SQUAWK BOX, MONDAY 9TH JANUARY, 2023
from Squawk Box Europe Express
U.S. indices rally to their best daily performance since November as a favourable December jobs reports raises hopes of a soft landing Stateside. CNBC hears exclusively from Atlanta Federal Reserve President Raphael Bostic who says that the pace of hikes could slow if there are signs of loosening in the labour market. Asian markets are in the green as China opens its borders and scraps Covid quarantine rules for the first time in three years. Alibaba shares are up as Ant Group founder Jack Ma gives up control of the company, easing tensions with the Chinese Communist Party. Ant now insists it will not relaunch an IPO. And in Brasilia, Brazil, hundreds of Jair Bolsonaro supporters storm the nation’s Congress, Supreme Court and other government buildings following last week’s inauguration of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
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