Good morning, everyone. This is the october 6th, 2020 special budget and finance committee meeting. Im sandra lee fewer, chair of the budget and finance committee. Today im joined by Committee Members supervisor Rafael Mandelman and supervisor mat haney, substituting today for supervisor walton. Our clerk is miss linda long. Id like to thank sfgov tv for broadcasting this meeting. Id like to put a motion to excuse supervisor shamann walton. Do i please have a roll call vote. Clerk on the supervisor, supervisor haney . Comments are opportunities to speak during Public Comment period, theyre available via phone call by calling 415 6550001. Again 415 655000 415 655000g i. D. 146 407 0690. Again 146 407 0690. Then press pound twice. You will hear the meeting discussion, but you will be in mute and in listeningmode only. When the item of interest comes up, dial star 3 to be added to the speaker line. Best practices to call from a quiet lotion, speak clearly and slowly and turn down the tele
Prices decline. The asx down nearly 1 . We dont have trading in india either because it is mahatma publics birthday, a holiday. Futures are trading on the nifty in singapore down zero point 3 . The 10 year yield slipping back as anticipated. A slight move to the downside with regard to the futures contracts. You see the currencies and weakness creeping in into the dollar overnight. We have seen a reversal of that this morning. You have the yen a tad weaker. Sterling had rebounded to 1. 29. Seenis after we have brexitinduced losses. The aussie dollar unchanged. Haslinda lets get the first word headlines. Top white house aide hope hicks has tested positive for covid19. She traveled with President Trump on air force one to tuesdays debate in cleveland. The president says there is no indication he contracted the virus. Tested positive, National Security advisor robert obrien. He has spent as much time with the president as hicks has. Coronavirus infections continue to surge with the new yo
Richard we think the additional fiscal support will likely be needed. I think, it is very clear that the cares act, which passed in march was a historic government response to a historic crisis. A thrill that a 3 billion dollar package provided significant support to the economy. The economy has made a lot of progress, about 11 million jobs have returned, but there is a deep hole. Steve, theng us is portfolio manager. I wonder if you can piece those two things those two things together. It seems like there is still a rotation. Fed official after fed official are calling for more fiscal stimulus that we will not get. Steve i think we are going to get it, but not before the election, because i think it is a political football, and now you have the Supreme Court battle that will show us that will suck all of the air out of the room. After the election, or in the new congress if one side or the other scores a victory. You will get additional fiscal support. I think it makes sense, the econ
Absolutely extraordinary. Thank you for joining us on Bloomberg Radio and Bloomberg Television worldwide. What have we got . Mcdonalds just out with a dividend increase. Ibm with a seismic restructuring. Morgan stanley to take out the venerable eaton vance of boston. On and on we go. Guess what . None of it matters. Someone speaking to maria in two minutes. Jonathan the present will be on fox news. I imagine he will have a reaction to the next debate being virtual. That news out from the commission on president ial debates. Tom i really want to bring up this story, below the fold on the internet sites, but our Jennifer Jacobs reporting that the head of security for the white house is gravely ill with this horrific virus. Really a difficult illness as well. It is amazing how this virus story in the debate last night, commenting ondent this debate. Jonathan the president tweeting, saying that this is not a separable. He is looking forward to doing rallies. He is feeling goods. Those comm
Fed call for urgent action. We are joined exclusively by dallas fed chief robert kaplan. And the debate, joe biden refuses to push back his next meeting with President Trump the white house rules out of virtual clash because of covid19. Quick check of the markets coming online, u. S. Futures right now up. 3 , after the close, we have the white house saying President Trump is open to Something Big or than the skinny bill. It has all been about optimism over stimulus deal, despite conflicting signals on capitol hill. We had u. S. Stocks in the regular session wanting to a fiveweek i. We have optimism on corporate will, adding to the positive tone. Eaton vance jumping after agreeing to be taken over by Morgan Stanley, more on that next the dow higher. 4 , nasdaq. 5 . Oil is gaining. 3 at the moment, climbing to its highest and more than a month. Opec now saying the worst may be over. Demandve boosted their and their crude outlook for the next four years at we have the dollar falling, and