Map showing e spread of the pandemic, that april 17th brin peak, the july 20ifth summer peak, the low point between summer and fall of september 19th and so far in the fall, e fall peak two weeks in november over 2 million cases, the total at that time 12,772,000 total cases but the headline is how the surge, inside usa today they write about that and a quote from matthew fox, professor of epidemiology at Boston University school of Public Health, he says it was inevitable it was going to get to the mountain states and when it got there there were so many susceptible people it was ready to take off. Matthew fox said we learned this time and time again in a reaction that pays off, wait until the spread is already substantial at that point your measures to contain the virus are really shutting things down completely. He also said it would be foolish to try to pin widespread outbreaks on single events such as the sturgis motorcycle rally, rather he said small get togethers make the spread
Generation he says. Meanwhile it is jobs day that november jobs report out this morning two and a half hours time 8 30 a. M. Eastern, economists expect 469,000 jobs added to economy with the Unemployment Rate ticking down for a 7th straight month to 6. 8 ahead of the jobs number futures are higher in the triple digits. Dow industrials right now up 136 the nasdaq up 48 and s p 500 higher by 13. After a mix performance yesterday, all three major indices poised to finish the week in the green with a the dow industrials yesterday at 85 nasdaq up 27 and s p 500 weaker by two and a quarter. Taking on big tech, President Trump going after the new defense bill that has no repeal of section 230 of the Communications Act. Threatening to veto it if it is not changed. We are taking a look at that. Plus somebody is watching me. The new technology that can detect whether remote employees are being lazy about work it is making a buzz this morning. Mornings with maria is live right now. European marke
The focus certainly on the u. S. Not only for the infections but of the transition period and what we can expect from the markets. The markets looking at some caution, we heard from Central Banks saying look, the vaccine is not going to be a cureall. If you look at what investors are trying to assess, it is additional stimulus, an economy that has been battered by these coronavirus cases that we have seen going up and up. Treasuries adding to the gains, and if you look at other things we are looking at, you know, the dging higher afterword that Dominic Cummings will leave his role with Boris Johnson at the start of the year. Now lets get to the bloomberg first word news in london with laura wright. Hi, laura. Laura good morning, francine. Powell, ecb president christine lagarde, and Andrew Bailey used a Virtual Conference to highlight the risk. The post pandemic economy will be different in many ways. The 2020 election was the most secure in american history. They say there are is no e
California joins texas reaching one million infections. Picking a statement, President Trump bands investments and firms controlled by chinas military as u. S. Election Officials Say the vote was the most secure in american history. Welcome to the program, happy friday morning. Under one hour until the start of the cash equity trading session in europe. We have a mixed picture in futures. European futures looked negative. Yesterday u. S. And european stocks dropped around concern to the extent we may see new lockdown measures in the United States. We have a futures picture where europe is weaker, wanting to play catchup with latterday losses in the United States. U. S. Futures. 2 the upside. U. S. Futures point two the upside. Nasdaq futures are treated like havens during the coronavirus. Lets look where we are across the broader assets, weakness in china. President trump in the last few months of his presidency, focusing on the things he can still act on. China mobile and telecom fall
Pips. We are looking at the rest of asia doing this. 1 8kospi index down about of 1 . Some updatese, here on what happened yesterday. Military saying it is on high alert in that part of the world. Today,the top stories just a couple minutes ago, we did get confirmation out of the pboc, adding more funding to the system here. It is trying to guide the economy through a rough patch. A smaller chunk, 2. 95 . Jason. Us now is pleasure to have you. Good morning. Your top thoughts for today. What is top of mind for you . At chinas liquidity guess first the primary liquidity facility, but it does also add to the positive growth picture for china, especially on a relative basis. Covidast because the situation has been continuing in china. When you couple that with Strong Capital flows and improving current accounts balance, it doesnt mean the fundamentals are quite good at the moment. Note, and i guess on that many people say go long against the dollar. Your trade is the currency against the i