This ballot box on october 12th. The problem is he doesnt know where it went. Writing from home, they have plenty of options to turn in ballots, we did all that. And, we ended up with a situation where we did everything right, and it hasnt been counted. Reporter zach kept checking the states ballot tracker but it never updated and he began to worry. After posting about his issue online, zach realized he was not the only one in the dark. What bothers me the most is just the fact that other people may not know until now. Reporter with rumors of ballot theft and impropriety swirling on social media, Contra Costa County assistant registrar of voters once to clear the air. Ballot boxes are emptied every day. They are emptied every day by a team of two people. And, ballots were picked up on the 12th, and on the 13th. We cannot explain why we dont explain why we dont have the voters ballots to voters said they dropped in the ballot on monday the 12th. But, what is really important, is that, t
8 up. A bit of a conundrum, it weaker than anticipated growth number when weve got Industrial Production and retail sales beating what was going on. Graphically, there you go. Retail sales, 3. 3 to the upside and that is what has been going on in aggregate. A mixed bag, a miss on the headline gdp but certainly a beat for Industrial Production and retail sales. Yeah, the topline picture is that China Remains the only major economy that is recovering at a pace like this but nonetheless, yeartodate, growth around 0. 7 . Year, beginning of the officials had hoped to get around 6 growth for 2020. Nonetheless, the fact retail sales came in well above the estimates will for economists who say we should see a broader economic recovery in china fueled by infrastructure. Straight cap to the pandemic, there would be focus on whether or not the consumer would step up and the numbers suggest that is happening. Ubss headore from of asia economics and achieve china economist. Always great to get your
Pips. We are looking at the rest of asia doing this. 1 8kospi index down about of 1 . Some updatese, here on what happened yesterday. Military saying it is on high alert in that part of the world. Today,the top stories just a couple minutes ago, we did get confirmation out of the pboc, adding more funding to the system here. It is trying to guide the economy through a rough patch. A smaller chunk, 2. 95 . Jason. Us now is pleasure to have you. Good morning. Your top thoughts for today. What is top of mind for you . At chinas liquidity guess first the primary liquidity facility, but it does also add to the positive growth picture for china, especially on a relative basis. Covidast because the situation has been continuing in china. When you couple that with Strong Capital flows and improving current accounts balance, it doesnt mean the fundamentals are quite good at the moment. Note, and i guess on that many people say go long against the dollar. Your trade is the currency against the i
Dozens of earnings. Softbank. Cus on nextn move it on to our terminal chart that shows softbank. They have said they will buyback 12 of their shares. Up more than 40 percent yeartodate for softbank. Dollar has been firmly in focus, given what we have been hearing from the fed. The index is down. 4 . Looking for a fifth week of decline for the u. S. Dollar. Gold is up. You have seen a little bit of softness towards the end of the session. Can it break above 2000 and stay there . Crude is at 40 a barrel, up. 8 . There is concern. Is a concern in terms of the pandemic. Point. Own one basis look at lets have a the first word news, kicking things off with the global coronavirus case levels. Passing the 17 million mark. All out with a Record Number of deaths. California had its second deadliest days deadliest day. Texas, hospitalizations dropped for a ninth straight day. Almost 10,000 people in the u. K. A earlystagen vaccine. Almost 1000 new infections in germany. The australians have a cas
Surveillance. I am nejra cehic. We are seeing european equities accelerate to the downside. The stoxx 600 down 0. 6 . Futures pointbut to a lower open. The five year yield hit several record lows. Target rangeow the from the fed. Lets get the bloomberg first word news. Laura the u. S. Death toll from the coronavirus talked 150,000 topped 150,000. Texas, california and florida had record cases. Dr. Fauci warned more protection will be needed. He said if you have goggles or a face shield, you should use it. Facebooks Mark Zuckerberg was speaking alongside the bosses. Rom alphabet, apple he says facebook lags behind its competitors. Credit suisse says it will merge trading and Investment Banking and combine its risk function. The chief executive says it is the first major rebound of the swiss lender. Undoes some of the decisions by the predecessor. The bank merger is something we have been discussing for months. Bute will be costbenefits, it is about having one underwriting business to ha