A simulcast on bloomberg radio, bloomberg television. We welcome all of you in europe and the challenges there, and we will get to you in a moment, and all of you across this nation. It has been week after week at an 800,000 level, even up towards one million a month ago, and the news slow is simply extraordinary. Jon, you have been way out front on the distinction between the virus and pandemic on the continent of europe over to the united kingdom, and the difference with the United States. How urgent is it for mr. Macron, chancellor merkel, and Prime Minister johnson . Jonathan becoming more difficult, and the problem they are having is localizing the effort. Many people in parts of the country that are facing tougher restrictions are asking, what about everyone else . That is the story in the u. K. As london gets upgraded to a new tier and faces tougher restrictions. As we get deeper into the winter, it is not just about the caseload. I think they are much more keen to emphasize and
On this thursday, jobless are front and center jon jon . A News Conference center. Jon a News Conference over the weekend, lisa, i love this about the great depression. That after delivering record fees worldwide for the firm. Just try to reconcile those things for us. Lisa its a boom of fees in a time of incredible uncertainty coming on the heels of fiscal stimulus and the question is how do they pair these realities . We will have more on that decision at 7 45 a. M. , i am watching it even though guy johnson calls it a snooze. Hopefully the press conference will be less of a snooze. Tom, to your point, jobless claims and retail sales are already anxious history, but we can get a sense of how much momentum there was going into this resurgence of cases in the virus. We are also getting netflix earnings after the bell. Interesting to see if some of these high flyers improve. Me you would never catch characterizing and ecb News Conference that way, would you, tom . [laughter] tom never.
Not Much Movement on the face of things. Julie we are seeing another very tight trading range just as we saw, yesterday. Fiveandahalf and a half points is the swing in the s p 500. After a record close yesterday for all three major avenues, any gains today would mean records once again. We are watching the fallout from that executive order on health care that the president just signed and we are seeing a mixed impact. You are some of the hospitals. Here are some of the hospitals. This executive order will create tremendous uncertainty and risk for managed Care Organizations in individual and small group markets, but at the same time, it is going to take a wild to write the rules to comply with this order, and it really is a small portion of the Overall Health care market. That said, we are watching hospitals and the Insurance Companies that are exposed to medicaid. Down, we areing also watching outside of the health care story, what is going on with oil because we had a interesting Wee
Bestselling has e selling has ebbed somewhat. David we get the advanced goods trade balance for the month of may. At nine 30, ecb president mario draghi, bank of England Governor Mark carney and bank of japan and the bank of Canada Governor will speak at the ecbs forum over in portugal. At 10 00, it is u. S. Pending home sale numbers for the last weeklynd we will get crude inventories data after oil has come off with its most consistent gains in almost a month. Jonathan that is the lineup for the rest of the day. The lineup for the next 10 minutes, if you want political theater, you will want this. The house of commons where Prime Minister theresa may will be taking questions for the First Time Since the general election, pitting her against the labor leader in the opposition, Jeremy Corbyn. T is may versus corbyn you can watch that on your bloomberg terminal. That will begin shortly. Over in the United Kingdom, the story in the world of Central Banks is the fed taking notice of rising
Scher. Alix and David Cameron is about to be questioned by Parliament Members over the future of britain. First, we want to take a look at the second day of relief rally. It seems like the cat is still dead and bouncing. Jon it is a day of gains, but the Prime Minister has started to speak. Lets take a listen to Prime Minister David Cameron. Cameron iter expressed the you ks condolences and to offer assistance. Details are emerging, but we stand as one in our defiance against these barbaric acts. This week marks the centenary of the battle, and there will be a moment of silence on tuesday morning. I will be speaking at a memorial near the battlefield. It is right that the country pauses for the sacrifices of those who lost their lives during that conflict. I shall have further such meetings later today. Mr. Carmichael . May i associate myself with the condolences to all those who have been affected by these dreadful attacks in istanbul . He has served this country. It alone, not done a