Virus. We are also getting headlines out of europe which are undermining confidence as well. The stoxx 600 is down by 0. 7 . The s p now down by 0. 4 . Eurodollar actually picking back up again. The 1. 16 level held, and what i am hearing is the real money accounts are back in the market. 1. 17,back now above 1. 1729 where we are right now. We have the ecb watchers event tomorrow, Christine Lagarde speaking in the morning, and then at 10 00 him him 10 00 a. M. Eastern, we will have speaking. E , the chief economist speaking, the chief economist. Alix the s p now down by 0. 4 . New york citys daily positive rate daily Positivity Rate is now over 3 for the first time in a month. Now offeringo is new enforcement for schools, saying if any of them do not over the rules, they will be closed. Governor cuomo will be speaking at 00 speaking at mike huckabee, speaking at 1 00 p. M. There are some granados stones globally. The deaths passing one the deathsly passing one million globally. Joining
Two hours, make it 3. 5 hours from now, without question the most anticipated jobs number in the history of the nation. This is the weekly jobless claims. It is expected to surge out. I put a chart out on twitter and linked and linkedin. It is just ordinary what we could see. David folkertslandau coming up. In a moment. Let me go to the tape right now, equities, bonds, currencies, commodities. Not all that much going on. A bit of a pullback, the dow two days in a row elevated off where we were in the grimness of friday, of monday as well. Also oil with a little bit of a lift off about it, francine. European stocks retreating with equities, government bonds advancing. I am looking overall at european sovereign debt. We are seeing a little bit of a move after the ecb scraps limits , a landmarkhases decision that gives an almost unlimited firepower to fight the economic fallout from the pandemic. You can see euro strengthening, tom. Tom it is an extraordinary time. Francine and i are tryi
World, from hong kong to vienna to u. K. And to washington. We are on the ground with all this mornings top stories. The u. S. And china are moving closer to agreeing on the amount of tariffs that would be rolled back in a phase i trade deal according to people familiar with the talks. This to be expect reached before december 15. Joining me is chief bloombergs chief asia correspondent. We have some takeaways from our colleagues in washington and beijing. They are making the point that President Trumps comments yesterday do not necessarily indicate that these talks are stalling, even though he was downplaying the need for an urgent deal. On the flipside, we have in hong kong and xinjiang are not going to derail the talks are these talks to continue to push forward. We now look at the december 15 deadline. On the chinese side, they have a redline around tariffs. There are some details on which tariffs are to be rolled back. Before we get too optimistic, i would say we have had some stri
Here in the north of england. We are the city of leeds. Well bring you all the latest on the general election race. The other main stories on bbc news at five two teenagers have been found guilty of murdering Jodie Chesney in a park in east london. Two others have been cleared. A Police Officer has been charged with the murder of retired footballer Dalian Atkinson, who died after being tasered. Would you pay £5. 99 a month to be able to binge on british classic Television Series . The uk streaming Service Britbox has now officially launched. Its 5pm. Our top story. The Election Campaign has turned its focus onto the economy, with the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, setting out plans to borrow £150 billion over five years to replace, update and expand schools, hospitals, housing and care homes. Mr mcdonnell said the investment would be on a scale never seen outside london and the south east. The chancellor sajid javid says the conservatives would increase borrowing to pay for new i
Nominees for the Riba Stirling prize for britains best new building. Mcallen whiskey distillery. Good evening, and welcome to bbc news. The chancellor has announced a raft of spending pledges at the conservative Party Conference, amongst them, an increase in the National Living wage. Sajid javid said that over the next five years, it would increase to £10 50 an hour, and the age threshold would be lowered to 21. An unwelcome discretion for delegates at the conference, theres been an allegation that the Prime Minister groped a journalist during a lunch 20 years ago. Our political editor, Laura Kunz Berg sent this report from the Party Conference in manchester. There you go, all in all. What happens to the Prime Ministers next into the country. Its not entirely in borisjohnsons into the country. Its not entirely in Boris Johnsons hands. Into the country. Its not entirely in borisjohnsons hands. However, many photos he grins for, he cannot be remotely sure if brussels will budge and give