DAILY DOSE: January 21, 2021
Posted on 01/21/2021
1. Listed shares of United Airlines down 1.9% premarket after bigger-than-expected loss.
2. German Chancellor Angela Merkel says by summer’s end, the government will have offered the vaccine to every German.
3. U.S. President Joe Biden signs Paris Climate Change Agreement, bringing the U.S. back in.
4. U.S. President Joe Biden will issue an executive order mandating people wear masks in airports, and on planes and trains.
5. The United States’ MBA mortgage applications index decreased by 1.9% last week after rising over 16% in the week prior.
6. BlackRock files to add bitcoin futures to two of its funds.
7. Netflix (NFLX) reported earnings that fell below forecasts. On another note, Netflix reported that subscriber numbers exceeded 200 million for the first time.
8. Bank of Japan’s Kuroda: Negative Rates are a subject of review, weighing benefits and possible side effects.
9. Norges Bank maintains deposit rate unchanged at 0.0%, as expected.