Notes Today:

• Reuters: Australia to make Facebook (AKA the plague on humanity), Google pay news outlets for content.

• U.K. officials warn Brexit talks could collapse in hours. 

• Facebook's (AKA the plague on humanity) renamed cryptocurrency is still 'wolf in sheep's clothing': German Finance Minister

• US Senate Democratic leader Schumer says McConnell has refused to compromise on covid relief and today we heard the "same old song" from McConnell. 

• Karen Braun  @kannbwx   Checking in on traffic of #soybeans - or lack thereof. Looks like #Brazil really did run out of beans. It's been a couple years since the activity was this light.

• QoQ Japans GDP was up 5.0 % 

• Japan had a current account surplus of 2,144.7 billion yen in October, the Ministry of Finance said on Tuesday - up 15.7 % YoY.