Will try to fill in his space as he expresses his culinary abilities. Francine we will get clarification on what he is working on. Lets get to the bloomberg first word news in new york city with ritika gupta. Ritika good morning. S p global is on the verge of a giant deal in the Financial Information industry. Bloomberg has learned that the company is in advanced talks to for 44s markets billion. An agreement could be announced as soon as today. It would be the second biggest deal of the year. President trumps coronavirus taskforces propping promising a rapid rollout of the vaccine to 2 million americans i the end of the year. The Surgeon General expects that most americans will have access by early in the second quarter. He says the government hopes to quickly ok requests from two drugmakers for emergency approval of their vaccines. A group of opecplus ministers could reach an agreement on whether to delay januarys oil a fullincrease, before meeting of the cartel and its allies today.
The winners. I asked all people to this day to stay calm. The process is working. Annmarie down to the wire, President Trumps lead in pennsylvania and georgia narrows. The president says the election is being stolen despite no evidence. Jay powell says it is a good time for the institutions of democracy to do their job. Cases top 100,000. A very good morning teal. It is 6 00 a. M. In the city of london. We just had her a weinberg join us in the last hour from new york city. I want to take a look at the election map. Where we stand right now. Joe biden, 264. Remember, the key number is 270. The thing to focus on is heavily near. It was a state that went for President Donald Trump in 2016 along with michigan wisconsin and michigan. Ining back this blue wall pennsylvania will be key to watch today and its 20 electoral votes. Right now, the president maintains a lead but as more mail in ballots continue to be counted, they largely scale towards the ride and camp. The democrats towards the
Being the final week where they really recalibrate. And remember, for years ago, this is one President Trump, with a vengeance, recalibrated. Francine yes, we look at the polls, we look at georgia. Thatof these swing states have been, for a pretty long time, read turning blue, so we will look at the polls there. And it must be election week if you are singing to me. That is what the markets are looking at, and that is, what they say, even what Boris Johnson is looking at before signing with the e. U. Tom long lines across the nation, a lot of stories and anecdotes on that. Lets get to our first word news. In new york city, ritika gupta. Ritika good morning. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the chamber could pass a pandemic relief package this week. Still, a deal with the white house remains elusive. The republican led senate may not act before the election. Both sides accuse each other of moving the goal posts on legislation. Mark meadows says the u. S. Is not going to control the pande
Bloomberg television. Eight days to the election across the station, and those watching around the world. The confluence here this morning, futures up 33. I get it. At the confluence here of really grim news worldwide on the pandemic, along with major uncertainty on the United States senate elections, makes for an interesting monday. Jonathan i couldnt agree more. The composition of congress all about what happens next with fiscal stimulus for market participants. Playing out for everyone to see, the increase of infections in the United States and europe, and extra restrictions coming down italy and spain at a time when the economy was already losing momentum. Youve got an equity market that gets hammered. The s p down almost 1 . Say full credit, i hate to this because jon is only with us for a brief hour today on bloomberg television, but the basic idea i have is that you were way out front on this. P guess if i am an sa shareholder, im a little surprised off of where it was friday. L
Uch more going on in this hour, chair yellen will join us. I will ask about the speculation of her taking a position within the biden administration. Yes, we will talk about Climate Change and the Nobel Laureates process. I want to go to the equity markets right now, and ben laidler talking about a multiple. Is this morning the beginning of a melt up . Jonathan not for me to call that. The habit talk around the happy talk around more stimulus, maybe. This market just wants to go higher. Market participants find a narrative to tell us why is going higher. Three months ago, a blue wave was bearish. Three months forward, a blue wave potentially is now bullish. I think that is this i think that is just the mood of market because of its right now. Tom what is so important then is to see the china gdp statistic today. 4. X percent is 4. X percent. Jonathan we have been talking about the Global Economy as one complete entity. There is so much divergence right now. The chinese economy is reall