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Higher. Eurodollar up by 0. 4 . Is the ecb getting worried at this point . 1. 2163. The dollar is broadly lower. The pound just taking out 1. 35. We havent been at these levels since this time last year. What is fascinating here is what is happening with bond markets as well. Weve basically got yields and stocks moving in the same direction. That is something that is pretty interesting now. It certainly points to this reflation trade at the moment, with the catalyst still having legs. Alix the question is how long is that last. Lets dig into some of the top stories guy was minting. Germany extending its partial lockdown. Sweden shutting some schools as well. Joining us with more is sam fazeli, Bloomberg Intelligence senior pharmaceutical analyst. We have seen more targeted lockdowns and extensions. Is any of that working now in europe . Sam yes, they are. Funny that we have countries going at different paces which is norma ....
That really picked up after the good jobs number. That is the election uncertainty lets get back to election uncertainty. Joe biden has taken the lead in pennsylvania and georgia, remains ahead in nevada and georgia. We expect updates from all four today. For more, we are joined by Bloomberg Government congressional reporter emily wilkins, at the biden headquarters in wilmington, delaware. What is the latest . Emily the Biden Campaign has a tricky thing to do today. They have to continue to project confidence that biden is going to be the winner. That is what it is looking like right now. But what he also has to do is make sure that he doesnt get out there and declare victory. Biden has already said he cannot declare victory, trump cannot declare victory, but that they need to wait for the votes to be counted and for it to be called. Thank, indeed. Bloombergs thank you ....
With its trial. There were two trial participants. One had efficacy of 90 . The other was lower than that, in the 60s. You average that, and it its about 70 . We will see how the market is moving on that. We want to welcome now to our bloomberg tv and radio on a sense Radio Audience astrazenecas executive vice president. It is really good to see you. When itways welcome, comes to good news over solid vaccines. The question it seems people want insert is talk about that 90 efficacy. That seems to have been a smaller group. Give me some insight into it. How many confirmed cases were there in that group . Try tot of all, let me summarize the headline data. Overall, we have seen efficacy about two efficacy of up to 90 and about half of those in the Clinical Trial. We have seen roughly 3000 volunteers in that cohort of the Clinic ....
Lets break it down with mike mckee. Is a it is michael it little bit odd. On the headline, 100. 9 is lower than it was in the month of august or september, rather, when it was 101. 8. You would expect that maybe the present situation would be causing people concern because of the coming closures of some businesses as covid cases spike but the number comes in at 98. 9 at up from 104. 6, up from 98. 9. Turnabouting quite a in the way people are looking at the economy. The interesting thing here is this bemay see is reasonably good news for donald trump because if you are looking at the economy, stupid, as the old saying goes, you are looking at the economy as it is right now, and the economy as it is right now is better. The employment number is something Everyone Wants to look at in the set up to next week. Jobs number is an improvement, so those who think we are going to have a dismal jobs report next week might be in for a surpri ....
Consumer confidence relatively judge the michigan consumers intimate data is a good guide. Lets break it down a different way. Current conditions, 85. 9. That is above expectations at 84. 9. This is what i was really looking for, expectations also ,oming in ahead of expectations but they are still below current conditions, 79. 2. They are not going down, which ethic is the really important thing, as we see the virus picking up. Alix and we didnt get stimulus, counterintuitive to what many thought would happen. Big tex stocks are lower on a stocks big tech are lower on a flurry of data. Now with us, mark st oeckle. Are you buying the dip . Tok i think people need keep it in perspective. The reports were good. I think what we are seeing today is skimming a little but of the froth out of the valuation adjustment. I think they are all very wellpositioned and very well performing companies, but lets also not forget weve had a big run up into these numbers. The interesting part is you look a ....