The preferential mortgage has ceased to compensate for the abnormal increase in prices caused by it. The Central Bank warns of the market overheating The Central Bank took up arms against the preferential mortgage program introduced in spring at 6.5%, just extended until July 1, 2021.

Brent oil quotes on Wednesday evening exceeded $49 per barrel, the level of early March 2020 before the OPEC + deal was broken. Oil quotes rose on data on US commercial stocks (decreased by 0.8 million barrels against an increase of 0.1 million), as well as on good news about coronavirus vaccines and a recovery in demand in Asia. An additional factor was growing market confidence that production cuts under the new OPEC+ deal would be extended into the first quarter of 2021.

Slack, a hugely popular remote work messenger, surged 30% on Wednesday on news of cloud business software provider Salesforce's acquisition. The upcoming deal, according to numerous media reports, was first reported by The Wall Street Journal. True, at 20.20 Moscow time the news was not found on the publication's website, and American business journalists expressed bewilderment about this. independent confirmation that there was an offer to buy .

American investment banks are faced with a dilemma: to encourage traders who were lucky at the end of this year with the Dow Jones almost doubling since March lows, or to save bonus payments in the context of the overall economic situation. Bank of America (BofA) does not intend to raise bonuses, and the entire extremely competitive sector will carefully look at this decision, writes Bloomberg.

Control over one of the most famous shows in the world, Cirque du Soleil, was taken over by its creditors, led by the Catalyst Capital fund. The company is coming out of bankruptcy protection. The purchase agreement replaced an agreement that failed this summer to co-finance the troupe from the now former co-owner - the Canadian province of Quebec - and a 45% share for other creditors.

Employees and key investors of one of the oldest Russian investment companies “Aton” are invited to participate in Pre-IPO at $ 30 million, and the company plans to spend until 2025, found out The Bell. What's happened The fact that Aton is preparing to go to the exchange, its general director Andrei Starochkin informed the employees on Monday. To decide where exactly the listing will take place, the company plans to be closer to the placement, Zvezdochkin himself told The Bell.

The Dutch court in the case of the downed Malaysian Boeing MH-17 refused to consider versions not related to the Russian Buk. According to the judge, the defense sent too many requests for additional investigations, which should have been sent "earlier". One of the judges of the Dutch court said that the time of the hearing will not be spent considering alternative versions of what happened.

Chinese President Xi Jinping today personally congratulated Joe Biden on his election as President of the United States. “I hope that both sides will adhere to the spirit of non-conflict and confrontation, the spirit of mutual respect and mutually beneficial cooperation, focus on cooperation, resolving differences, promoting the healthy and stable development of US-China relations,” the Chinese leader said in a letter (quoted by RIA “ News").

The UK has announced the largest peacetime borrowing program in its history amid the deepest economic downturn in 300 years, writes CNBC. According to the forecast of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), UK GDP will contract by 11.3% in 2020, and then grow by only 5.5% in 2021 and by 6.6% in 2022. This means that the country will have to get out of the coronavirus dip for two years before moving on to modest growth: by 2.3% in 2023 and by 1.7-1.8% in 2024-2025.

Dozens of vaccines from Covid-19 are tested in the world, but the general attention is focused on three: from the American Pfizer (developed jointly with the German Biontech) and Moderna, as well as the British Astrazeneca. Russia is preparing for the production of its own vaccine. But she has not yet completed the testing cycle and has not won confidence abroad. Will foreign vaccines be available to Russians and what can interfere with this?

Chairman of the Central Bank Elvira Nabiullina called for the timely curtailment of the preferential mortgage program in order to prevent a bubble in the market. Speaking today in the State Duma, Nabiullina said that over the six months of the preferential mortgage program (at 6.5% per annum), the affordability of housing has decreased measurably.

The US administration will add almost three dozen Russian companies to the new “Chinese” sanctions list. According to RIA Novosti, these include the main enterprises of the Russian civil aircraft industry - getting into such a list can dramatically complicate the production and export of final products. about the Chinese part of the list of 89 Chinese companies this week Reuters wrote .

The Russian pharmaceutical company Petrovax, owned by the richest man in Russia, Vladimir Potanin, plans to enter the world market with a cure for coronavirus and a Chinese vaccine, which will be bottled in Russia. In an interview with Bloomberg, Petrovax President Mikhail Tsyferov said that the drug Polyoxidonium, which is used in ARVI, is undergoing the third phase of clinical trials in Russia as a cure for coronavirus, and trials will begin in Slovakia in the near future.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade proposed to establish new rules for the operation of food courts in shopping centers so as not to close them during the COVID-19 pandemic. This was reported by RBC with reference to a letter sent to the administrations of all Russian regions on November 20. The regulation developed by the ministry is designed to reduce the number of visitors to food courts and avoid queues when paying for orders and issuing food.

"Yandex" introduced a new smart speaker with a voice assistant "Alice" and an LED screen - "Station Max". At the annual YaC conference, the company also announced the expansion of its delivery services. Station Max has five speakers with a total output of 65 watts and Dolby Audio. The LED screen on the front supports 4K HDR video. The speaker comes with a remote control with a built-in microphone for receiving voice commands.