Macro Briefing | 20 January 2020

China reports 140 new cases of Sars-like virus: CNBC
Supply disruptions in Iraq and Libya lift oil prices: Bloomberg
White House plans to keep pressure on Iran: WSJ
Hundreds of migrants are trying to cross Mexico’s southern border: Reuters
Venezuela’s Guaidó defies travel ban, attends counter-terrorism meeting: BBC
Global survey: Capitalism doing ‘more harm than good’: Reuters
Palladium’s extraordinary surge is expected to continue: Bloomberg
New US housing construction surged in December: MW
US industrial production continued to fall in December: MW
Job openings in US fell in November to 1-1/2-year low: Reuters