Stepping down after arguments over strategy, the bank prepares its search for his successor. Morning, under one hour until the start of cash equity trading. Equity markets under pressure. The futures picture shows relief. Ftse futures up 0. 4 . U. S. Futures point to the upside, up 0. 8 . Global stocks up 12 in november, the biggest monthly gain on record. Lets not forget that will me think about the losses yesterday and the rally he will maybe see today. Greens what we see now, a picture and it comes to the asian stock markets. Data from to take asia whether chinese or korean on the factory side. Be taking aems to turn for the better. In china a decade high for chinese manufacturing. Up on thed enthusiasm, and commodities in focus. Oil prices moving to the downside for a third day. No deal yet on opec and opecplus, and their plans for january. That will be a focus on thursday. Lets get a first word news of eight. Laura president elect joe biden has chosen janet yellen as his treasury
The formal application caps a period of speculation that this would be occurring. We are seeing pfizer in premarket rise nearly 2 , biontech down. 3 . Interesting to see how this is confirming what a lot of people have expected, but adding to the risk on feel that we are seeing in markets today. The sense we are going to move past this period that has been incredibly painful economically, as well as socially. Francine lets get the details from fan from sam fazeli from bloomberg intelligence. The news is out. How quickly can some of these clearances be given . Sam good morning, francine. Fdahe u. S. We have the meeting coming up on december 10. It is possible they move on that pretty quickly the next day or the day after. And then in europe, this is the combination of a process that started off sometime in early october where the companies have been filing their manufacturing , and there is no new data in the press release. So it is possible that we should get a European Response by bef
Away. Knife edge. Brexit talks near a compromise on fishing, leaving the level Playing Field the biggest obstacle. Can the side to get a deal through today . Sanctions hit sentiment. Stocks and futures flip as the u. S. Is said to add more chinese officials to a blacklist and the rollout begins. Coronavirus vaccines start in the u. K. Tomorrow. The u. S. May follow suit by the end of the week if the fda gives emergency and approval emergency approval. I have been away for six weeks on paternity leave. It has been fantastic. Not much seems to have changed in terms of markets. We are still in crunch time. We are still looking at covid infections rising to alltime highs. We are still looking at u. S. Stocks rising as well. I guess the vaccines is the hopeful sign. Maybe this week, the good change we have all been waiting for in 2020. On return, everything has changed and yet nothing has changed. Certainly new information. That has been a real game changer. But we are still as you say at c
Look at the really disinflationary dampening you are seeing in the bond market. I dont want to make a big deal about it, but yield gives way to lower yield. Im looking at fiveyear, fiveyear breakevens, and there is a little bit of an ebb, an increase in the disinflationary tendency. That claimsort number at 8 30. Francine a really important one, and we have some great interviews coming up from the Bloomberg New Economy Forum focusing on health today. A conversation also with bill gates. Lets get to first word news in new york city with ritika gupta. Ritika joe biden warns that the delay in starting the president ial transition could set bet the effort to distribute the coronavirus vaccine. Could setback the effort to disturb the coronavirus fencing. Trump thent Trump Administration is being urged to begin working with biden. Wisconsin Election Officials have ordered a partial vote recount that was requested by the top by the trump campaign. There will be recount in two heavily democrat
Come whichrevious also been revised higher. There was some expedition that as prices come up because of the fact you can get cheap lending at the moment or cheap borrowing , you would expect that at some have, that would start to an impact on a month by month basis. Nevertheless, the market was looking for this month on month number two actually slow, and that hasnt happened, which is really interesting and the light of what we are starting to see in the employment market. We saw initial jobless claims out a little bit earlier on. Youre starting to see the negative data could begin from the employment side of the economy, starting to come in a little softer. Bloombergs mike mckee joining us now with the details of that. Michael at one point on the housing numbers, existing home sales or closings, so these contracts were signed a couple of months ago when things were a little better in the economy, and we got low mortgage rates, so the one thing the fed has been able to do is stimulate