Im on Francine Lacqua. Weve had quite interesting and big political news in the u. S. That started late last night, overnight and first we know that transition is more on its way than was 24 hours ago. Global stocks advancing on the back of that. If you look at what stock markets are taking a positive, the general source of administration acknowledged joe biden was the apparent winner of the election and the move reduced Political Uncertainty in the u. S. , giving biden access to Current Agency officials, briefing books, 6 million in funding and the market. Energy stocks leading the stoxx 600. Travel companies. Banks also notching gains. Haven assets weaker. We are getting some eco figures. Looking forward to speaking to the president of the Ifo Institute shortly. The estimater than of 87. 5. Ifo coming up in 15 minutes. Here is leighann gerrans. Englands National Lockdown ends next week but Prime Minister Boris Johnson says it will be replaced by a tougher threetier system of regional
Nominate janet yellen to his treasury secretary. She would become the first woman to hold the position. Janet yellen has pushed for more fiscal spending during the pandemic. Credentials could covid passports restart International Travel . We will discuss the latest strategy with its ceo this afternoon, and before then, we are joined by the chief executive of the dutch flag carrier. Do not miss that conversation. It is 6 00 a. M. In london and 7 00 a. M. In zurich. A little bit of breaking news on novartis and we will come back to that in a moment but there is a Share Buyback of up to 2. 5 billion. So we will touch on that in a moment but i think we are in this momentum and we have almost got this goldilocks between a vaccineon starting, narrative, and janet yellen did not get Elizabeth Warren so thats probably part of the cheer on the streets. Certainly. I think wall street will embrace it but also the progressives will embrace her but with this pick which is historic, the first female
If confirmed, she would be the first woman to hold the position. Promising stynes leader to have u. S. Coronavirus Vaccine Program says astrazenecas shot could halt severe covid. Welcome to the program. Futures in europe pointing higher. Futures in the u. S. Pointing higher and a number of uncertainties removed from the markets thinking over the last 24 hours or so. One of them is who is going to be treasury secretary. Somebody the that market knows ery well in the shape of janet yellen, somebody that has considerable monetary experience and fiscal experience. The other uncertainty is the transition at the white house. That seeps to be looking a little smoother given the headlines we have seen over recent hours. The asian picture benefiting from all of that removal of uncertainty i described. Something more complicated happening to the japanese market which had been doing well prior to being closed. It seems the Trump Administration in its last days still has some tough time to be toug
Gloom out there. Were following the Airline Industry very closely as you know. Theyre looking for more aid, this time in the form of direct government grants here. The talk is how are they going to get that . The question, how much. Jetblue, robin hayes, what the significance of the flying industry is going through now. Jetblue has been able to fly over the turbulence. There is something that must be going on that were missing. Were looking what is happening at colleges now. The university of North Carolina at chapel hill. Kids were congregating, going to bars and parties. Not exactly social distancing. Now that university among some others that goes from inperson to virtual classes. Iona colleges president is with us, how that school is avoiding all of that. Meantime were focused on day two of the Democratic Convention as stuart was highlighting. The president has his own plans, continuing to visit battleground states that could turn the tide on this contest, still 76 days away. Blake
Top producers consider even deeper output curves. Shinzo abes state of emergency now covers the whole of japan after critics said his initial virus response offered to little, too late too little, too late. Shery breaking news out of south korea. We are getting the jobless rate coming in at 3. 8 . As expected, a rebound from the previous month of february. February was a 3. 3 . In the month of march coming in at 3. 8 . In line with estimates but still a rebound. Of course, we have seen weakness in retail and hospitality, employment, given this coronavirus pandemic. The government has tried to create jobs and that has helped the economy. They of course have already passed a 10 billion extra budget, but we are now seeing the jobless rate climbing to 3. 8 . This as president moon jaein has called for more aggressive measures on job creation. Of course, moons Ruling Democratic Party of korea just won the implementer elections. Take a look at how markets are trading at the moment. We are se