Joker's Google Blog: Business Intelligence Monitor 211124

※ Covid is now the leading cause of death in Europe, the W.H.O. said in a statement, with almost 4,200 new deaths a day, double the number at the end of September.

• NYT: Israel begins vaccinating children aged 5 to 11.

• NYT: Inflation Batters Pakistan and Puts Pressure on Imran Khan

• NYT: The Sustainable Industrial Revolution Is Just Getting Started

• WP: CDC moves Germany and Denmark to ‘do not travel’ list

• FT: Global shipping costs have sunk — but will they remain low?

• FT: France and Italy seek to boost EU influence with ‘friendship treaty’

• FT: EU scrambles to save digital Covid certificate

• FT: Collapse of Bulb highlights failings of UK’s retail energy sector

• FT: BoE governor says ‘regulated’ central bank digital currency preferred option

• FT: Pascal Soriot links AstraZeneca jab to low UK hospitalisations

• FT: Lael Brainard’s stance on regulation sets up early test for Fed

• FT: The switching generation: US workers quit jobs in record numbers

• FT: Chinese doctors raise questions over Beijing’s Covid contact tracing policy

• FT: China eases pressure on property sector but reform remains priority

• FT: China blocks access to shipping location data

• FT: Brazil’s finance minister vows ‘fight to the end’ to save reforms

• FT: Saudi Arabia boosts defence sector in drive for self-reliance

• FT: US bond bulls hold their ground in face of red-hot inflation

• FT: The ‘Tesla-financial complex’: how carmaker gained influence over the markets

• FT: Truck electric drive held back by lack of chargers, says Iveco boss

• Bloomberg: California’s Busiest Port is Straining the Global Supply Chain, Causing Delays

• Bloomberg: Raphael Bostic, Cecilia Rouse Among Potential Picks for More Diverse Fed Board

• Bloomberg: Bostic Says Faster Taper Would Give Fed Option for Earlier Hikes

• Bloomberg: Euro Area to Maintain Fiscal Expansion in 2022 Despite the Risks

• Bloomberg: ECB Officials Urge Sticking to Stimulus Wind-Down Amid Inflation

• Bloomberg: ECB’s Guindos Says Inflation Drivers Becoming More Structural

• Bloomberg: ECB’s Knot Says New Lockdowns Won’t Delay Stimulus Wind-Down

• Bloomberg: Haskel Says BOE Should Wait for Labor Data Before Rate Rise

• Bloomberg: Europe Seeks Common Stance on How Long Covid Vaccinations Last

• Bloomberg: What is the risk of a war between Russia and Ukraine?

• Bloomberg: China Slows Its Progress on U.S. Trade Deal Purchases Amid Talks

• Bloomberg: Services, Trade Help Power Steady Economic Recovery in India

• Bloomberg: India Plans 5 Million Barrel Oil Reserve Sale With Odds of More

• Bloomberg: India to Propose Prohibiting All Private Cryptocurrencies

• Bloomberg: Half of Indonesia’s Population Gets At Least First Vaccine Dose

• Bloomberg: Powell Pick Seen Positive for Risk Despite Knee-Jerk Selloff

• Bloomberg: BlackRock Turns More Positive on China, Trims India Exposure

• Bloomberg: Oil Very Cheap Relative to Other Assets, JPM’s Kolanovic Says

• Bloomberg: Shale Patch Sees Limited Impact from Biden’s Unusual Oil Release

• Bloomberg: OPEC+ Counterpunch to SPR Blow Will Come at a Cost: Oil Strategy

• Bloomberg: U.S. May Conduct Another SPR Release If Prices Rise, RBC Says

• Bloomberg: China’s Energy Crisis Lingers Ahead of Winter Despite Record Coal Production

• Bloomberg: Xiaomi’s Sales Growth Slows Down on Chip Shortages, Honor Competition

• Reuters: U.S. Congress panel corrects tax rates for wealthy under Biden's proposal

• Reuters: Germany considers new COVID-19 curbs, compulsory vaccines

※ Germany should impose further restrictions to try to stop a fourth wave of coronavirus infections, outgoing Health Minister Jens Spahn said

• Reuters: EXCLUSIVE German parties agree on 2030 coal phase-out in coalition talks -sources

• Reuters: What is the risk of a war between Russia and Ukraine?

• Reuters: IAEA's Grossi says in Iran that he wants to deepen cooperation

• Reuters: Moscow says U.S. rehearsed nuclear strike against Russia this month

• Reuters: Soaring lithium prices spur changes in supply contracts

• Reuters: UAE builds first green hydrogen plant - minister

• Reuters: Factbox: Who will be the Bundesbank's next chief?

• Reuters: Analysis: Investors bet Powell's Fed will get more aggressive on inflation

• Reuters: Analysis: U.S. wants more oil, but OPEC+ can't turn on the tap much harder

• Reuters: Analysis: Biden's oil reserves bet mixes China outreach with appeal to U.S. voters

• CNN: Ukraine: As fears mount over potential Russian invasion US considering sending extra weaponry

※ The package could include new Javelin anti-tank and anti-armor missiles as well as mortars, the sources said.

• CNN: House Democrats call for Biden to ban oil exports and tap emergency reserves

※ Nearly a dozen Congressional Democrats are urging President Joe Biden to combat high gas prices by not only releasing barrels from the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve

• CNN: Not just the supply chain: Going green is hiking prices, too

• CNBC: White House says no Covid lockdowns as European nations implement restrictions

※ “We can curb the spread of the virus without having to in any way shut down our economy,”

• CNBC: Covid, the ECB and trade: Why the euro is undergoing a ‘fundamental realignment’

• CNBC: GE’s renewables unit makes zero waste pledge for wind turbine blade production

• CNBC: China’s tech crackdown could last decades, but won’t stop long-term investors, says wealth manager

• Fox Business: Biden touts efforts to cool soaring inflation, says gas prices will fall 'before long'

• Politico: U.S. and South Korea finalizing end of war declaration text

• SCMP: Property tax concerns for China’s homeowners, buyers amid Xi Jinping’s common prosperity drive

• SCMP: Li Keqiang meeting with local government heads shows Beijing is on high alert for mounting economic headwinds

• SCMP: China warned to brace for US stimulus tapering, rate increases with Jerome Powell to remain as Fed chair

• SCMP: China’s investments in Europe plunge amid coronavirus, squeeze on foreign buyers