Over the next couple of days and weeks. Am my first calculation of fivestate differential this of 143 was 150 3000 out 153,000 out of 143 million votes. You wonder if we would have a five state recount. Im kidding. That wouldnt occur. Battle was in hawaii. The differential between john f. 1960 between john f. Kennedy and Richard Nixon was all of 115 votes. There was a recount in hawaii, and there was a swing from nixon to kennedy in 1960. You really wonder, is that what we have in store as we stagger to december . On georgia, just to add a bit of color, i was very focused on georgia over the last , becausenth and a half it is an important state. I believe it is a state that has only voted three times for a democratic president. If those times before it does go to a democratic president , two of those were when jimmyn 1990s carter was on the ballot, and in President Trump won the state by a 5 difference. Anwould even be symbolically important point if it is a razor thin majority. We nee
For the imf meetings but lets get a check on the markets as investors digested the data out of china earnings will be coming through in europe. We struggle a little bit and stoxx 600. Cable is coming off a fivemonth high. A lot of concern going into this weekend and what parliament will vote on in terms of the brexit deal. We are talking about potential rate hikes. Coming up, we hear from the Vice President of the european atmission that 1130 time 11 30 a. M. London time. And still to come, we speak to bank of England Governor Mark carney at 5 30 p. M. London time. Definitely not want to miss. All of those conversations from the Imf World Bank annual meeting. Lets get first word news in new york. We begin with the ceasefire in syria. The u. S. And turkey agreeing to a break in hostilities to allow kurdish fighters to withdraw. Once the ceasefire takes affect them a donald will remove this weeks sanctions, but u. S. Senators from both sides say the deal does not go far enough. Reluctant
A lot of the focus is on the tension in hong kong and what that means for european stocks. You can see a shift to the downside. Pound is your time to figure out whether we will see a deal or not. The dup is pushing back on what was optimism in the markets. The u. S. 10 year yield is at 1. 72. To a chiefwe speak executive. They have a new way of looking at risk, dont miss that interview at 11 30. Lets get straight to first word news in new york city. Ohio, joe biden defended his son against Donald Trumps attacks and Elizabeth Warren faced criticism of her how she would pay for her vast government programs. But the Democratic Candidates reunited on one thing, the need for an impeachment inquiry into President Trump. President mounting on and kara ankara. They face sanctions and accusation of war crimes. Moscow says the operations are quote unacceptable. A former pentagon chief says that recent actions could lead to a return of the Islamic State in syria. Surprise injection caught traders
Probability. Hes joined the optimists. Hes like ok, bill, catch up. Nice. Francine we also have to talk about bangs after the Financial Stability board made it real. Banks have to hold this amount of money. Tom isnt that a fact, francine, the swiss banks are ahead. Everybody is chasing zurich, am i right on that . Francine you are right but they have much stringent rules and has been the last couple months. Tom do people know were on speaking terms unlike me and vonny . Francine is that for real . Tom francine, how cool is that . Francine lets get the bloomberg first word news. Good morning. There may an crackdown in the wake of the british plane crash in egypt. The Officials Say the crash was caused by a bomb. The u. K. Secretary says higher levels of security may be needed and could be more delays in airports. In the u. K. , Government Agencies say budget cuts. There is a plan today the treasury of the department that transports local governments and environments will have their budg
More normal approach to monetary policy. The nomination is set to begin at 10 00 a. M. Eastern time. In the meantime, outgoing chairman ben bernanke says the central bank will remain alert to preventing inflation from declining too far from its goal of 2 , falling too far below that. Were going to talk about the future of the central bank with greg ipp and ir neil irwin in the next hour. He says he expects to taper in the next couple of months. Beyond yellen and the fed, a few other economic event toes watch today. We have weekly jobless claims at 8 30 eastern time. At the same time, the september trade deficit hits and Third Quarter productivity and labor costs. Futures at this hour well, you have to remember yesterday we did see things closing at record levels for both the s p and the dow. Nasdaq closed to a 13year high. But with that news from cisco, you can see futures from the nasdaq ended down by 6. 5 points, now durchs up by 26 points and andrew, back over to you. Boeing machini