Here are your top headlines from the bloomberg terminal. Confirmed coronavirus deaths top one million globally but some estimates are double that. Angela merkel warns about a christmas virus bike as the netherlands imposes a threeweek curfew on bars and restaurants. Stimulus still drives stocks. House democrats released a scaledback 2. 2 trillion proposal. President trump goes headtohead with joe biden tonight in the first u. S. President ial debate. Out free now, considering the purchase of daimler and bmws joint shares 3 . 3 into the close. Lets take a look at futures. We see green arrows, but only up. 1 or. 2 . U. S. Futures are doing better at this early hour, up one third of 1 . Regardless of where you look, the dow jones, s p, or nasdaq, contracts are rising. What do you see on the gmm . Anna a fascinating day yesterday in markets, with gains of more than 3 on some European Markets. As you have been through, futures looking more subdued, and that is the case in the asian session.
Day for the Federal Reserve system. It is a meeting of mystery. Our Michael Mckee will be there for the press conference, special coverage this afternoon. But right now, a great conversation on some of the challenges that we are going to see. Jon ferro, to me, the major challenge, with futures up 17, you mentioned this earlier, this morning, is the two americans that are out there, that two americans that are out there right now, jon ferro, are nothing like what john edwards ever thought he would see. Jonathan just compare and contrast, tom, take the airlines on one hand you can take any sector, the retail sector, and compare it to fintech right now. Big tech on fire. Other companies, tom, literally slashing in tens of thousands, and a central bank that has to set policy for both economies. That is a tremendously difficult position to be in as a central bank right now, and that will create distortion. Some would argue that is already happening. Tom Lisa Abramowicz, within your reading,
The u. S. Has already delivered , but jayscal support powell says the economy still has a long way to go. Early doors. Bars and restaurants in the u. K. Ine crackdown amid a surge the virus. Boris johnson is set to announce new restrictions today. Just gone 6 00 a. M. In london, annmarie, you mentioned that yesterday had the potential for new restrictions and it would be delivered. It is official. At 10 00 p. M. Annmarie thats going to be it for pubs and restaurants. P. M. Ave to leave by 10 00 Boris Johnson set to sound the alarm on this today. I do think its as loud as an alarm as many expected. Im in bed well before 10 00 p. M. I dont think this will change a lot of peoples habits, but it is a start of potential restrictions as we do have that are rate increasing in the United Kingdom. I watched a number of challenges yesterday afternoon. Ands about tests and traits the robustness of the testing system. In dubai we are able to walk out the door within 16 minutes of the hype i can pi
Trading there. We do see the asian tech. The more leading indicators that things are looking a bit more bouncy. All of about 1 here this morning. We are watching the dollar strength. Have we reached the peak in the dollar. Things are looking a little bit overbought right now. Dollaryen still seeing some strength. We did see that weaker fix in the pboc. We are watching the bond market as well. Pushing back a rate call. You have jp morgan saying it is time to save the bond rally. Those debts seems to be going back a little bit now. Iron ore seeing a decent bomb. Today. Haslinda President Trumps ban tiktok has been blocked by a federal judge. Dealing a blow to the government in its showdown with a popular chinese owned app. They say threatens National Security. We have been following developments. Take us through the very latest. Ruling from the District Court judges in the east coast. Gave that decision blocking the proposed banned by the Trump Administration. Tiktok had requested prelim
Their q1 a couple of political stories out there on the market and this is what we are looking at for european stocks. At the banks or some of the industries sustaining the surging afterwards shareholder raises its stake. The other thing im looking at sentiment bolstered by enemy. It expects business to improve as far as restaurants as bars and restaurants reopen after lockdown. According to the new york just, President Trump paid 750 in income tax in the 2016 and 2017. That is due to reporting losses of millions of dollars from his golf courses. According to his returns, he paid no income tax intent of the past 15 years. The paper says he has hundreds of millions of debt in the next few years. The president says the report is fake news. President trump has nominated judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. She will be his third appointment to the bench, cementing its shift to the right for a generation. She is known to be a devout catholic and has defined abortion is always immor