College we need to focus on. Tom not only be Electoral College but the outcome. Divya weston gets to Election Results on the west coast tonight. There are any number of ways to slice it. My opening comment for the next 30 hours is simple. We have seen this force. This is part of america, it deeply divided america. There is nothing new about that. What is new is the social media, the cable tv concentration, the emotion in your face. It used to not be that way. Maybe we can all get comfortable by milford, New Hampshire, where they voted early, probably without tiktok or twitter. The last when its time we talked about a not so peaceful transition of power in the u. S. . We talk about possible social unrest in the u. S. I was speaking to a senior banker yesterday at one of the largest swiss banks, and he said the Trading Floor is fully prepared overnight to see whatever happens, they are prepared. It could become if there is a big surprise, it could be see extra so we will market checks to
Is clearly it was a more civil debate. It was a debate where mr. Trump got much higher marks on first blush then he saw in the first debate, but with 11 days to go, i am going to say what i think say not what i think, maybe what we all think, but what we hear from the pros, the money matters, and the genoa one from delaware has the money the gentleman from delaware has the money. I saw a number of reports this morning that clearly, mr. Biden is ahead in this poll, that poll, but the president is tightening up, as was widely predicted. Jonathan 11 days to go before we can get a deal on capitol hill on fiscal stimulus between House Democrats and the administration and republicans. Lisa oh, come on. We are not getting a deal. Ifo want to say on pulling, say on polling, if the polls have it wrong, political polling, the whole industry is dead. I am interested to hear what larry kudlow says. He is joining some bloomberg show and some guy who hosts the show at that point. [laughter] jonathan
What is so interesting is where central bankers will be. Mark carney, the governor of the bank of england, it is just out across the bloomberg that he has finally landed. I thought he would be running the toronto maple leafs, but he will join the venerable brookfield of toronto. This is one of the Sterling Companies of canada, 100,000 strong. Esg. E will go all lisa hes going to be leading the environmental and social governance Investment Strategy at brookfield, which is eventually expected to rival the size of its real a structure businesses. The question is, what does this mean . Tom this has clearly been one of the leading efforts of the former governor of the bank of england. Our Francine Lacqua numerous times in interviews on esg as he led the bank of england, i would say more than any other central bank. Maybe i would get a hat tip to the bundesbank as well, but clearly leading on esg. I heard him speak on this at davos as well. This is to me a very natural outcome to see him jo
We will talk the markets, fx, and the dollar, but overwhelming all today is the news on the virus. Our team in brazil out with a terrific article on the pandemic in brazil. Jon, i know it is not equivalent , but it is the same energy about the sunbelt in america. At a pandemic, but it is worsening condition of the virus in the sunbelt. Jonathan youre right to say it is not equivalent because it is not, but it certainly is concerning regardless. For many Market Participants, theyve had confidence there is a higher bar to shutting down these economies once again. That teller into policy makers is beginning to be tested over the next several days. Will it constrain the reopening process . Will it hit his mrs. And consumers hit businesses and consumers . That concern is top of the mind. Tom i know we are within a range, but im sorry, i observed gold really out but your stop out,st and really up against an 1800 price target. Lisa i cannot say for gold, but i will just say, taking a step bac
Way to the indian border. Theres tangible issues. No question they are flexing their muscle right now. What i would notice in this market on a quiet wednesday, i know you will do the data check here. Publishing moments ago this bullish consumer view, and that was a game changer yesterday with the retail sales report. Jonathan we will catch up on the geopolitics a little later in the hour. Equity futures up 19 on the s p 500, focusing a move higher over the last several weeks, up by 0. 6 . Just surprise after positive surprise. The economic surprise index in the United States is absolutely flying. And it is at a record high searching higher after yesterdays retail sales beat. It was just an absolute trout. Today absolute trounce. Today i am going to be watching the u. S. May building and housing permits starts to get a taste of what we may expect. U. S. Loan purchase applications hit an 11 year high last week, so that should be some sort of indicator. 12 00 p. M. , fed chair jay powellc