December 07 (Tuesday)

YRI
Daily Markets Overview
See subscribers’ link below for today’s Morning Briefing.
Replay of Dr. Ed’s webinar on December 6.

Markets
Boeing, travel stocks surge as investors shrug off omicron concerns | C

Global
The Supply Chain’s Inconvenient Truth – Michael Rentz | lawliberty.org
California ports delay imposing unprecedented fees on carriers | C

Central banks
High Inflation, Falling Unemployment Prompted Powell’s Fed Pivot | W
Opinion | Why the Fed Chair Won’t Call Inflation ‘Transitory’ Anymore | N
China to cut reserve requirement ratio for second time this year to boost economic growth amid strong headwinds | SCMP

US
David Perdue to Challenge Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp in Republican Primary | W
High-Income Business Owners Escape $10,000 Tax Deduction Cap Using Path Built by States, Trump Administration | W

China
China Moves to Boost Slowing Economy | W
China Increasingly Obscures True State of Its Economy to Outsiders | W
China Evergrande’s Managed Restructuring Is Under Way; Stocks and Bonds Sink | W
U.S. officials to boycott Beijing Olympics over rights ‘atrocities’ | R
Hong Kong protests: Telegram group operator jailed for nearly 5 years over incitement offences tied to 2019 clashes | SCMP

Corporate finance
Toyota to build $1.29 billion EV battery plant in North Carolina | C
Chinese AI Leader SenseTime Launches Scaled-Back IPO Amid Tech-Stock Rout | W

Virus
Omicron travel: Here are the new rules to enter the U.S. from abroad | C
Omicron Covid variant’s risk profile starts to emerge with early data | C
Daily COVID deaths are just 0.00026 percent of the US population — it’s time to move on | P
New York City Sets Covid-19 Vaccine Mandate for Private-Sector Workers | W
Pfizer and Merck Covid-19 Pills Are Coming Soon in the U.S., but Other Countries Will Have to Wait | W
WHO strongly advises against convalescent plasma for treating Covid patients | C