These are your top headlines from the bloomberg terminal. , nancyg the deadline pelosi sets a tuesday time limit for more progress on u. S. Fiscal stimulus if the president wants a deal before the election. Backing down, a bloomberg exclusive says the u. K. Good rewrite its lawbreaking brexit bill, a move that may revive talks with the eu. Sterling gains on that. Plus, restrictions tighten as virus cases surge around europe. Italy is the latest government to add lockdown measures, prioritizing its struggling economic situation. Under one hour away from the start of cash equity trade in europe. Lets take a look at the futures this morning. If you pull up the European Equity Index Futures you will see a pretty mixed trade. You have ftse futures trading a little lower, now bouncing off up about a quarter of 1 . Ftse futures are a little changed right now. Take a look at the u. S. Futures picture. You have more green arrows there. Dow jones and s p many contracts up 7 10 of 1 . Nasdaq 100
A stimulus before the election. Nancy pelosi says the white houses offer remains short. Plus, a brexit roundabout. Boris johnson seems willing to overlook the deadline. The finance minister tells bloomberg that a deal could happen at the last moment. A very good morning to you. Manus cranny is off this morning. If you are just waking up, europe is waking up to intensifying efforts to control the coronavirus. President macron announced in 9 00 p. M. Curfew. London could face tighter restrictions tomorrow. And chancellor merkel to germany that the next days and weeks are decisive. Germanys new coronavirus cases rose to a record of 7173. Adding to all of this doom and gloom, in the backdrop, we have yet to strike a deal on fiscal stimulus or brexit. Lets look at where we trade this thursday morning in the markets. We are riskoff. Lockdown measures across the continent coming back into focus. It looks likely we will not have a stimulus deal out of the United States before the u. S. Electio
Treatment for covid19. He removed his mask before giving a thumbs up to the cameras. Global stocks see modest gains. His return comes as the cdc says coronavirus can spread indoors, in the air, beyond six feet. 34 u. S. States see more virus cases than a month ago. And the chicago feds Charlie Evans tells bloomberg he would welcome 2. 5 inflation. Jay powell and Christine Lagarde speak today. Annmarie good morning. Just gone 6 00 a. M. In the city of london. There is a lot to really digest with what happened overnight in d. C. The president of the United States spent 72 hours at walter reed hospital. He returned to the white house, a quite dramatic return. He walked up to the balcony of the white house, removed his mask, flashed a thumbs up, and saluting to the cameras. It showed a defiance of the virus, to Public Health measures. He is eager, you sell what he said at the top of the hour, to project strength in the face of the virus, but it has killed more than 200,000 americans. Be th
Quite a lot going on in the markets. Quite a lot going on in the u. S. President ial race, certainly in u. S. Politics with President Trump tweeting i think 25 times yesterday, not mentioning his wife or a lot of the white house staffers that have been infected with covid19 and saying that we should not be worried about it. Certainly, it will play out in the election. European stocks are struggling a bit for direction following yesterdays broad market advance. We are looking at dollar per much study. Other Asset Classes really little movement. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Heres leighann gerrans. The coronavirus can spread through the air to people who are more than six feet away from an infectious person. That is the latest guidance from the cdc. The agency says this message of transmission is uncommon method of transmission is uncommon and happens in places with poor ventilation. It raises new challenges for reopening businesses and schools. Coronavirus is sprea
Absolutely extraordinary. I know lisa is going to touch on this. Can we all focus a moment on 800,000 in claims at 8 30 . What is still involved in our politics and our markets is a labor economy that is, to be polite, fragile. Jonathan secretary mnuchin throwing some cold water over that. We need to talk about the new restrictions across the continent in europe. The economic recovery in europe was already fragile, already stalling. These restrictions will make that worse. Tom ive so glad you bring this up. You and i have been going back and forth on this since you got up at 9 00 a. M. London time. What i really want to focus on is the federal solution and application in europe versus the statebystate solution in america. Is that accurate . Jonathan youve also got the local issues in the United Kingdom that have really brought london into the equation. The north of the country was facing much tougher restrictions , looking down to london and asking, what about them . The answer is lond