By 7 . Will rise the trade balance is expected to be at 53. 75 billion in u. S. Figures. In november, in terms of export, it is showing the overall chinese economy with the recovery story. The dollar index is flat. Sterling is under pressure. Go at 1837 u. S. Dollars. Lets head to new york and get the first word news with Karina Mitchell. Numbers continue to rise with President Trump revealing Rudy Giuliani has tested positive. The news reported you has been hospital. He the Administration Says all of americans who want the vaccine should get one by the middle of next year. Several states have record infections. The u. K. Will roll out shots tuesday, while they going to partial lockdown. Iran will raise Oil Productions under the new administration. Joe biden wants to revive the Nuclear Accord dropped by President Trump. Tehran is ready to raise output within three months. Iraq is nudging production higher, while insisting it is committed to the latest strategy from opec and its allies.
To work our way through. Let me start with the Michigan Consumer sentiment index. Headline number coming through at 76 point nine, broadly in line with expectations of 77. Current conditions at 87, i had of expectations. At 75. Tions youve got the difficult situation i think the consumer has got to figure out. Do i worry about the here and now and worry about the impact the virus is going to have over the next weeks and months, or do i think about what the vaccine is ultimately going to deliver . Like the markets, i think the consumer is probably having to balance those factors out. Kailey i want to point out housing data as well. The Housing Market has been particularly strong. That does continue. A pace of 909,000, versus the estimate of 975,000. We are getting october personal spending data, and for more on that as Bloomberg International economics and policy correspondent Michael Mckee to break it all down for us. Michael michael it is may the most important number of a lot of numb
From its previous record high close on february 19th february 19th, that seems like so long ago. What a different world that was back then. We want to fire up the fast money time machine for a trip back there to february 19th. Look at that, our traders there on set all together at the Nasdaq Market site that was fun you might be thinking to yours this is some oldtimey footage of people dining together at a restaurant that was february 19th theyre all sitting inside a restaurant can you imagine that they can out the theater goers waiting to see a broadway show while were at it, there was also an nbc news democratic debate in nevada that night. Take a look at that. Hi, bloomberg, hey mayor pete. Theyre hugging, shaking hands, so much closeness. Anyway, the entire world has clearly changed since february 19th but the stock market is back to where it was guy, whats your take on this record comeback . Well, what you didnt tell the audience is you also were playing the piano for this little
Everything else not having the best of days pete, i come to you first. You get the first crack at this. The bar was high and they got over it. They did. Youre obviously talking about apple. And amazon and facebook that was high for the whole entire group, pete theres no doubt about it facebook being probably one of the ones watched most closely, i think. When it comes down to apple, the reason that stands out is they had a record q3. You look across every part of their business model, their eco system and it phenomenal the growth is there. The double digit growth is there. I think the big surprise coming in iphone because people were looking at a number far less. The real key is service, not only the growth but look at that revenue. Add that with wearables and you get almost to 20 billion youre getting the other side of the equation and far better margins. Thats why i think apple still has plenty of room to the upper side because they have room in the wearables, the services. The servi
With the confederate emblem. An attack on Pakistan Stock Exchange in karachi has ended with at least 9 People Killed a gunman tried to storm the building midmorning in pakistan a grenade was thrown as the men entered the compound and opened fire on gods Security Forces were quickly on the scene lets get the latest from our correspondent in islamabad. So kemal what are the authorities what more details are authorities for vibing about the 2nd chances of this attack. One. Thing. For. Change a great. Guard guarding the compound. To get to the. Building they were engaged by the guard to. Stock exchange. Number of. Grenades and driver and including ammunition recovered from the Security Forces quick to arrive on the scene but meantime while all this was going on. Rebounding favorite really. Could have been even more deadly because these people were getting. They were carrying dry rations which said that they were planning to go inside that building. Many. From the security and Law Enforceme