Budget copper mise. This is going budget compromise. Eu budget compromise. That is going to be one of the stories we are focusing on next week. Brexit talks are a difficult place, according to one u. K. Official. We will watch carefully that story over the weekend. We will see what happens monday morning. Aroundare higher, up by 0. 4 . The payrolls seem to have provided a reason to believe that stimulus is coming. It is interesting to see what is happening there. Bonds on the other side of the atlantic to where i am now, we are up to yield highs, march highs. An aggressive move we are seeing stateside. The pound is 1. 3475. Brent crude catching a bid, just sub 50. 49. 08 is where we sit now. Alix lets get to the latest on the coronavirus pandemic. We learned yesterday pfizer scaledback vaccine targets for 2020 because they ran into difficulties getting all the materials it needs. They say they have fixed that problem now. Joining us now is sam fazeli, Bloomberg Intelligence senior phar
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.
The influencer jon ferro for you on Bloomberg Radio, bloomberg television. Got all of this going on this morning. I want to do the markets to start our simulcast in this hour. We will do the data check as we talk here. Spx up 0. 7 , and once again, the nasdaq less. Is the trend in place . Jonathan the trend is in place, and the small caps outperform. Many people, and the words of jonathan callup, willing to look of Jonathan Golub, willing to look at the forward outlook. Tom we are getting into all of the year ahead looks and all of that parlor game. D a fewwhat ferro di years ago. Forget about it, wait for march. Would you say the consensus right is cyclicals, materials, and small caps . Jonathan overwhelmingly it is the consensus. That is the story. The other consensus story as well is the weaker dollar. Socgen out to 1. 27 on eurodollar, year end 2021. We still havent got through those levels from late august. We didnt close below them yesterday. A little bit of weakness again this m
Higher. Eurodollar up by 0. 4 . Is the ecb getting worried at this point . 1. 2163. The dollar is broadly lower. The pound just taking out 1. 35. We havent been at these levels since this time last year. What is fascinating here is what is happening with bond markets as well. Weve basically got yields and stocks moving in the same direction. That is something that is pretty interesting now. It certainly points to this reflation trade at the moment, with the catalyst still having legs. Alix the question is how long is that last. Lets dig into some of the top stories guy was minting. Germany extending its partial lockdown. Sweden shutting some schools as well. Joining us with more is sam fazeli, Bloomberg Intelligence senior pharmaceutical analyst. We have seen more targeted lockdowns and extensions. Is any of that working now in europe . Sam yes, they are. Funny that we have countries going at different paces which is normal because they have different issues with regards to the number
Begin with some working news. Lisa Moderna Vaccine information has come out. Rate is what we saw, i higher efficacy rate then pfizer. Last week, people were talking about pfizer and how it had to be kept at ultracold to birchers until a couple of days before it was distributed ultracold temperatures until a couple of days before it was distributed. This one has a 30 day shelf life at standard refrigeration. This is very promising, and we are seeing a reaction in markets. Jonathan they are the headlines. Lets plug them into the financial markets. There is the pop on what irna. Equity futures in the United States, on the s p 500 come on the nasdaq, and on the russell as well. Futures, up russell by a little more than 2 . A record high at the close on friday in the russell, and we advance once again. I want to check in on the bond market. Yields higher, curve steeper. Switch of the board. Bonds lower, yields higher, up three basis points on tens. On 30s, we advance three basis points. In