Lets break it down with mike mckee. Is a it is michael it little bit odd. On the headline, 100. 9 is lower than it was in the month of august or september, rather, when it was 101. 8. You would expect that maybe the present situation would be causing people concern because of the coming closures of some businesses as covid cases spike but the number comes in at 98. 9 at up from 104. 6, up from 98. 9. Turnabouting quite a in the way people are looking at the economy. The interesting thing here is this bemay see is reasonably good news for donald trump because if you are looking at the economy, stupid, as the old saying goes, you are looking at the economy as it is right now, and the economy as it is right now is better. The employment number is something Everyone Wants to look at in the set up to next week. Jobs number is an improvement, so those who think we are going to have a dismal jobs report next week might be in for a surprise, at least according to the underlying Consumer Sentim
In placen, and the fog on fiscal stimulus. It has crept up on us after the dueling debates of last week, but there it is on thursday in nashville, with a mute button. It will be interesting. Jonathan we know this campaign is unhappy, not with the mute button, but with the topics. They want this debate to be about Foreign Policy. I imagine the president wants that to be about Foreign Policy, and he will do his best to make it just about that. Tom he will do that. You wonder if it will be the uproar over the bidens in the out york post article front of our giuliani interview the other day, but help me here, lisa. This is really important. Does Foreign Policy matter in a president ial election . I am not sure it does. Lisa i would argue in this case it does, not so much with russia, but with china. We have seen an increasing amount of betting on the chinese economy, not because they have handled the virus arguably better than we have come about because they believe joe biden will be a lit
Hit a record of 23. 5 thousand. Europe heads closer to lockdown. Your money and france imposed strict monthlong measures to curb the virus spread. Can it spur an immediate dose of support from the ecb . Earnings keep coming. We speak to the top executives of credit sees Credit Suisse and many more. Your destination to understand the outlook and numbers. Net incomese with a dropping by 38 . 536 million swiss francs. The pencil that number was 597. That is a mess. Plans for a 2021 Share Buyback program producing 1. 5 billion swiss for that. Thats a similar trend that we saw ubs deliver last week. The provisions. This is incredibly important. The Loan Loss Provisions come in at under 100 million swiss franc. The estimate was 243. A very reminiscent story from Credit Suisse except that their net income is down 40 as opposed to the best ever across product lines at ubs. Promotes brady and masters to nonexecutive positions. They appropriate to share pay shareholders. What do the numbers mean
This is ferro at his worst. [laughter] his cruelest. Thering mr. Betts into conversation this early, we say good morning on Bloomberg Radio in boston. The red sox, worst in the american league. And we move on from there. 15 days until the election. Schenker earlier, is there going to be a debate thursday night . Is that still up in the air . Jonathan we understand there will be a debate thursday night, but who knows . Thats the problem for this market. My question coming into this week is basically how much of the mediumterm outlook hinges on what happens in the next two weeks. How many of our Market Participants have come on this program and actually believe that . Tom we have two people could talking melt up. Ben laidler at our hudson and Chris Verrone at tower hudson, and Chris Verrone. He is looking at the number of stocks above their 200 Day Moving Average and other smoke and mirrors to really get him a bullish cast. You wonder if it is the markets expecting out into next year. Jo
Of tech trade war, while the streaming giant netflix misses estimates. Welcome to surveillance. I am yousef gamal eldin in dubai. Assetse risk eye firmly bid, the state of play of the s p 500 currently called substantially higher after of course the earnings picture continues to fill overnight, including from netflix, which came through with a miss. Latest lawsuit and the uncertainty in stride. U. S. 10year finally Getting Movement in the last 10 hours. We are at 81 bits, and the selloff really taking a little bit of momentum over the last few hours. Behold yield curve beyond five years is trading at four month highs. It is not a volatile rising bond yields. It is doing nothing to help the dollar, though. On the currency note, you have traders testing the chinese governments tolerance for a strong yuan. A major move in the u. S. Fx space keeps rallying, no matter what officials you doing. Gold getting a list as well, up. 7 . Keep an eye on that trade is what Billionaire Hedge Fund mana