BLOOMBERG: 🇸🇻 El Salvador's bonds are proving too lucrative for Wall Street to resist.
President Bukele: I really, really want to say “I told you so” 🤐
🚨United Kingdom 🇬🇧: A new variant of C19 has caused some scientists to demand that the British go back to wearing face masks.
Scientists have suggested that the country may have to reintroduce "lockdown" rules after a new variant was registered in several countries, in particular the "BA.X" variant, which online virus trackers found in Denmark and Israel , although still without an official confirmation.
Germany 🇩🇪: The Federal Administrative Court authorized prayer groups to pray in the vicinity of abortion clinics in the country, contrary to a decree by the minister of the family, Lisa Paus (green party), which prohibited prayers in the vicinity of abortion clinics.
🚨Holanda 🇳🇱: A economia da Holanda está oficialmente em recessão.
No segundo trimestre, a economia contraiu 0,3% em relação ao mesmo período do ano passado
No primeiro trimestre o PIB caiu 0,4%, fazendo com que a economia se contraísse por dois trimestres seguidos.
Ukraine 🇺🇦: Ukraine has rejected a senior NATO official's suggestion that it may have to cede some of its territory to Russia to join alliances
Mykhailo Podolyak, adviser to Zelensky, denounced the idea as "ridiculous".
“It means deliberately choosing to defeat democracy, encouraging a global criminal, preserving the Russian regime, destroying international law and passing the war on to other generations,” Podolyak said.
More China doom: #China Yuan is close to a 14y low, and far cheaper than in the summer of 2015, when a badly communicated devaluation prompted a minor global crisis.
Can the global economy expand w/China in deepening trouble? For the first time in two decades, we're about to find out. This week’s data show that almost all the putative motors of the Chinese economy were growing only at a very disappointing rate. The yield gap between 10y US and Chinese govt bonds is now >160bps, widest since 2007.
While the United States lags, Europe advances with the first Bitcoin spot ETF.
Remembering that there are already indirect exposure ETPs in the European Union, therefore, it is not the first allocation vehicle in the bloc.
However, it is significant for the aggregate of products of this nature.
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/08/15/europes-first-spot-bitcoin-etf-lists-in-amsterdam/
USA 🇺🇸: Americans are spending more than US$ 709 per month on common goods than two years ago and the population of New York City is one of those who feel the impact of inflation the most on a daily basis.
🚨Ukraine 🇺🇦: Ukraine could become a member of NATO in exchange for ceding part of its territory to Russia suggested NATO Chief of Staff Stian Jenssen. according to the Norwegian newspaper VG.
Germany 🇩🇪: The country is dealing with a wave of violence at train stations.
According to data released by the federal police, the number of crimes in 2022 increased by 28.4%, when compared to the year 2019 (pre-pandemic).
Last year, 5,461 travelers registered some form of threat, representing an increase of 120% compared to 2019
USA 🇺🇸: The state of Georgia filed a lawsuit against D. Trump.
He, along with his lawyer R.Giuliani and 17 others are accused of conspiracy and attempt to reverse the result of the 2020 presidential election.
USA 🇺🇸: A judge in the state of Montana decided this Monday (14) that young people in the state have the constitutional right to a healthy environment.
Judge Kathy Seeley, who ruled in favor of a group of young people between the ages of 5 and 22, found the policy the state uses to evaluate applications for fossil fuel licenses to be unconstitutional.
New Zealand 🇳🇿: The New Zealand government will suspend all remaining requirements in combating the C19 pandemic from midnight on Tuesday (15).
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins declared that the requirement to wear masks in hospitals and other health facilities would end at midnight, as would the requirement for seven days of isolation for people who have contracted the virus.
🚨 United Kingdom 🇬🇧x🇷🇺Russia: The British Government has published that two British Royal Air Force Typhoon jets intercepted several Russian strategic bombers flying north of Scotland this Monday (14). No incidents were recorded.
Germany 🇩🇪: In a call to defend democracy, authorities and media outlets are considering the possibility of banning the right-wing “AFD” party in Germany.
“AFD” currently ranks second in the polls with 21%.
The magazine “Der Spiegel” published that:
“The AfD has become increasingly radicalized. It is time to defend democracy with better weapons”.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz has declared that a ban should be considered if the AfD is categorized as a group of "proven right-wing extremists" by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution.
And the president of the German republic, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, said in a speech to the country's domestic intelligence agency that "we all have it in our hands to put those who despise our democracy in their place."
The Tagesspiegel newspaper also talks about banning the party.