Injured. He said by and large the vast majority of these men and women are decent, honorable people. What did he mean by that . The vast majority part, exactly what he meants go ahead, kristin . Thank you, jen. President biden has been very clear that one of his core charges to the country is to try to unify the country. How can he do that while the Impeachment Trial is going on next week . Well, he were focus his efforts, exactly what hes doing, on delivering necessary relief to the american public, and using his forum to talk about how hes going to reopen schools, how hes going to get shots in the arms of americans, how hes going to ensure that the one in seven American Families who are concerned they cant put food on the table can do exactly that. Thats how hes spending his time. As we started this briefing, and how he will continue doing it moving forward. Whats the message to republicans who say the very trial itself undercuts any effort at this . He invites republicans to work wi
Lives or were injured. He said by and large the vast majority of the Men And Women are decent honorable people. What did he mean by that . That is exactly what he meant. How can he take steps to unify the country while the Impeachment Trial is going on . Well he can focus his efforts, which is exactly what he is doing, on delivering necessary relief to the American Public and using his forum to talk about how he is going to reopen schools. How he is going to get shots in the arms of americans. How he will ensure that the one in seven American Families who are. What is his message to republicans that say that the trial is undercuts any efforts. He invites republicans to help bring relief to the American Public. Talk about his agenda, President Biden has been signing executive orders, speaking to the american people, focusing on the senate next week. How concerned is he that the senate trial will undercut his momentum . I think he has been clear that there is an urgency to delivering rel
Market picture this morning. As you can see were pointing higher to the tune of about five points or so the dow is up 27 the nasdaq up 13 we were a little bit lower yesterday, but not too much. The nasdaq was the laggard the other two were just below the flatline although it was the fourth negative session out of five for the dow. Albeit up 2 on the dow for the month as a whole which is the ninth straight month of gains for the dow. The s ps also looking at nine straight months of gains after december if we hold the gains at the moment which is pretty extraordinary, consistent gains through the course of this year. Lets have a look at oil prices coming up next as we said. Jumped significantly yesterday still up there near that 60 mark for wti. All right. Lets have a look at markets around the rest of the world hong kong was closed yesterday for the boxing day holiday most other markets open yesterday. Everything open today. Shanghai down a percent or so, but elsewhere slight gains for
Dollars is too big. We are in a whole different environment. David earnings reports from banks in Silicon Valley in the spotlight. We are swimming upstream. Market shares are hanging in there. David it is all straight ahead on bloomberg best. David hello and welcome, im david gura. This is bloomberg best, your weekly update of important analysis and interviews from around the world. Lets begin with a look at the top headlines. On monday, the results of at snap election in japan delivered a boost to the ruling party. Prime minister shinzo abes gamble on an election may have paid off. He comes out of this with a stronger mandate. What does that mean for abenomics . It was a victory based on one crumbling opposition. And a referendum on abenomics. We have on employment below 3 . The stock market this up in areas we have not seen since the 1990s. We will likely see a continuation of abenomics, as well as mr. Abes plans to hike consumption tax, but not until 2019. And also, slow moves to re
Are whirlwind week for earnings reports from banks in Silicon Valley in the spotlight. We are swimming upstream. Market shares are hanging in there given with the other banks have done. David it is all straight ahead on bloomberg best. David hello and welcome, im david gura. This is bloomberg best, your weekly update of important Business News analysis and , interviews from Bloomberg Television around the world. Lets begin with a look at the top headlines. On monday, the results of at snap election in japan delivered a boost to the ruling party. Prime minister shinzo abes gamble on an early election has paid off. It may have won him a chance to reelect lead japan through 2021. He comes out of this with a stronger mandate. What does that mean for abenomics . It was a victory based on one crumbling opposition. Two, a referendum on abenomics. We have had six straight quarters of growth. We have on employment below 3 . The stock market this up in areas we have not seen since the 1990s. Wha