese side, in response to the ban imposed by the United States on granting Chinese officials additional entry visas. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said in a press briefing that the …

German company BioNTech said it and US company Pfizer will supply 12.5 million doses of their Covid-19 vaccine to the European Union by the end of the year. That’s more than half of the 20 million doses expected to be delivered to the United States by the end of the …

Reuters revealed that Germany imposed a travel ban on travellers from Britain, Northern Ireland and South Africa until January 6. According to Reuters, it is prohibited for railways, buses, freight and air companies to transport passengers from these destinations to Germany. added that German citizens and residents of the country …

The euro and the pound faced pressure against the dollar today, Tuesday, with the outbreak of a new strain of the Coronavirus in Britain, which led to the closure of important trade routes and caused a crisis in supply chains with the close of the deadline for concluding a trade …

Gold prices plunged today, Tuesday, as the strength of the dollar overshadowed the support resulting from the US Congress’s approval of a long-awaited aid package of nearly $ 900 billion linked to the Coronavirus, while sentiment was also affected by some profit-making sales. And gold fell in the spot market …

Official data showed that the economic recovery in Britain from the collapse caused by the Corona virus in the period from July to September was somewhat faster than previously thought, and it also reported that government borrowing had jumped for spending related to the Corona virus crisis. GDP grew at …

The US Congress has passed the long-awaited “stimulus package” Covid relief bill and the government’s funding plan Here are key provisions that will be included as part of the agreement, according to summaries of the legislation released by Democratic and GOP leadership: Direct payment checks of up to $600 per …

Japanese stocks tumbled to a three-week low today, Tuesday, as investors reaped profits after record gains over the past two months, amid fears that a new strain of the rapidly spreading Coronavirus discovered in Britain would undermine the speed of the global economic recovery. The Nikkei fell 1.04%, the biggest …