Significant challenges. Hedges rise, oil falls for a cplus talks ope are delayed for a third day. Crude had capped its biggest monthly increase since may. Heading for the exit. Unicredits ceo is stepping down after four years at the top of italys biggest bank. It comes amid clashes with Board Members over acquisitions. It is 6 00 a. M. In london, 7 00 a. M. In vienna. We are where we are supposed to be. You wanted to start with oil. I absolutely applaud the decision. There is this line that the prince threatened to resign. My question is simple, is that petulance, posturing, or productive . Good morning . Morning. Annmarie i am certainly sure it is not productive. They are meeting on thursday. A brilliant note overnight saying that like with everything with opec the first day, there is always drama. She compared it to as much as drama you would see in an episode of gossip girl. A lot of infighting. Usually, you and i will report on it between saudi arabia and russia. This time, it is r
Percolating issues, whether it is trade tensions or brexit, which goes to the heart of the uncertainty in 2021. Francine there is a lot going on, and i guess this is the concern, you have a million angles of things that turn out sour. Bloomberg first word news in new york city with ritika gupta. Senatorone republican dix President Trump will get on board with a bipartisan 908 billion senator bill cassidy told foxnews Senate Majority leader mcconnell will back it, too. Cassidy is a member of the Group Pushing the measure. President trumps lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, has tested positive for the coronavirus. According to reports, he has been hospitalized in washington. Giulianis son says he is getting great care and feeling well. Giuliani has been leading the effort to overturn the results of the election. In china, exports jumped in november by the most since 2018, pushing its trade status to a monthly record high, and thermined underlined how pandemic and global related goods is helping the
Underlying economy, bad news being good news once again, with that idea for a 908 ilion dollar stimulus will back in washington, d. C. What are the fundamentals that matter, when do we have to see something positive in order to respond to it . Ofell, its the fundamentals 2021, pricing in that story later. If you are asking the stories of the fundamentals of the here and now mattering anytime soon, the data for this month, yes it matters for the policy conversation. We saw that on saturday. And meanwhile we do have other issues. Those talks in brexit are not going that well. We have that, trade concerns, harder line tactics by mike pompeo. All of these things are factoring in but are being brushed over by an incredible amount of fiscal support not only in the u. S. , but in the European Union. The deadline for the string stimulus budget deal today, there are some nations pushing back in the Eastern European block. Euro skeptics. The broader implication is that they will get something do
Upside. Looking at commodities. Crude moving to the upside. A big move to the downside with , on the vaccine and signs of Economic Growth in the u. S. Particularly helping people not to look for havens or avoid havens, get out of them. Gold down half of 1 . Bitcoin surging up again, it has above 18,500. Juliette lets get the first word news. The head of the u. S. Government Coronavirus Vaccine program says results of trials by astrazeneca show encouraging signs it may help block the most severe cases. No one given the vaccine developed severe covid, while 16 people on the placebo debt. He called the results excited. Nine, reports 70 process astrazeneca report 70 success. The centers for Disease Control a model shows weekly u. S. Cases and deaths rising every week for at least the next month. Italy is the Second European nation to report 50,000 total fatalities. The u. K. Is extending lockdown next week in favor of even tougher regional curbs. Reports from washington say the Trump Admin
President tells bloomberg positive news on the vaccine isnt a major game changer for its forecaster. She says the focus remains on stopping the economic slump from worsening. Judy sheldons nomination to the fed board is blocked. Set tome as the sec is move ahead for plans that could delist chinese companies. A warm welcome to the show. Welcome back. I hope you had a good rest become because you come back to many warning signs. From the equity markets, sell the top. Markets, the dean of debt a little to get suspect on distressed debt markets. Marie. Orning, ann annmarie good morning. When this level of optimism is high, there is usually more room for disappointment and that seems to be what we are seeing. I said facing reality. You had a good term of categorizing that reality and for me, Christine Lagarde saying the vaccine is not a game changer because it is not going to change in terms of the economic fallout we are seeing. If we take a look at where we trade this morning in the monda