Washington ramps up pressure on beijing. Goldman sachs raises billions for a new fund to focus on private equity. The move comes amid rising interest in secondary investing. Haidi lets look at what the day has in store at the sydney open. We are expected a muted start to trading in asia after downward pressure coming from the u. S. Session overnight. Restrictions continue to take place to curb the the Coronavirus Spread we are starting to see accelerate again, even as we get further good news on the vaccine front. Trading marginal. The u. S. Dollar held to the lowest we have seen since april 2018. We are also seeing the aussie dollar on the back foot. Nikkei futures look like they will see a muted start to trading. Shery lets get started with good news on the vaccine front. Pfizer says final Data Analysis shows its covid shot is 95 effective. The ceo of its german partner told bloomberg about plans for mass production. Our goal is to supply up to 50 million doses by 2020 which andd go
President elect joe bidens transition will start with a plan to curb coronavirus as u. S. Cases top 100,000 again. President trump with legal challenges. Riskon kicks up again. Global equities head for records on optimism which abound on the Biden Administration. The dollar is weaker. Itsman sachs slashes target. Global response. She looks forward to remove partnership. Angela merkel says the transatlantic friendship is indispensable. Good morning from dubai. Great to be back together with you. I was watching you this friday from the gym as usual. This market has not got a concession speech. This market is euphoric. This market could be seriously misguided. They take us to a moment that the reflation trade, you might have to wait until the end of the Second Quarter so if you look at bernstein, goldmans, they are all saying the same thing. The reflation trade might be stymied on a gridlocked senate. Good morning. Annmarie certainly. Its clear the democrats are going to take the white ho
It was uncorrelated. We will do that in the data check coming up. Francine longer data checks today. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Heres karina mitchell. treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin and House Speaker nancy pelosi are working to avoid a government before the election. They wont let the stalemate over virus relief legislation hold up a stopgap spending will. Allow the government to stay in operation through the new fiscal year. To , the president tried to get out of visiting graves of marines killed in world war i in france. He reportedly said, why should i go to that cemetery . Its filled with losers. He denies that account. Were trying to take michael right hold michael when theynto custody shot him. Report is outbs at 8 30 this morning. He economists project the Unemployment Rate to drop below 10 for the First Time Since march. Global news 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120
We get prices down and yields up across bond. I dont know how long it can last, given the fact that we still are getting signs that there are going to be layoffs, and thinking in particular of delta coming out overnight and saying they may have to lay off nearly 2000 pilots after the september period. Ive got to say, still a lot of headwinds out there. Tom i agree. The partition of america is extraordinary. We just spoke to the congressman from the court could from the fourth Congressional District of arkansas. He made clear the economy is really good and sets up the inequalities and differences you see between democrats and republicans. Of course, our convention coverage. One quick point before we get to the complete data check, futures up 15. You looked at the brief for the morning. Lisa Consumer Confidence for there hasof august, been greater resilience than in coronavirus cases. After that, we get a tale of two markets. Roadforce. Has given a into the Consumer Confidence. As you me
1. 17. Of tech has a lot international exposure. Man,ll hear from catherine Citigroup Global chief economist, and the head of Public Policy research. Is kevin cirilli. Tell us what is in the stimulus bill and when we can expect it to happen . We have new details regarding Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell and that republican proposal we are expecting in the next couple of hours. Unemployment benefits for 70 of workers. That has been a controversial element of this package. Democrats are dug in and say that is not nearly enough to provide Economic Relief for individuals. It will provide another round of 1200 direct payments as well as funneling money to schools for reopening and funding for expanded virus testing. Willdition to that, it allow for Liability Protection oor businesses that are going t incentivize workers to come back provided that they take safety precautions. Democrats are saying that they are dug in on the notion that they want to see much more funding to underserve