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Market, that is the title. Retail earnings rolling out this morning. Economic data showing customers are slowing their spending. October retail sales data shows the slowest growth in about six month. Joining us to break it down is michael mckee, Bloomberg Economic and policy correspondent. Michael we call it getting whacked upside the head here in the colonies. In april, just a 0. 3 gain for the month of october, down from 1. 6 in the month of october, with the pendant was at its worst in april. Only five of 13 categories rose last month, compared with 11 of 13 in the prior month. October andm november seems to be getting worse. Jp morgan economists report that chase card spending has fallen notably in the first part of this month. It is, as they say, really dropping off,. That suggests a weaker month ahead. Who knows what will happen with black friday, if anybody cares about that anymore, but it is a clear americans are cutti ....
Via the coronavirus, and there is not much of the fed chair can say. Coronavirus is making all the decisions on the economy. Weakersales coming in than expected, actually the weakest since april. The High Frequency we have seen since then suggest the economy is slowing even further into november. The problem of course is there is no help from the fiscal side in washington, no talks about any additional covert relief package. Getting to the end of the year, most of the cares act expires. So people are looking to the fed, particularly people in the markets. They are looking at the yield curve, which has steepened slightly, still under 1 on the 10year, but there is a feeling that if the fed wanted to do something they could start buying at the longer and, changing the weighted average maturity of their purchases. If they did that, push down on Interest Rates. There is a feeling ....
Tech and bond trades play out. Lets dig a little deeper into the virus story in the u. S. U. S. Infectious disease official Anthony Fauci says it wont be a pandemic a lot longer because of vaccine progress. Joining us now with more is bloomberg Senior Editor drew armstrong. We all want to have the monday where we were very happy about the Pfizer Biontech results. What if the state of play in the u. S. . Drew the state of play in the u. S. Is brutal. We are sitting case records because of uncontrolled spread in huge amounts of the u. S. Hospitalizations are higher than they have been at any point during the pandemic. During thet pandemic. Depend on who you ask, 1500 sorry, 1506 to two deaths in the u. S. Yesterday, a number we havent seen since the early days of the pandemic. Numberout every single or way you look at this ....
With a pan come up with a plan. Does actually get through congress . , i dont think it does. I think it is very little chance of getting through the senate. That is one of the many reasons why i remain with my 10 likely to have a stimulus deal before the election. This is just not going to happen. The parties are in four different places dependent on which faction you are talking about, all the way from zero to 3. 5 trillion. Theres no time to come around to something before the election. Guy who does this work for . . It clear he doesnt work for the American People if we dont get a deal. If nancy pelosi can figure out a way to get a deal with the white house and have it blown up for mitch mcconnell, is that something that works for her politically . Terry i think it doesnt work for her politically. You have to understand why she is where she is. Once upon a time, it was magically 3. 5 trillion or forget about it. Then all of she ....
In china. China rolls out its fiveyear plan, promising to build a tech powerhouse. Coming his party also wants greater sustainability. At the ecb says more stimulus is coming as eu governments proposed new virus lockdowns. It says bond buying and support wont seize until the covid wont cease until the covid crisis dies down. Shery quick check of the markets, u. S. Futures coming online under pressure, down 1 after disappointing markets in earnings. We managed to end the session higher by more than 1 , s p 500 gaining the most in two weeks. We had strong data to surge Third Quarter u. S. Economic growth and a decline in weekly jobless claims. That recovery in the u. S. , setting us up for a recovery in asia as well. Look at new zealand trading at the moment, ever so slightly higher, asx futures pointing to a gain of. 4 , reversing declines of 1. 6 we saw thursday. Nikkei futures pointing higher, a little weakness though in seoul. To ....