time. reachan covid-19 deaths 300,000. top officials will be among the first to get the vaccine shots. in money laundering inquiry. shares plunged in october. host 2: heading into a week of central bank decisions. let s see how things are shaping up for asian markets. futures are mixed this monday morning. a fresh high on friday. overall, we could see the risk value grind higher. daily activity data is due on wednesday. up, and new zealand, we saw some conductivity issues delay the usual open. it will open as scheduled in a half of an hour. we do have the kiwi dollar. trading at an april, 2018 high. looking at thursday s gdp report. the mentor will continue. stronger commodity prices and dollar weakness making the kiwi dollar higher. forecast intelligence $.80 is not unreasonable for the u.s. for the first half even positive factors. and the pound firmer in early asia trade. most in morethe than a month. recovery. if a brexit deal is secured. there could be a drop toward 12
the mood music continues to be more upbeat when it comes to brexit. the ftse 100, the kind of flipside of that, the mirror of what is happening here trading down by 0.3%. continues to be, according to the bank of america fund manager survey, the biggest underweight out there. u.k. stocks continue to be under pressure. we are continuing to watch what happens with what the bond market on both sides of the it is going doing to be critical? are doing? it is going to be critical. we ve dealt with the ecb. the fed s next, and it will be a massive moment tomorrow when we hear what they have to say. alix: what happens if we do get stimulus? do we see 10-year gilts at 1%? that will be interesting as well. the u.s. food and drug and adminstration staff report says modern s is safe and effective for preventing covid-19 in people ages 18 and order. was online ahead of a meeting for emergency authorization. fazeli,us is sam bloomberg pharmaceutical expert and emea had. sam: we were all
european stocks down by 0.6%. we see the peripheral markets being hit a little bit harder. the madrid park it the madrid market down by walmart to 4%. down by 1.24%. the reflation trade has gathered pace, but the vaccine feels increasingly like it is in charge. brexit also the theme we are watching. the pound is off session lows, , 1.3 to 11 still down, $1.3211. alix: the european union package,that rescue resolving the dispute with hungary and poland. there was also agreement on new and more ambitious climate targets. joining us from brussels is maria tadeo. how does it set europe up for the recovery out of this? maria: you had a meeting that went on for 22 hours nonstop, and we had a deal on climate, so that means reduction in emissions will be done quicker than expected. looking at a 55% reduction by 2030, so it is a significant change. the big highlight of the night has to be the recovery fund and the european budget. you are looking at $750 billion in joint debt, a
regarding microsoft. some people did not like the quarter but now we have something that puts them right it not passing in terms of the growth google and facebook among a certain demographic that people want which is the 18-year-old demographic. i go on tiktok and there is a good one right now about federal express delivering packages versus u.p.s. versus the post office david, your kids may like it at the same time, it s got a lot of viewers it does 80 million here in the states. yes, one of mine does typically it does skew more female than male and the other one doesn t but this is a fascinating situation, guys, for any number of reasons unlike anything i can recall having seen in part because the government is so deeply involved inbasically dictating the potential sale of a business to one company. and it really ends up being one company. you know, as you guys know, i ve been following this to a large extent over the last few weeks and it was a difficult thing to imagi
traded deal with india and japan. asian stocks slip ahead of saturday s meeting with xi jinping. america s biggest banks have promised to boost payouts after all 18 aced the fed stress test. deutsche bank had a surprise pass. switzerland is set to block trading of its shares in the eu after treaty talks with russell s failed with brussels failed. matt: good morning. i want to draw your attention to something that is market related but not a driving force. still, i think an incredibly interesting move. this is just a three-day chart of bitcoin. we started at $11,000, went up to $14,000, then back down to $10,000. just massive moves. gratzrd from michael nola that he had wished he sold more on wednesday. his comments could be one of the things that weight on bitcoin in yesterday s session. incredible to see a 30% moved in the price of bitcoin. we see a mixed picture if we look at european futures just about 30 minutes away from the start of trading. dax futures are gaining ri