That really picked up after the good jobs number. That is the election uncertainty lets get back to election uncertainty. Joe biden has taken the lead in pennsylvania and georgia, remains ahead in nevada and georgia. We expect updates from all four today. For more, we are joined by Bloomberg Government congressional reporter emily wilkins, at the biden headquarters in wilmington, delaware. What is the latest . Emily the Biden Campaign has a tricky thing to do today. They have to continue to project confidence that biden is going to be the winner. That is what it is looking like right now. But what he also has to do is make sure that he doesnt get out there and declare victory. Biden has already said he cannot declare victory, trump cannot declare victory, but that they need to wait for the votes to be counted and for it to be called. Thank, indeed. Bloombergs thank you very much, indeed. Bloombergs emily wilkins. Lets bring in Josh Wingrove in washington. The Trump Campaign saying this
Market, that is the title. Retail earnings rolling out this morning. Economic data showing customers are slowing their spending. October retail sales data shows the slowest growth in about six month. Joining us to break it down is michael mckee, Bloomberg Economic and policy correspondent. Michael we call it getting whacked upside the head here in the colonies. In april, just a 0. 3 gain for the month of october, down from 1. 6 in the month of october, with the pendant was at its worst in april. Only five of 13 categories rose last month, compared with 11 of 13 in the prior month. October andm november seems to be getting worse. Jp morgan economists report that chase card spending has fallen notably in the first part of this month. It is, as they say, really dropping off,. That suggests a weaker month ahead. Who knows what will happen with black friday, if anybody cares about that anymore, but it is a clear americans are cutting back. The actual results come a much less meaningful than
Republicans want pennsylvanias mailin voting process declared illegal. One of the president s most loyal supporters says it is time for mr. Trump to move on. Stephen schwarzman says the outcome of the election is certain today, and he is ready to help president elect biden. Global news 24 hours a day, onair, and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. Im Mark Crumpton. This is bloomberg. Vonnie it is 1 00 p. M. In new york, 6 00 p. M. In london, and 2 00 a. M. In hong kong. Im vonnie quinn. Welcome to bloomberg markets. Here are the top stories we are following on the bloomberg and from around the world. Astrazeneca and the university of oxford the latest to deliver positive vaccine developments. Shares are lower today as analyst question some of the findings, although there is an outperform on the stock. We will speak with Matthew Harrison about the study and environment. We are talking health care with larry robbins. His outlo
To the week. We are now focusing back on the virus rather than the vaccine. The german tenyear, some very weak inflation data out of germany today, sending yields lower. The price is coming up higher as well. You are also likely to have a scarcity factor coming into play as well. Yesterday indicating that the ecb is going to be on the bed, buying bonds. Hes got to think about what is going to happen in the bunds story as well. When you look at what is happening with treasuries, greece now has at the front end of its curve a negative yield. Just well on that for a moment. Greece is now a negative yielding country, albeit at the front end of the curve. Nevertheless, an amazing turnaround in a relatively short time. Alix an amazing eight year difference that makes. I was just reflecting on the sovereign debt crisis yesterday, so that is an amazing stat. New virus cases may be easing in some parts of europe as virus hotspots could offer a glimmer of hope and some of the worst hit countries
Street audience. It is really important to look at the levels here and not the abrupt changes day after day. Moments ago, s p futures 3500. Dow level, 29,000 plus. Nasdaq 100 level, 12,000. That is a market that is adjusting. Jonathan the nasdaq up 9 since election day. Three days, nasdaq futures up 9 . Can you make sense of some of this price action . Tom absolutely not. Jonathan seeing the equity market up this much is pretty impressive. Tom we can pontificate about it. Lisa will have all of the answers about why we are moving up. Just in the last hour, yields come in. Of all of the political debate this morning, the one little tea leaf was in georgia. Mr. Biden narrows the gap with 96 counted. Tom you mentioned jonathan you mentioned the bond market. The company continues. Lisa if you want a neat narrative, you can but fun of me and tell me it is wrong, and it probably is, but i think the narrative of the day is that the fed its going to have to provide more support to the economy b