The start of the week, a huge. Otation towards value the s p up by 0. 6 . The pound is positive. The departure of dominic ,ummings at 10 downing street going at the end of the year, setting up expeditions that may be a brexit reset and a deal as possible. Interestingly enough, we are seeing a continuing move in what we are seeing in the bond market. Bonds are bid today. He was there moving back down, unsurprising and what we heard from Christine Lagarde yesterday. More broadly, the virus definitely back in charge. The vaccine news at the beginning of the week, the virus news at the end of the week. Alix such a great way of framing that. Lets break down the virus issues more. The global coronavirus case is now topping 52. 9 million, deaths climbing to 1. 3 million. Focus is on europe and how it is addressing the virus. Joining us is Bloomberg Opinion columnist ferdinando juliano. The story in the u. S. Is that you guys are doing targeted lockdowns, and it is working, and the cases are l
So that is pretty evenly split, actually. Theres certainly quite a lot of recognition that Central Banks need to think about new toolkits. We are going to go to some questions now, but if you want. O use the platform to submit i think larry gave an excellent description of what the core problem is that the developed world faces, that there is a glut of saving and a , and it of investment really means that we have to have fiscal policy, structural policy, and things other than. Ust relying on Central Banks i think Central Banks need to do what can come about they can. Adopting a system called flexible average inflation targeting, i think this is an appropriate change. Somewhat improve the scope of Monetary Policy to show that shortterm Interest Rates are often constrained by the effect of lower bound. I think it is helpful in preventing a cycle of falling inflation feeding falling inflation expectations, but i strongly believe Central Banks need to be independent and need to do everythi
We have the travel and leisure stocks popping sharply higher. On the other hand, the stayathome trade, the zooms and the pelotons are down. Interesting to see how much of our behavior trickles forward into the future. Right now those stocks are being sold off. The one piece not quite fitting into the puzzle, bonds just about flat. Bonds not selling off. That may stick to the more difficult months ahead as the vaccine is raging here in the u. S. The virus is raging here in the u. S. Ahead of the vaccine getting out there. Bonds more nearterm looking at the reality. Stocks more optimistic, doing with the s p 500 does. Later alix david would be speaking with dr. Celine gounder. Paulsontime ago, henry appeared at the Bloomberg New economy for them and set a comprehensive new approach to u. S. Relations with china. We welcome him back to balance of power. Lets spend just a minute on the new Economy Forum. We are about to Revenue Administration in the white house. We will hear from the presi
And only talk about the virus, the vaccine developments, when there is not much thats new. Why do this at all on a friday evening . I cant answer that. Its good to get out of the house, i guess. Been announcement about pfizer come a couple of weeks earlier, which to be clear, doesnt appear the science would have allowed, im sure we would be talking about a different political landscape. Even with that bad timing. It is certainly an achievement for this administration to have been able to help accelerate some of these vaccines, like the vaccineng moderna into the final stages, and hopefully the level of emergency approval and access to the American Public by the end of the year. That remains a very big deal if it does go that way. Emily can you clarify for the record what pfizers involvement was in operation warp speed . They did not get money from the government, saying they misrepresented the involvement. What do we know to be the truth about that . Question, andeat its important we c
Optimism toward a vaccine. On the other hand, bonds, we have this quiet rally. The 10 year yield firmly in this range. Bonds are pricing for the possibility of nearterm challenges around virus spread, oil stocks are looking ahead. It is not clear which side is right. Theres going to be some interesting activity ahead. David thank you so much to abigail doolittle. Fast congressional action helped bring the u. S. Economy back. Theome now one of those at center of the debate over future stimulus, republican congressman patrick mchenry. He is Ranking Member of the finance committee. As i say, i think most people agree, congress acted big and fast and help bring the economy back. Now we are seeing wobbly notes. Do we need more stimulus to avoid a double dip in the economy . Rep. Mchenry yeah, i think we do and i think the Federal Reserve agrees. Art of our country and segments of our economy are doing quite well. You have other segments, like the Restaurant Industry for instance, that are j