The transition process starting to kick in. Tom not only the good news, but just as much as there was no bad news today, and that gives a lift to equities and other adjustments in the market. Jeffrey currie will join us from Goldman Sachs, which is wonderful. Futures up 27 and we will talk about the data in a moment, but yes, chair yellen front and center in this historic moment for our politics. Francine lets get to bloomberg first word news in new york city with ritika gupta. Ritika President Trump is finally calling on his agency to cooperate in the formal transition process with joe biden. That follows weeks of inaction. The General Services Administration Made its official made it official with its acknowledgment that biden was the winner of the election. Still, President Trump says he will contest the outcome of the vote. Formeren has turned to fed chair janet yellen to be his treasury secretary. She would become the first woman in the job if she is confirmed. She is likely to wi
The last few moments on this headline from larry kudlow, the president s top economic adviser saying that the president now wants to do a deal on stimulus lets go to washington and get filled in a little more. Scott, the president tweeted on the state of the discussions over another Coronavirus Relief package. He said that the negotiations are moving along he encourages the negotiators to go big this as you mentioned white house economic adviser larry kudlow saying that there has been a plan that president signed off on. It is relatively broad based now what we know is that House Speaker nancy pelosi and the treasury secretary are supposed to talk again sometime this afternoon. They had been in almost Constant Contact almost daily contact and we know that president said he is willing to go beyond ppp, direct checks and aid to the air Monica Lewinsky and do something bigger exactly how big . Thats what the negotiators will be talking about, im sure, during the phone call later on today.
Reaffirmation on the American Labor economy in this hour, claims, and all of the various numbers that come out with it. Forget about the markets. Forget about the chancellor of the exchequer actually dealing with the United Kingdom labor market. It is a question of millions out of jobs. Jonathan permanent job losses as well, and permanent shifts in the economy. Thats got to be my big take away, government confronting the idea that perhaps we are seeing permanent shifts in the economy, and they need to allow that creative destruction, the powerful transformation of capitalism to take hold and maybe step back a little bit more. Ive got to say, some people will push back aggressively against that and say this is a pandemic, it will pass, and perhaps we will get some return to normality. That will be a debate for the several weeks, months, and hopefully not the next several years. Tom david kostintom will join us from Goldman Sachs with an important discussion on the equity markets. Future
China, the u. S. Rejecting chinas claims to the South China Sea. China than sanctioning u. S. Officials like ted cruz and marco rubio. U. S. Futures are pointing higher. We are also looking at what is going on with the virus as well as states like california reversing its reopening plans. U. S. Tenyear year, bonds up. U. S. Tenyear. We saw the dollar gaining a bit of steam against the yen, but seems like we are reversing some of that. Lets look at the boards and watch were Chinese Markets are going to see any reaction to the trade figures. We saw a bit of a pause in the risk rally when it comes to mainland equities, after we are seeing equities inching toward that 10 trillion milestone. Flip the boards and see what is going on there. Smallcap, those rose to follow five year highs. We have basically been flat the last 30 minutes of trade. Shenzhen stocks have been on fire. Hang seng down 184 points right now. Also with the city introducing the toughest virus measures since the pandemic
What is so important is a massive shift and the quality of the riskuncle relations this morning. I dont want to over of the riskon relations this morning. I dont want to oversell it, but it is that type of monday. Francine we will ask how some of these countries are doing with lockdowns in a second, but first lets get to first word news in new york city with viviana hurtado. Viviana as soon as may 15, that is the date could begin reopening. Governor cuomo laying out a phased plan that starts with construction and many factories. He said he would probably begin upstate before moving to the new york city area. Yesterday the state reported 367 deaths, the lowest in almost a month. To the u. K. , where Horace Johnson is back at work. The last cup where Boris Johnson is back at work. The last couple of weeks he recovered from coronavirus. In his first public statement, he urged people not to give up on social distancing measures. He said ending the lockdown now would risk a second spike of