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US and Chinese militaries are on speaking terms again. For the first time in over a year yesterday, the highest-ranking US military officer, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke with his Chinese counterpart. The top brass hopped on a video call to discuss “global and regional security issues” and the need for lower-level talks. In 2022, China’s military stopped talking to the US in response to what it saw as a provocative trip to Taiwan taken by then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. But President Biden and China’s leader, Xi Jinping, recently met in San Francisco and agreed that the two superpower militaries should resume talking regularly to diffuse tensions.
A deadly mass shooting shook the Czech Republic. A student at Charles University in Prague killed at least 14 people and injured dozens more yesterday. He’s also suspected of killing his father earlier in the day and two other people last week. Students were told to barricade themselves in classrooms, and some had to crouch on a ledge to escape the shooter. Police sealed the area and said the perpetrator had been “eliminated.” The interior minister called the devastating violence unprecedented in the country, which has a low gun crime rate. Authorities said that the gunman might have been inspired by a shooting in Russia earlier this year.
There might be a problem with your Honda. The Japanese carmaker said yesterday that it’s recalling 22 Honda and Acura models released between 2017 and 2020 over a faulty fuel pump impeller. The component helps deliver gas to the engine, and a defective one might cause a car to stall or fail to start, though Honda says it has not received any reports of crashes or injuries related to the issue. Still, the problem means 2.5 million vehicles in the US will be recalled. Affected vehicle owners can get their fuel pump replaced free of charge once the automaker starts sending notices in February.
The energy sector is starting higher, supported by strength in the crude complex. Meanwhile, the major equity futures are mixed after US stocks bounced on Thursday following a largely unexplained late-day selloff in the prior session. Headline and core PCE came in a bit cooler than expected for November, fitting the broader disinflation theme.
WTI and Brent crude oil futures are higher in early trading on a weaker dollar and as more maritime carriers are avoiding the Red Sea due to recent attacks on vessels carried out by the Houthi militant group. Oil contracts are set for a second-consecutive higher week as hundreds of large vessels are rerouting around the southern tip of Africa, a longer route adding 10-14 days of travel, to escape drone and missile attacks by Yemeni Houthis that have pushed up oil prices and freight rates. Elsewhere, OPEC has yet to comment on Angola’s decision to leave the group. Oil-related news is quiet so far today in what should be a low-volume session of trading.
Natural gas futures are flat as preliminary estimates have storage for the week-ending today with a draw of (75) to (85) Bcf vs the 5-year average of (123) Bcf.
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