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
Nominee joe biden offering more policy, less shouting, kicking the night off with different visions on how to respond to the coronavirus pandemic. Pres. Trump we are learning to live with it. We have no choice. We cant lock ourselves up in a basement like joe does. Mr. Biden he says we are learning to live with it. People are leaning to die with it. You also set a vaccine will be coming within weeks. Is that a guarantee . Pres. Trump no, it is not a guarantee, but it will be by the end of the year. Notbiden anyone who is taking control, who says i take no responsibility, anyone responsible for that many deaths should not remain president of the United States of america. Chiefbloombergs washington correspondent Kevin Cirilli joins us from nashville. What is the rhetoric on the ground . How to the markets need to Pay Attention to it . Kevin first things first, i think it was a shift in tone from President Trump, and that really provided him an opportunity to try to make direct appeal to
Quiet. Youve really got to believe, with the tone we got from the president last night, i thought more invigorated than the recent days, that this is really going to heat up into the kind of Campaign Money people have been expecting, as you say, with 20 days to go. Jonathan heating up on capitol hill as well. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi under a little bit of pressure. A 2 trillion game of chicken playing out in washington, d. C. Tom shes going after wolf like,r of cnn, which is, unamerican to do that. [laughter] seriously, talking to mr. Adams of kentucky, mr. Adams made clear that mr. Mcconnell is comfortable there. Political report came out about 4 00 yesterday afternoon and went to a seven seat dane for the democrats seven seat gain for the democrats in the senate. The momentum in the change is now extraordinary. Jonathan the shift has been phenomenal. Weve got to talk about the back numbers as well this morning the bank numbers as well this morning. Bank of america provisions lighte
Have a durable exit from the health crisis. Including Amnesty International had written to the g20 finance ministers ahead of that meeting to warn that the world is facing a crisis unlike any in the last century, and that debt suspension is only a first step. The group said many of the poorest nations are spending more on debt payments than on lifesaving public services. There is growing pressure on british Prime Minister Boris Johnson to order a socalled lockdown. The Opposition Labor Party and government Scientists Say it is needed to get the coronavirus under control. Deaths have soared to the highest level since june. Concerns are mounting that johnsons new system of restrictions will not be enough. Pressure continues to see a Record Number of coronavirus cases. Officials work reported 14,000 new cases today, the most since the beginning of the pandemic. Russia has the Worlds Largest caseload. Despite a surge in new cases, russian authorities have dismissed suggestions of a Second
Sen. Harris the American People have witnessed what is the greatest failure of any president ial administration in the history of our country. Vp pence quite frankly, when i look at their plan that talks about advancing testing, creating new ppe, developing a vaccine, it looks a little bit like plagiarism. One, joeis on day biden will repeal that tax bill, and what he will do with the money is invest it in the American People. Vp pence weve already added back 11. 6 million jobs because we had a president who cut taxes, rolled back regulation. Sen. Harris the president s trade war with china, he lost that trade war. He lost it. What ended up happening is because of the socalled trade war with china, america lost 300,000 manufacturing jobs. Vp pence lost the trade war with china . Joe biden never fought it. Joe biden has been a cheerleader for communist china over the last several decades. Alix the question is, has that been the last debate of the election cycle before november 3 . Presi