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
Passes the italys president to decide whether new elections need to be called. Donald trump says he has been looking for a possible tax cut for a long time as he kicks back against the threat of a u. S. Recession. Think the word recession is a word that is an appropriate, because it is just a word that certain people im going to be kind certain people and the media are trying to build up, because they would love to see a recession. We are far from a recession. Matt Boris Johnson comes to berlin to meet Angela Merkel. Germany prepares a 30 year bond sale with a 30 coupon. I will speak later with the German Economy minister this afternoon. I will ride my motorcycle to leipzig and try to get a question in. We are less than a halfhour away from the european open. U. S. Treasury yields bouncing back up. This is a threeday chart into yesterdays trade. Hit a low of 1. 54 , and are now backup at 1. 58 . The worry seems to slip away to some extent. You also see futures rallying across the board