Apr 20 (Tuesday)

YRI
Daily Markets Overview
Today’s Morning Briefing

Markets
Stock futures rise slightly ahead of major corporate earnings | C
Foreign Buying of Chinese Government Bonds Stalls | W

Central banks
Central bank digital currency is the next major financial disruptor | C

US fiscal policy
Why President Biden is all-in in infrastructure | TheHill
The $8T (and growing) Biden wants to spend on changing America forever | P
Smaller Corporate Tax Increase Floated at White House Infrastructure Meeting | W
Opinion | Make Tax-Dodging Companies Pay for Biden’s Infrastructure Plan | N
Democrat Floats Paying for SALT Cap Repeal With More Tax Audits | B

China
China Stresses Family Values as More Women Put Off Marriage, Childbirth | W

Industries & companies
Airlines: United Airlines (UAL) results 1Q21 | C
Media: Netflix is the biggest winner since Disney kicked off streaming wars | C
Tobacco: Biden Administration Considering Rule to Cut Nicotine in Cigarettes | W
Tobacco: Tobacco stocks drop on report Biden is planning to limit cigarette nicotine | C
Tech: Why the Chip Shortage Is So Hard to Overcome | W
Tech: IBM earnings Q1 2021 | C

Virus
CDC: Fewer than 6,000 fully vaccinated Americans contracted Covid | C
U.S. Covid vaccination obstacle shifts towards lack of demand from scarce supply, warns doctor | C
Covid-19 Cases Rise in Parts of U.S. Even as Vaccinations Pick Up | W
Why Covid-19 Vaccination in Poorer Nations Has Slowed, Posing Global Risks | W