Selloff and a dollar selloff at the same time . What does that actually mean . We will break that down as well. Guy and youve got bitcoin rocketing to a record high. Out of the United States, pending home sales month on month a little weaker than anticipated, 1. 1 . Expected at 1 . The prior number revised a little higher. These have absolutely rocketed. The year on your number now stands at plus 19. 5 , which is another incredible number to think about. Lets get back to the vaccine. Is monday, and every monday morning it seems we get some news. Moderna is planning to request clearance for its Coronavirus Vaccine in the u. S. And europe today. Ceo speaking earlier to bloomberg. We have millions of doses ready. We have more and more every couple of days. Joining us now is robert. He spoke a little earlier on. I think they have a review coming up on the 17th. After the potential clearance on that date, how quickly can we get things up and running . Robert they have been told in publicu.
And taiwan. You have elections coming up. Keep your eye on that. We are either flat or slightly higher. Safe havens, looking at dollaryen above the below the 200 day moving average. You are looking at oil pushing towards session highs, new york 1. 6 to the upside. In case you missed it, breaking news out of iraq, the top iranian commander was killed in a u. S. Airstrike with reports in the last 30 minutes or so. Thena lets get more on markets. David was just mentioning this news about the commander being killed in baghdad. What does it mean . What are you watching her . I think it means we will have geopolitical tensions coming back in the new year. The s p 500 in reversing earlier gains, and the yen is being beat up. But i dont think this is going to last. I think after the dust has settled and the markets continue to focus on the fundamental improvement, this liquidity part can still continue after china with liquiditya banks. An era for the emerging markets. Same macro theme. It wil
These are your markets. There seems to have been the u. S. Saying they will remove the threat in china, which is why we have seen a little bit of moves. Awaye exactly seven days from that election. Opec meets in vienna, brent crude at 62. 91. Moncler, really the stock of the day after that report that kering, the owner of gucci, was interested in buying moncler. They do jackets for the winter, skiing jackets now turned into fashion. That stock price has gained 9. 2 . Moncler at 42. 40 two. Coming up, we talk all things fx. It thing or two to say about the pound. We will also talk about emerging markets. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news in new york city. We begin with fiscal stimulus. Japans government pulling out all the stops. Tokyo announcing measures to support growth as the economy contends with an export slump and the fallout from the sales hike. We have learned the total package amounts and is expected to boost growth by 1. 4 . An unexpected hold in india. R. B.
And bogota. We begin in hong kong. Police fired tear gas in the after Central District the shooting of a protester increased tension. Chief executive carrie lam warned of violence leading to a point of no return, and to restore calm. Still anyf there is Wishful Thinking that by escalating violence, the Hong Kong Government will yield to pressure to satisfy the socalled political demands, violence is not going to give us any solution to the problems hong kong is facing. Alix 20 me on the phone from hong kong is joining the on the phone from hong kong is caringly is karen leigh. Walk us through what happened over the last when he four hours. We heard carrie lam warning that violence isnt going to help their goals, signaling that she will not bow to demands after five months. Of the most violent days weve seen one of the most violent days since protests started. There were clashes between protesters and police, a protester shot by a live round. That triggered a day of violence with these
Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States and the Prime Minister of australia. [applause] President Trump thank you very much. Please. Andad a spectacular morning it is an honor being with the Prime Minister and mrs. Morrison. Thank you very much. Australia is a fantastic country and a brilliant ally. We just spent a lot of time together with our representatives and they get along very well and we are doing a lot of deals. Military, trade, we talked everything you could talk about. And we came to the same conclusion i think in every single case. But i just want to say that it is an honor having both of you here. Thank you very much. You have a truly great country and i dont think we have had a better relationship and we have right now and tonight, we will have something very special in the rose garden. All of the money we spent and the month and the weather predicting equipment, they say there is no chance for rain. If there is, we will run back into this room. First lad