Nominate janet yellen to his treasury secretary. She would become the first woman to hold the position. Janet yellen has pushed for more fiscal spending during the pandemic. Credentials could covid passports restart International Travel . We will discuss the latest strategy with its ceo this afternoon, and before then, we are joined by the chief executive of the dutch flag carrier. Do not miss that conversation. It is 6 00 a. M. In london and 7 00 a. M. In zurich. A little bit of breaking news on novartis and we will come back to that in a moment but there is a Share Buyback of up to 2. 5 billion. So we will touch on that in a moment but i think we are in this momentum and we have almost got this goldilocks between a vaccineon starting, narrative, and janet yellen did not get Elizabeth Warren so thats probably part of the cheer on the streets. Certainly. I think wall street will embrace it but also the progressives will embrace her but with this pick which is historic, the first female
If confirmed, she would be the first woman to hold the position. Promising stynes leader to have u. S. Coronavirus Vaccine Program says astrazenecas shot could halt severe covid. Welcome to the program. Futures in europe pointing higher. Futures in the u. S. Pointing higher and a number of uncertainties removed from the markets thinking over the last 24 hours or so. One of them is who is going to be treasury secretary. Somebody the that market knows ery well in the shape of janet yellen, somebody that has considerable monetary experience and fiscal experience. The other uncertainty is the transition at the white house. That seeps to be looking a little smoother given the headlines we have seen over recent hours. The asian picture benefiting from all of that removal of uncertainty i described. Something more complicated happening to the japanese market which had been doing well prior to being closed. It seems the Trump Administration in its last days still has some tough time to be toug
Dead. And what is he doing . Nothing. The coronavirus features prominently as donald trump and joe biden fight for airtime, 18 days away from the election. Global stocks struggled for direction as europe goes into reverse with increased restrictions. German hits records as they plan for a tough winter. And walk or talk . Boris johnson will decide today if he will abandon brexit negotiations. It comes as eu leaders refuse to give a clear signal on prospects of a new deal. Good friday morning, everyone. The focus is on the fragile recovery on thin ice as europe deals with rising infections across the region. They are reporting the highest number of new cases since the outbreak peak in the spring. France is reporting new infections. London will move into the highest threat level, which bans the mixing of households indoors. On the other side of the break planning, while fiscal stimulus is elusive, midwest states are seeing a rise in cases. And the world bank chief Economist Says it didnt
1000 miles apart. Donald trump and joe biden fight for air in competing town halls. Americans had to the polls and 18 days. Boris johnson said to decide whether to ditch brexit trade talks. And daimler gets in gear. The carmaker reports a 3 billion 3 billion euro profit as cost cuts filter through. Just under an hour away from the start of cash trading. Car sales european out. They gained 1. 1 for the first nine months. Sales, upropean car for the first three quarters of the year. 1. 1 . Lets take a look at what is going on. European car registration, clearly 20 20 has been a tough year. One a look at what is going we have ftseutures filler cheers futures up 0. 8 . Tax futures gaining about 0. 5 . Futures the picture is more mixed. Showing a lot less sized. Futures are. Ractionally down futures flat. We have been more negative. Asian equity markets look seen looking mixed. Are we in a consolidation phase for setting ourselves up for some selling . You have the election coming. That is
Surveillance. I am Francine Lacqua in london. We start with data. It is eurozone pmi figures. They are just below expectations. When you look at the euro area in january, services pmi fell to 53. 6. Economists were forecasting 53. 8. When you look at the manufacturing pmi, it rises to 55. 1. Pointrecast was that 54 eight. Anything above 50 indicates an expansion. Services a little bit below manufacturingbut better than expectations. Lets get straight to the markets to see whether there is a bit of dollareuro movement. The is my picture for markets. Watch out, as always, for the dollar. It has been erasing some of the earlier losses. Emerging stocks are gaining. This is the picture for the european stocks, putting much flat. 1. 2502. D currently a lot of weakness on the turkish lira. The msci world index overall a touch up. We will have plenty more from the markets. First, lets get to the first word news. Here is nejra cehic. Nejra donald trump has pulled the u. S. From the Transpacific