Struggle with a contested election, and i dont think we with a delayed or contested election come i dont the queen of the interest to that. Guy unresolved contested election, and i dont think we know the answers to that. Guy unresolved issues. Services come in, and it is a miss. Just reinforcing the idea that maybe as the virus numbers continue to pick up in the United States, the Services Sector will feel that, and just reinforces the idea that may be of this trajectory continues lower, we will need more stimulus. That is looking a little bit more down right now. Alix and the number of tremulous of stimulus is much less likely now. The president ial election does remain too close to call, and a could stay that way for days. Joe biden leading in the Electoral College at the moment, taking the lead in michigan, wisconsin, and georgia. Going us is jeanne zaino of iona college. Where are we now . Jeanne we are at 238 for joe biden, 213 for President Trump. We are still waiting for several
Stayathome to save the birds of london. That is a good thing to say. It is the strangest august, and the only litmus paper youve got right now is the weaker dollar, the preponderant trend this morning. Francine yeah, weaker dollar. Im also looking at a couple things. When it looks at iron ore, it is significantly up, and we are looking at gold. First lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news in new york city with ritika gupta. Ritika Michelle Obama describes President Trump as unfit for office on the Opening Night of the democratic convention. The former first lady blasted him from his handling the pandemic. Worthen 150,000 people have died, and our more than 150,000 people have died, and our economy is in shambles because of a virus that this president downplayed for too long. Trump isbama said that clearly in over his head. President trump added a trip to iowa to his schedule today. Support has been slipping in a state that he won in nine Percentage Points in 2016. Polls sho
Entire party further to the left . To get a sense of that, we welcome someone with vast experience on wall street as well as in washington, he is Ralph Schlosstein, cochairman and coceo of evercore. Great to have you with us as always. Youve described yourself as a fiscal conservative but a social liberal. Side, fiscal conservative are you concerned joe biden is tacking to the left to make sure he keeps the bernie brose with him . Ralph not really. If you look at Vice President bidens record in the senate and when he was Vice President to squarely obama, he is in the left center of the Democratic Party, the center of the Democratic Party. E is a procapitalist his selection of Kamala Harris as a Vice President , who while i also believe is procapitalism, sets of course which i believe is a right course for the country. Commitment to private enterprise , but also a more balanced distribution of wealth and access to health care and education as more of a right in our society than a privil
United states, and it is simple. He wants to get this thing done now. Jonathan he was asked specifically about some of the details in a News Conference yesterday evening. He took a sidestep. He is leaving the swing to secretary mnuchin. Weve got a real fiscal test, and yet this equity market is still doing ok. Futures this morning up 11. Tom it is an absolutely fascinating tape. Point, lisa is going to talk italy, spain, something. Look at where the vix is. Crisis over. Jonathan dr. Talk about the data 90 minutes away, initial jobless claims. To seehis will be key the deceleration, potentially even decline in job growth. At 11 00 a. M. , the other backdrop is the widening deficit in the United States. The u. S. Treasury set to announce their plan to set sales of debt. Later today, Major League Baseball is kicking off with a shortened season, the shortest since 1878. The think is against the Washington Nationals cardboard cutout fans. Jonathan it is the shortest season since 1878. Thats
Delivered. Bonds are performing a bit better now, a tightening of the spread, 2004150 is where we are trading right now. In the u. S. We are seeing gains in spite of the initial jobless claims figure that put shivers down your spine. Stocks are just going the other direction. The s p 500, up 1. 4 . The nasdaq, running away with things once again today. All but three sectors in the s p are higher. You can see that there is definitely a risk. Belowoil is still well 18 per barrel. Gold is continuing to is the dollar, although it is off the highs of the session. The dollar, miss versus the other currencies and the euro right now, whether is not much change but you have currencies like the Canadian Dollar that are stronger today on the bounceback in oil. Guy . Lets get some more insight into what is happening with these markets. As we indicated, European Union leaders are holding that conference about delivering massive economic stimulus measures. The need for a positive outcome from the me