It is 1 00 in new york, 6 00 in london, 2 00 a. M. In hong kong. Im shery ahn. Welcome to bloomberg markets. From bloomberg World Headquarters in new york, here are the top stories on the bloomberg and around the world that we are following. Two more trading days in what has been a blockbuster here for equities. While the euphoria last into the new decade . China takes another step to liberalizing its financial system, ordering lenders to adopt a new pricing regime. It is still early days in goldmans push to bank middlemarket companies but it is making progress in one count. Rating talent from rivals. Whats get a check on the market with kailey leinz. We are almost done with 2019. Kailey two trading days left. We are a little bit softer, invt easy. Right now, the s p is lower by. 3 , as is the dow and nasdaq, all of this on lighter volume. Even as stocks are lower, so our bonds. The 10year yield looking at 1. 9 . That is leading to a bear steepener money look at the spreads between lon
But it has almost nothing to do with covid. I am asking congress to amend this bill and increase the ridiculously low 600 to 2,000, or 4,000 for a couple. I am also asking congress to immediately get rid of the wasteful and unnecessary items from this legislation. Auntie sent me a suitable bill, or else the next administration will have to deliver a covid relief package, and maybe that administration will be me. And we will get it done. Thank you very much. Tammy well, bravo. And are joining us with the latest is our own chad pergram. Chad . Good evening, tammy. Well, the president doesnt outright threaten a veto at this point, but you cant really amend the bill at this stage. Its unclear even with the president is proposing as to whether that would pass. There were a lot of republicans who did not want, you know, big direct stimulus checks. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tweeted a few moments ago, shes like a great, lets bring it to the floor and get republicans on board, do it this week
50 briefings. 25,000 pages of documents. Documents. All the documents. The Top Democrats say the new benghazi structure say setup. The house says there will be a republican majority. Elections have consequences there are more republicans in the house than democrats. Its not going to be a side show. Fast and furious. I have never sought to raise a single penny on the backs of poor america. Theres actually a robust fundraising spot. It looks what theyre doing is political. I dont blame anyone but the white house. It looks like nothing more than a partisan stunt. Kangaroo court in the making. Benghazi. Benghazi. History repeats itself. First as tragedy, second as farce. And so it is with House Republicans who have taken the tragedy of benghazi and turned it into a farce. Whether or not to participate in the farce, that is the question. Facing democrats in congress. In a letter to Speaker John Boehner Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi expressed deep skepticism about the House Select Committee o