01222021 :: Friday finance

A partial digest:

It’s day three of the Biden-Harris administration.

We may be approaching a serious inflection point in the markets. In the United States,

• Initial jobless claims remain extremely elevated (see more below).
• The health crisis marches on. Not all people can work or go about their lives if they’re falling ill. Variants and a sluggish vaccine rollout will make a difficult task of gaining the upper hand.
• Chapter 11 company bankruptcies were higher in 2020 than…