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This week: Resurgence of infections, renewed lockdowns
This week: Resurgence of infections, renewed lockdowns

(ATF) Economic events

Financial markets will seek confirmation that economies are firmly on the road to recovery as investors track...

Risk rally capped by infection resurgence
Risk rally capped by infection resurgence

(ATF) Hong Kong: Financial markets are off highs struck after strong data from the...

Why the dollar ain’t smiling
Why the dollar ain’t smiling

(ATF) Nineteen years ago, former Morgan Stanley currency strategist Stephen Jen invented the “dollar smile” theory:...

Services trade declines but deficit narrows
Chinese miffed after ‘ally’ Putin sells fighter jets to India
China data supports market sentiment
What keeps driving USD down and CNY well-supported?
China mulls brokerage licences for two investment banks
China e-commerce transactions surge to 34tn yuan
Support pledged to help smaller enterprises

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ASML in the Centre of the Chip War

With a market cap of$240 billion, chipmaker ASML is Europe’s most valuable tech company. Its market-leading position comes from its monopoly in Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUV) machines which allow chipmakers to make smaller, faster and smarter semiconductors