That really picked up after the good jobs number. That is the election uncertainty lets get back to election uncertainty. Joe biden has taken the lead in pennsylvania and georgia, remains ahead in nevada and georgia. We expect updates from all four today. For more, we are joined by Bloomberg Government congressional reporter emily wilkins, at the biden headquarters in wilmington, delaware. What is the latest . Emily the Biden Campaign has a tricky thing to do today. They have to continue to project confidence that biden is going to be the winner. That is what it is looking like right now. But what he also has to do is make sure that he doesnt get out there and declare victory. Biden has already said he cannot declare victory, trump cannot declare victory, but that they need to wait for the votes to be counted and for it to be called. Thank, indeed. Bloombergs thank you very much, indeed. Bloombergs emily wilkins. Lets bring in Josh Wingrove in washington. The Trump Campaign saying this
Americas bag. Jay powell confirming the central bank supported the economy and calling for further fiscal stimulus. The market is desperately trying to price in the future stimulus. It is Pretty Amazing how much markets have thrived in this uncertainty. Joe joe here we are trying to figure out what is going on in the election and it has not been an issue. For more on the latest, i want to welcome Bloomberg Government kyle trigg stead. Thank you for joining us. What are watching most closely . Right now, we are waiting for final results in georgia. The president ial race we are watching but the senate race, david purdue, republican senator just dropped below the 50 threshold necessary to avoid a runoff. If those results hold and he finishes with less than 50 , he will be going to a runoff the jon ossoff on january 5 a runoff with john also have on january 5. Then were looking at the control of the senate being decided after the new year. Romaine the story in georgia intriguing on the se
Vaccine. I love what Greg Valliere published minutes ago, where he says this is a humanitarian crisis, and another word he uses in his terse note is acceleration. Not only acceleration of chases and deaths, but this is about the medical industry and the hospitalizations. Peter hotez scheduled to be with us later this morning. Jonathan in various places around the country, the Health Care System is being overwhelmed. The caseload has gone from about 77,000 at the start of this around 150,000. Silent, anduse is congress isnt looking at a fiscal package right now. They are looking at nominating judy shelton to the Federal Reserve. For this market, the policy focus isnt there. Tom what is interesting is the incongruence of the president and the care he got at walter reed, whereas from sea to shining sea, it is not happening. I cannot convey the strangeness of american media, election, election, election, and below the fold is here is the mass of the pandemic. Jonathan weve got a crisis. In
President biden, if he does become president , can be. Can he reach across the isle . Aisle he reach across the . He spoke and talked about the need to unite america at this moment. Oflor i think thats one the key points coming out of this election. Its clear that perhaps maybe by popular vote or electoral vote, there is a clear winner, but it is deeply divided, and there is not a clear mandate and we are seeing that in the house and senate, that there was not a sweep. There was a much less strong mandate that we saw coming in through the polls. Can we at least find something we can agree on in terms of stimulus and pass that . Theine lets bring into conversation our reporter who covers a lot of what is going on in washington with our Bloomberg Government product. This message we heard from the former Vice President , joe biden biden, a few minutes ago that basically, the government is not your enemy. The idea that he, if elected president , will represent all people. The idea that he
Eurodollar still trading around that 1. 16 level. We will get some analysis on that in just a moment. Crude just coming off its lows. The other thing worth mentioning is that we are seeing the curve flattening down a little bit today. Big moves in the 30 year on both sides of the olympic. Alix moments ago of the atlantic. Alix moments ago, Prime Minister Boris Johnson defended his plan for lockdown. Pm johnson we are not going back to the fullscale lockdown of march and april, and there are ways in which these measures are less strict. Alix he also promised a Mass Testing Program to begin in days with rapid tests. Joining us is Bloomberg Government reporter emily ashton. What is going to be the take away over the next four to six weeks . Emily this is the concern of conservative mps. The lawmakers here in parliament. We have this vote wednesday on whether this second lockdown will go ahead. I think we expect that vote to be approved, despite maybe about a dozen of Boris Johnsons own co