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December, 2020

• 15 December 2020 8:37 pm

  US Manufacturing Output Rises in November

  

  Manufacturing output in the United States grew by 0.8% in November, according to data by the Federal Reserve on Tuesday. The October reading was revised up to a 1.1% increase, up from a previously estimates 1%. The increase is largely thanks to the surge in the production of motor vehicles …

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• 15 December 2020 7:49 pm

  Canada’s Manufacturing Sales Increase in October

  

  Manufacturing sales in Canada increased by 0.3% to $54.1 billion in October, data by Statistics Canada showed on Tuesday. The September reading was revised to show a rise of 2.2%, compared with a previous estimate of a 1.5% increase. On an annual basis, manufacturing sales declined by 5.2%. The rise …

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• 15 December 2020 7:35 pm

  US Import Prices Rise in November

  

  The price of import prices in the United states rose by 0.1% in November, according to data by the US Department of Labor on Tuesday. This comes following a decline of an equal value during October. On an annual basis, import prices decreased by 1%, repeating the reading of the …

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• 15 December 2020 6:35 pm

  US: Industrial Production Rises by 0.4% in November

  

  Industrial Production in the United States expanded by 0.4% on a monthly basis in November, the US Federal Reserve reported on Tuesday. This print followed October’s increase of 0.9% and came in slightly better than the market expectation of 0.3%.

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• 15 December 2020 5:48 pm

  Euro Rising as US Dollar Negatively Affected by US stimulus Bets, Pound Falls

  

  The euro held on to its gains on Tuesday, December 15th, as it hovered close to its highest level in two and a half years as investors ignored new general isolation measures to combat Covid-19 virus and focused on the possibility of applying more US stimulus, which would negatively affect …

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• 15 December 2020 5:01 pm

  UK PM Johnson’s spokesman: PM Restated to cabinet No-Trade Deal Was Most Likely Outcome

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s spokesman said on Tuesday that the PM has reemphasised to his cabinet his desire to reach a trade deal with the European Union but not at any cost, per Reuters. “The PM restated to the cabinet that a no-trade deal was the most likely outcome,” …

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• 15 December 2020 4:25 pm

  Oil Surpasses $50 And Optimism About a Vaccine Overshadows Fears of Isolation Measures

  

  Oil prices rose above $50 on Tuesday (December 15th), as the start of Coronavirus vaccination campaigns favored the tightening of general isolation measures in Europe and expectations of a slower recovery in demand. The United States began vaccination campaigns on Monday, while the deaths due to the pandemic exceeded 300,000. …

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• 15 December 2020 3:43 pm

  EU to Approve Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine on December 23

  

  The European Medicines Agency is expected to approve the coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech on December 23rd, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing a German government source.

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• 15 December 2020 3:10 pm

  IEA: The Impact of Corona Vaccines on Global Demand Will Take Several Months

  

  The International Energy Agency has warned that the start of vaccination campaigns to prevent Coronavirus this month will not quickly reflect the devastation inflicted on global oil demand. “The understandable euphoria around the start of vaccination programmes partly explains higher prices but it will be several months before we reach …

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• 15 December 2020 2:25 pm

  China’s Crude Oil Production Rose 1.2% y-o-y in November

  

  Data announced by the Office for National Statistics today, Tuesday, revealed that China’s domestic production of crude oil in November rose 1.2% year-on-year to 15.96 million tons. Production since the beginning of the year reached 178.63 million tons, up 1.6% year-on-year. Refinery consumption of crude oil at the national level …

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• 15 December 2020 2:01 pm

  European Stocks stable as Anti-Coronavirus Measures Tighten

  

  European shares stabilized on Tuesday (December 15th), after an increase in cases of Covid-19 disease forced governments to tighten control measures across the continent, negatively affecting optimism about the distribution of vaccines and hopes for a trade agreement between Britain and the European Union. A new strain of Coronavirus was …

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• 15 December 2020 1:27 pm

  Gold Rising on stimulus, Amid a Spike in COVID-19 Cases

  

  Gold rose on Tuesday (December 15th), as the increase in COVID-19 cases and restrictions imposed on investors’ appetite for usually riskier assets and boosted the bet on more stimulus ahead of the US Federal Reserve meeting. Gold rose in the spot market 0.7% to $ 1839.20 an ounce by 07:05 …

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• 15 December 2020 1:09 pm

  A New Rise in The Unemployment Rate in Britain And Layoffs at a Record Level

  

  The unemployment rate in Britain increased again in three months until October, while the number of workers who were laid off reached a record high, as companies prepared for the end of the government’s job support program as part of measures to mitigate the repercussions of the Corona pandemic, which …

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