College we need to focus on. Tom not only be Electoral College but the outcome. Divya weston gets to Election Results on the west coast tonight. There are any number of ways to slice it. My opening comment for the next 30 hours is simple. We have seen this force. This is part of america, it deeply divided america. There is nothing new about that. What is new is the social media, the cable tv concentration, the emotion in your face. It used to not be that way. Maybe we can all get comfortable by milford, New Hampshire, where they voted early, probably without tiktok or twitter. The last when its time we talked about a not so peaceful transition of power in the u. S. . We talk about possible social unrest in the u. S. I was speaking to a senior banker yesterday at one of the largest swiss banks, and he said the Trading Floor is fully prepared overnight to see whatever happens, they are prepared. It could become if there is a big surprise, it could be see extra so we will market checks to
With the pandemic, so different in america. Francine im sorry, tom, you cannot forget about brexit. Almost there, and certainly by next monday, london will have moved to tier two, which is where you can still meet people outside but you cannot let people come into your home. We should have a better idea of what london will become over the next couple weeks. Is similar moved by the french president , emmanuel macron, announcing that eight cities will go in lockdown. That is hurting a lot of the stocks. Go, there are eight ways to and just because there is compressed time, are the chancellor of the exchequer and the Prime Minister on the same page . Francine they are on the same page, but we heard from the london mayor, who is from the labor party, and the opposition leader, asking for a national lockdown. We call it the circuit breaker. The idea is for two weeks we go back in lockdown so that the cases go down. This is not what the Prime Minister wants to do, but we also know that the l
The german chancellor says the cost are two great. 00 too great. Good morning, everyone. This is bloomberg surveillance. I am Francine Lacqua here in london. This is what markets are focusing on, partly what Angela Merkels, partly Emmanuel Macron. Let me go through the impact heavy on the markets. Areou look at stocks, they really fluctuating after data from the economies here in europe, and that is really costing casting doubt on the resurgence virus infection. We have french manufacturing unexpectedly contracting in august. Highlighting the need for further stimulus. I am also looking at offshore to extend less than six months, seven months, actually, when china market from the pandemic became one of the worlds fastest. This is what we are getting in terms of pmi out of the eurozone, expectations or certainly there in mind with what we were expecting. Barring 50. 1. Coming up later, everything you need to know about Exchange Traded funds. Iq europe is back. Exchange data funds. Pmi w
Ago where i was on 101st street in new york and i counted seven ambulances, two of them working very quickly with very sick patients. Its not new york, washington, or boston. Its across the nation. I use this word very selectively. It is grim this morning in the sunbelt of america. Francine it certainly is when you look at the numbers. We will get to our number. We spent a lot of time looking at the number of people infected by one person. Lets get to the bloomberg first word news. Mentioned, some of the biggest states seeing a jump in Coronavirus Infections and that has thrown reopenings into disarray. Cases surging in texas, florida, and arizona. California broke a record for new cases. County, florida has become the latest jurisdiction to make Wearing Masks mandatory. Borders are open again the European Union may keep americans out. They are discussing lifting the ban on nonessential travel at the beginning of next week. Hispoint being looked at u. S. Citizens not being allowed into
Our focus of america on Christine Lagarde yesterday, really stepping up and really confirming the independence of the European Central bank. Francine i think you are right. The markets are focusing on more focusing more on what is happening in in europe with the ecb turning more than markets expected at this economic response with extra stimulus from germany and austria today. 750es optimism this policy from europe they are focusing more on this stimulus and social unrest we saw in the u. S. The other thing i would point to is the fact that u. S. china trade relations, theres a lot going on with china stepping up 33 of then against chinese company. Companies. Rick hsbc tom hsbc and charter extending into the weekend. Here is first word news in new york. Todays jobs report is expected to show the u. S. Unemployment rate surged almost 20 last month, after reaching the highest level since the Great Depression in april. The may report is likely to show the jobs slump has extended into whit