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Washingtons partisan battle. Joining us now is bloombergs chief content officer marty schenker. Many people thought this was an inspired choice. It ticks so many boxes. Just your sense of what this means for how washington is now going to operate. Martin i wouldnt describe it as necessarily inspired. It is an inspiring lee safe inspiringly safe choice because she is so wellknown on both sides of the aisle. I think she will have a relatively easy time getting confirmed. She is a traditionalist in many ways. She has been at the fed. Shes been at the white house. Shes a great believer in consensus. I think that is what you are going to need with the incoming treasury secretary. Alix nonetheless, it is the first woman treasury secretary, the first woman to lead the fed. This is definitely in that respect a boulder choice. However, how do the progressives feel about her . Marty i think they are very supportive. There is reporting out there that Elizabeth Warren was the person who recommende
Ofodollar getting a bit traction. The dollar is going down. This is part and parcel of the yellen trade, which seems to be getting reaction now. It will be interesting to see how she works handinhand with the fed chair. Minutes,e last few crude went through 45. This is wti. We are backing off the little bit, but that line in the sand is the highest level we have seen since march 6, which gives you an idea of the turnaround we are seeing. The big question, is it running too far, too fast . Alix some analysts starting to scratch their heads a little bit, particularly as they look at the curve. President elect joe biden said to announce his selection of former fed chair janet yellen as secretary of the treasury. Joining us as michael mckee, Bloomberg International policy and economic correspondent. What about this appointment is giving confidence to the markets specifically . Theael janet yellen ticks most important box for investors, she makes them money. Take a look at what happened whe
The last 24 hours. Tom what is interesting is the microanalysis of france or germany. Interesting conclusions. Heres what matters. Hospitalization capacity and the number of deaths is front and center for the pros. Jonathan and for market participants, desensitized by the numbers, conditions by the experience of earlier in spring. Markets that if that markets go up, and if they policymakers step in. Tom it is real simple here. Yes, all of that is true, but. Lso noted, a society adapting stimulus may be, the adoption of a set of vaccines, but also corporations adjusting to try to better 2021. Jonathan lets hope we get some better economic data. 8 30 eastern, jobless claims just around the corner. We got from 3m this morning. They are going to cut 3 of their staff, 2900 jobs. This comes amid the concern, how much can we see these terrible pandemic numbers without longerterm impact on that future outlook in 2021 . At 8 00 a. M. , we are getting the rest of the opec meeting on out cuts on
Thrilled you are with us, the simulcast, Bloomberg Radio coasttocoast, and good morning on bloomberg television. The new york city Christmas Tree lighting tonight at rockefeller center. All of the worry we have talked about of this pandemic, death set a record level in the United States come breaking the april 29 level as well. Jon, the markets speak. Moments ago, euro out to new recent record strength. Jonathan a record high in the equity market, the unwelcome record of the pandemic. 1. 21 53 on eurodollar. Once again, it is broadbased dollar weakness. You just wonder how uncovered it will this will make the ecb and how comfortable the move in eurochina will actually keep them. I think that is key, what happens broadbased for euro against other currencies. The im looking at bloomberg terminal here. You can see that on Bloomberg Radio right now. Renminbi comes down as well, with an abrupt move. At all correlates together, and then theres this zombie, the gloom of the bond market. How d