[PODCAST US Open Rundown 24th August 2020
24 Aug 2020, 11:28 by Newsquawk Desk
- Equities build on a firm APAC handover as newsflow slows this morning
- FDA authorized the emergency use of convalescent plasma as treatment for hospitalized COVID-19 patients
- President Trump is considering fast tracking the UK vaccine which is currently being developed by AstraZeneca before the election, although AstraZeneca later denied this
- US President Trump raised the prospect of decoupling from China in which he suggested the US doesn’t have to do business with China
- Crude is supported...