Astrazeneca is to resume vaccine trials. Virus numbers rise but travelers defy warnings to stay home. Imports of u. S. Goods closed slowed last month. David amidst all of that and a overnighthat markets we are getting futures coming online in about 60 minutes. Been a veryt has good past two weeks for global equities. The nikkei 225 flirting with 27,000. Kiwi dollar has been standing on the platform. They are not getting a lot of action. It has been about a weak dollar. About vaccineing reflation trade. Astrazeneca will run another global trial. Amid questions about the program and the level of protection. Initial test claims varying degrees of efficacy, sometimes as high as 90 . Our Deputy Managing Editor has the story. We have been asking a lot of the experts whether they can explain the gap between efficacy depending on the number of doses. No one has managed to come up with much of a thesis. Is that why there saying more trials are needed . Is that why they are saying more trials ar
Italy lays out fresh plans to halt the spread. Angela merkel urges people to follow the rules. Benefits from volatility, joining european peers posting lowerthanexpected bad loan provisions. A bullish tone with the numbers. Bottomshould look at the line. It stands at 2 versus a year ago. Look at nine months. It basically is ahead of the target we gave for the full year 2020. Headline. The red the savior, guess what it is . Ficc. Fixed income commodity and currency. 36 . Ng rises by it has beaten the estimates out there. Looks like ann marie, lets provision, very much less provisions. 1. 2 billion euros over what we had anticipated. What else have we got . You have the net numbers. That thirdquarter revenue surpassing the one billion euro estimate. Quite a beat. They are bouncing back more quickly than a lot of french peers on equity derivatives. The equity trading revenue rose more than 21 . That beach the highest estimate. Some good numbers coming through. The other big story, we have
Strong. The risk off fee here is tangible. The sap inp germany. What if you bought shares friday . Francine we understand that it could probably infect or touch the european stocks. We have the october german business confidence, 92. 7. Lets get to the bloomberg first word news in new york city with ritika gupta. Ritika House Speaker nancy pelosi says the chamber could pass the pandemic relief package this week. Still, a deal with the white house remains elusive, and the republican led senate may not act before the election. Both sides accuse each other of moving the goalpost on the legislation. President trumps chief of staff theymeadows is says will not control the pandemic, that the government response will be on vaccines and treatment, not containment. As president mike pences chief of staff and two other staff mirrors have tested positive. Staff members have tested positive. Amy Coney Barretts nomination to the two republicans are being accused of using political power before elec
Christine lagarde says the early resurgence of the coronavirus is a clear risk to the economic outlook. Germany and greece, along with the netherlands, hit daily records. Netflix shares fall in extended trade, missing the streets estimates for q3 subscribers. The groups forecast for the period also suggests the pandemic boom is waning. Have you been painting . Have you been doing household redecoration . If so, you possibly got an akzo nobel product. Lets look at the numbers. Operating numbers operating margin, 7. 7 . The market had penciled in 326 million. Think about the relief we have been given in the u. K. Housing market. The top line margin, annemarie, is a cracking number. The adjusted operating income is a pretty good number. Lets just see in terms of the outlook, because of course, we are going back into a tough winter, as we have seen with the lockdowns and close downs. Thisll keep an eye on statement. It is all about the outlook in terms of whether we endure. Are going to ha
President trump slams beijing for coronavirus. Xi jinping hits back saying the pandemic should not be politicized, focusing instead on Carbon Neutral pledge. Do your part. Boris johnson calls on britons to obey the new virus rules, warning of many more deaths. Frankfurt. N good morning, one red line across the bloomberg terminal before we begin to the prevarication at the fed. Mersch is saying the Pandemic Program flexibility must not apply to qe. A couple of other lines. Lets begin to them. He says hes not aware of any push to extend. These are breaking lines. I know you are looking at these as well. What else have we got . Annmarie yes, he is a hawk, obviously, but he does not want the flexibility to apply to older asset purchasing programs. We are going to talk about the fed. An inflation debate taking place. Clearly, this is something we are seeing take place at the ecb also. Trillion in terms of emergency. What will happen next in terms of size and scope . Lets circle back. The ha