The bright side of Bund yields
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 21 January 2022
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
The Federal Reserve has for the first time launched a period of debate of a central bank digital currency, and Luckin Coffee is planning to relist in the US after being delisted following a $300m fraud scandal. Plus, the FT’s Katie Martin explains why we should pay attention to German Bund yields turning positive this week.
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Fed opens debate on possible digital currency
Luckin Coffee plots relisting in US two years after $300m fraud
Germany’s 10-year Bund yield turns positive for first time since 2019
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| 0:00.0 | The FT News Briefing is supported by Equinole, the UK's energy partner. |
| 0:06.3 | Learn more at equinole.co.uk. |
| 0:09.8 | Good morning from the Financial Times. |
| 0:11.5 | Today is Friday, January 21, and this is your FT News Briefing. |
| 0:18.3 | The Fed is finally willing to talk about a digital currency and German bond yields popped |
| 0:23.1 | above zero this week. |
| 0:24.8 | I know you have your treasuries and you think they're kind of important in the States. |
| 0:29.1 | In Europe, it's all about bonds. |
| 0:31.4 | The FT's Katie Martin will explain, and China's luck and coffee was booted off the NASDAQ |
| 0:36.7 | a couple of years ago, but it is brewing a comeback. |
| 0:40.8 | A Mark Filipino, and here's the news you need to start your day. |
| 0:50.5 | The Federal Reserve has, for the first time, launched a public debate about the possibility |
| 0:55.6 | of a central bank digital currency. |
| 0:58.0 | It's trying to keep up with global financial innovation and maintain the dollar's supremacy. |
| 1:03.3 | China's already piloting a digital renminbi, and Europe's central bank is moving forward |
| 1:08.3 | with similar plans. Yesterday, the Fed released a lengthy paper that's expected to be the basis |
| 1:13.6 | of a heated debate. In the paper, the Fed said a central bank digital currency could provide a safe |
| 1:19.5 | digital payment option for households and businesses, but there may also be downsides. |
| 1:25.6 | Russia's central bank has proposed a ban on cryptocurrency. |
| 1:33.6 | We're going to talk about that in our Friday market roundup. |
| 1:36.0 | But first, the German Bund did something interesting this week. |
| 1:40.0 | Yields on Germany's 10-year government bond swung above zero for the first time in a long time. |
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