President tells bloomberg positive news on the vaccine isnt a major game changer for its forecaster. She says the focus remains on stopping the economic slump from worsening. Judy sheldons nomination to the fed board is blocked. Set tome as the sec is move ahead for plans that could delist chinese companies. A warm welcome to the show. Welcome back. I hope you had a good rest become because you come back to many warning signs. From the equity markets, sell the top. Markets, the dean of debt a little to get suspect on distressed debt markets. Marie. Orning, ann annmarie good morning. When this level of optimism is high, there is usually more room for disappointment and that seems to be what we are seeing. I said facing reality. You had a good term of categorizing that reality and for me, Christine Lagarde saying the vaccine is not a game changer because it is not going to change in terms of the economic fallout we are seeing. If we take a look at where we trade this morning in the monda
Happyorning everyone, monday. Pmis are coming in. Those numbers and go straight to the market and have a look at the positive news out there and how market traders are taking this. Falling. Area a touch worse than expected. Is a touchng pmi better than expected. Interesting to see the difference between services and manufacturing. What thek at the market wants to focus on, its after that vaccine says preventing 70 of cases. Global stocks are advancing. Focusing on the encouraging news from vaccines across the world. The astrazeneca one done with oxford is not as efficacious as the other one but you have to keep it at a much higher temperature which distribution could be that much easier. Not at all discouraging. Good morning. Over in the u. S. , president elect joe biden is aideing for his longtime as secretary of state. Thats according to several bloomberg sources. Former Hillary Clinton aide Jake Sullivan is expected to be National Security advisor. Could come ast soon as tomorrow. R
First wave of the coronavirus pandemic. Austria is doing well as well. Are seeing the dollar at levels that we have not seen for Something Like two years. The falls in the dollar taking place overnight. Yenre seeing the japanese clamber up as well, reaching the 104 level. 103 yen. Terry gou. That is the current position. Kong is declining just a fraction at the moment. That is where we are without one. That is where markets are standing. Haslinda. Lets get back to our top story. President trump has attacked the credibility of the election, challenging counts and nevada, pennsylvania, georgia, and michigan. Speaking at the white house, the president made several claims and said that the election is being stolen from him. We will not allow the corruption to still this election or any election in that matter. We cannot allow anyone to silence our voters. Haslinda joe biden is urging patience and saying that he is no doubt heading to victory, in an election that hinges on seven states. Mr.
Richard we think the additional fiscal support will likely be needed. I think, it is very clear that the cares act, which passed in march was a historic government response to a historic crisis. A thrill that a 3 billion dollar package provided significant support to the economy. The economy has made a lot of progress, about 11 million jobs have returned, but there is a deep hole. Steve, theng us is portfolio manager. I wonder if you can piece those two things those two things together. It seems like there is still a rotation. Fed official after fed official are calling for more fiscal stimulus that we will not get. Steve i think we are going to get it, but not before the election, because i think it is a political football, and now you have the Supreme Court battle that will show us that will suck all of the air out of the room. After the election, or in the new congress if one side or the other scores a victory. You will get additional fiscal support. I think it makes sense, the econ
Spell the end of obamacare. Clinton spoke with the bloomberg number commented interview for todays bloomberg equality summit. Having this seat field right now as opposed to waiting until we know who the president is could very well mean the end of the Affordable Care act and the loss of healthcare for millions of americans who have suffered from covid19. Mark secretary clinton calls an unfortunate display of partisan power. C said she would not favor a strategy being discussed by some democrats to increase the size of the Supreme Court to dilute the conservative majority. Step tood that idea a far. You can watch this and more right here on Bloomberg Television and you can listen in on Bloomberg Radio and seymour on bloomberg see more on Bloomberg Live go. Global news 24 hours a day on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. I am Mark Crumpton. This is bloomberg. Vonnie it is 1 00 in new york and 1 00 a. M. In hong kon