The and pennsylvania. No sign of qe for the boe. Officials boost stimulus to prevent a doubledip recession. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to bloomberg surveillance, but welcome to our Election Special. Votes are being counted. I am Francine Lacqua in london. Tom keene is a new york. Tom, we look at the senate, the legal challenges. I know you and i have not slept much in the last 24 hours as we were roaring through the votes, trying to figure out exactly how throughident poring the votes, trying to figure out exactly how the president can mount a challenge. The other big news is the bank of england, because they did more than the markets were expecting, but remember this is in the middle of a brexit negotiation. Lockdown in london starts today actually, the u. K. As a whole starts today. If you look at futures in the u. S. , european stocks, they are tom, twocompared, yesterday. Liking what they see at the moment, but whatever the outcome of the u. S. Election was, it was pretty much
Everyone here is really waiting with baited breath on who the president of the United States is. We understand through the counting that joe biden could win it. It is razor thin, but we dont know for certain. The markets dont expect some kind of surprise, which is why they are stable and up. The other story is the bank of england, talking possibly about negative rates. Although, not for now. Guy johnson in the conversation with the governor talking about the Downside Risk. I think we have learned earlier this year with thoughts of covid, that we act both andkly and we do at clearly scale. We have a very substantial genocide risk on the forecast, and a lot of that relates to how covid itself will evolve. The bank ofernor of england. Extensive comments on this. Really important interview, mr. Johnson, with Nestor Bailey on the bank of england. I should note, sterling rallies nicely. Some of the headlines this morning are pretty shocking. Let me do a data check. Jonathan ferro just emaile
College we need to focus on. Tom not only be Electoral College but the outcome. Divya weston gets to Election Results on the west coast tonight. There are any number of ways to slice it. My opening comment for the next 30 hours is simple. We have seen this force. This is part of america, it deeply divided america. There is nothing new about that. What is new is the social media, the cable tv concentration, the emotion in your face. It used to not be that way. Maybe we can all get comfortable by milford, New Hampshire, where they voted early, probably without tiktok or twitter. The last when its time we talked about a not so peaceful transition of power in the u. S. . We talk about possible social unrest in the u. S. I was speaking to a senior banker yesterday at one of the largest swiss banks, and he said the Trading Floor is fully prepared overnight to see whatever happens, they are prepared. It could become if there is a big surprise, it could be see extra so we will market checks to
Interview for global wall street. I believe david folkertslandau is scheduled with us, from deutsche bank. The sun has not risen on the east coast yet. When it does, we will start to see the trickling in of the final 5 of voting in some states, and in some there is still a very large gap involving tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of votes. What am i focused on . I guess i have to be focused on nevada. I may be wrong on that, but that is the one state on focused on right now, francine. Francine what im focused on is the legal challenges. I think it is pretty much being dismissed by the markets, and a lot of legal experts are also saying there is not a path forward for the president to challenge the voting. My want to see how that pans out and if there is a bigger impact. Lets get to first word news with ritika gupta. Just oneoe biden is battleground state away from becoming the next president of the united states. Biden already won two key prizes in the midwest, the states of
The news flow in the United States and the pandemic i dont believe i have ever used this word before, it is just grim. Abi did in april. But the headline this morning maybe i did in april. The headline this morning is that we have a president. Just as importantly, as you mentioned, the Chinese Government has commented on this. It will be fascinating to see what President Trump does today and into the sunday talk programs. Francine and absolutely, we will see the executive order. I was looking at security briefings, which is something i know you want to talk about and is very significant at the moment. A security briefing for the president elect. Lets get to first word news in new york city. State and federal Election Officials are rejecting President Trumps claim for widespread voter fraud. They say that the election was the most secure in american history, that there is no evidence that any state lost votes, changed votes, or was, must. China has congratulated joe biden and Kamala Har