This as the United States is seen a rise in the number of covid cases. Joining in the 8 a. M. Hour this morning all be speaking with health an human secretaries alex azar and markets this morning look like a mixed story attack a look after treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin said he would not extend most of the emergency legending programs that run in tandem with Federal Reserve dow industrials down 55 and nasdaq up 14 but the s p 500 lower by 4 points. Markets yesterday shrugging off lockdown to finish in the green when all said and done dow industrials up 45 points and nasdaq up 103 and the s p higher by 14 at 4 00 on wall street yesterday. To the president for trade and Manufacturing Policy peter joining me to talk all they thinks economy and china coming up. And then do nothing for nothing. How you can score a get away to hawaii for free. The morning buzz coming up mornings with maria is live right now. All right here we go european markets take look inching higher european indices h
We got a boost from the bank of england a little early around. We will hear from the governor in just a moment. The cable rate, 1. 31. Keep an eye on the critical lines in the sand as we come through tomorrows session. We are starting to see yields a little bit higher here in europe today. A little bit of stabilization may be in the bond market after yesterdays big move, but a much flatter curve. Lets dive into the bank of england decision to boost its bond buying program. 150 billion, a little bit of a surprise. The market was expected 100 billion to be added to the program. Why the bigger number . That was the question i put to the governor. Gov. Bailey i think that was what we learn from our earlier experiences with covid. It is important that we act both quickly and that we act clearly in scale. That was an important consideration for us. The second thing is that we have to meet the inflation target sustainably over time. So a lot of work we did on our forecasts, employing the pers
An estimate of expansion. About 1. 3 . Switching out the boards and having a look at the other asset classes, which are in the mix at the moment. The u. S. Election, according to a survey, sending the dollar in opposite pumps. If donald trump wins, we could see a stronger dollar. If joe biden wins, the reverse. Also wests going on with the also was going on with the yen. Against the backdrop of a slightly better industrial read out of japan. Opposed to. 8 . Al, despite coming back, has 36 a barrel handle. Oil is set for its worst month since march. It is down to coronavirus demand fears hitting things. Bring livee want to pictures from vietnam, where mike pompeo is meeting with the vietnamese deputy Prime Minister hanoi. Counterpart in this is part of his tour in asia. Some have called it an empty china tour of asia. Thats happening right now. Both are expected to exchange ideas. Up relations with the two countries. Vietnam had been boosting its import of u. S. Products. Mike pompeo wr
Others are returning back to some more strict restrictions. Health Officials Say we are very likely now seeing the beginning of a winter surge. As california joined texas as the first states with 1 million covid cases, bay area counties are tightening restrictions. The owner of delta ball decided to shut down. He says it is tough when elsewhere in the country policies allow bowling. The policies that the state is using for bowling are just way too restrictive. I think there should be a framework and that the community should be able to modify it to whats going on in the community. Weve seen substantial day over day increases in our reported cases of covid19. Alameda county is also pushing pause as the covid case numbers rise. We are not islands, we are connected to the rest of the country and the rest of the world. If there are cases circulating, our borders are not closed. People can come and go. Nationwide states are adding stricter policies, chicagos mayor has ordered a stayat home
Into new orleans, killing two people. It also left 2 million homes and businesses in the dark. Experts say damage could total as much as 5 billion. Wto members are confronting the reality that the future of the genevabased institution is now in the hands of the american electorate. The Trump Administration has decided to block nigerias former finance minister as the next wto would record general. The u. S. Is backing the south korean trade general despite overwhelming support from other countries for the other candidate. Global news 24 hours a day, onair, and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. Im Mark Crumpton. This is bloomberg. It is 1 00 p. M. In new york, 5 00 p. M. In london, and 1 00 a. M. In hong kong. Im taylor riggs. Welcome to bloomberg markets. Here are the top stories we are following on the bloomberg and from around the world. The u. S. Economy recovered much of its normas ground it lost in the spring,