Les dépêches vendredi 17

Le sommet européen va débuter ce week end ; surveillez l’euro

If we see more progress at the EU summit over the weekend, the trend of European FX outperformance in the G10 space should continue early next week.https://t.co/s1MxXI2WBM

— ING Economics (@ING_Economics) July 17, 2020

In 1971 #Nixon closed “temporarily” the US #gold window to “stabilize” the #Dollar #USD is backed by nothing since then (has lost 97.6% of its value against gold).

Gold has beaten the #DowJones since then (42.2x vs 28.7x)

Monthly datas: end August 1971 – end of June 2020 pic.twitter.com/wRTMcun2us

— Crottaz Finance (@crofin67) July 16, 2020

Foreigner holdings of the U.S. debt dropped to 34%, the smallest amount since 2002: latest Treasury data, via @richwesgoodman pic.twitter.com/oK2FxH4dpf

— Lisa Abramowicz (@lisaabramowicz1) July 17, 2020

Il se pourrait qu’un vaccin contre le coronavirus soit impossible à developper. Raoult n’est pas loin de le penser, d’autres s’expriment dans ce sens:

https://sparkhealthmd.com/coronavirus-vaccine-may-be-impossible-to-develop-biosecurity-experts-state/2080/

Reuters] Asia stocks rebound, hopes of more stimulus offset virus worries
[Reuters] U.S. targets all Chinese Communist Party members for possible travel ban: source

[AXIOS] Barr accuses U.S. firms like Disney and Apple of « bowing to Beijing »

[Yahoo] ‘China’s goal is to replace you’: Barr warns leaders of America’s biggest businesses

[Reuters] Brazil coronavirus cases reach two million, doubling in less than a month

[Reuters] ‘In the fight of our lives’: Australia posts surge in new COVID-19 cases

[Bloomberg] China’s Manic Traders Test the Communist Party’s Grip on Markets

[NYT] Mask Rules Expand Across U.S. as Clashes Over the Mandates Intensify