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 normal because they have different issues with regards to the number
Minute. Veterans day yesterday in america with the bond market shut down. There is no other backstory in america right now than the pandemic. It has pushed everything aside, including this election. Francine i agree. We will have play more on that. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Here is rick a group to ritika gupta. Ritika the state of georgia will conduct a hand count a recount by hand. Joe biden leaves by leads by roughly 14,000 votes. The Trump Campaign alleged there were widespread election regulators, but there was no proof. President elect joe biden is naming longtime aide ron klain as white house chief of staff. Klain played a leading role during the economic and Public Health crises of the Obama Administration, leading the the job the job is one of the most powerful in washington. Dharna is set to take moderna is set to take a spotlight take the spotlight on a new coronavirus vaccine. It will allow a preliminary analysis of its effectiveness to begin. Moder
The u. S. Election and there is profit taking in parts of the market. Investors, trying to figure out what a biden possible blue sweep and the senate means for markets. The focus is on brexit. Rushing outstories and we go to the fed and jobs tumbling. Oil two other stories we are watching, euro area october are thanring pmi, that expected, 54. 8 instead of 54. 4. Se extra this is pretty lockdowns. Watch down for some of the stocks because there was an input error. Maybe we look at individual countries instead of the stoxx 600 as a whole. Lets get to the first word news in new york in london with leighann gerrans. And thank you. With one day until the u. S. President ial election, democratic nominee joe biden is leading incumbent donald trump in a series of polls. He remains ahead nationally as well as in key battleground states although some of the races remain extremely close. A number of polls put widen and ahead in the key swing state of pennsylvania. The u. K. Is set to enter a loc
The uncertainty is out there in the election and particularly on pandemic news worldwide. Jon ferro, we are touching 50 on futures. On radio and tv, we will do more data checks throughout the hour. Rro in withn let fe his famed cross asset that a check as well. Three big figures out on vicks. What is the data on the screen that matters to you right now . Jonathan i just think the news flow out of europe has hijacked the whole agenda morning. The data is looking at the banks and bank equities, particularly in europe. I think the banks this week are down 6 , 7 in europe. Thats where the story is, more restrictions. Macron a little bit later this evening. Reports out of france suggesting a onemonth lockdown. Chancellor merkel talking about proposing restaurants that proposing closing restaurants and bars for a month talking about proposing closing restaurants and bars for a month. It is winter now in europe. That the idea right now not only is the virus increasingly severe throughout euro