Strong. The risk off fee here is tangible. The sap inp germany. What if you bought shares friday . Francine we understand that it could probably infect or touch the european stocks. We have the october german business confidence, 92. 7. Lets get to the bloomberg first word news in new york city with ritika gupta. Ritika House Speaker nancy pelosi says the chamber could pass the pandemic relief package this week. Still, a deal with the white house remains elusive, and the republican led senate may not act before the election. Both sides accuse each other of moving the goalpost on the legislation. President trumps chief of staff theymeadows is says will not control the pandemic, that the government response will be on vaccines and treatment, not containment. As president mike pences chief of staff and two other staff mirrors have tested positive. Staff members have tested positive. Amy Coney Barretts nomination to the two republicans are being accused of using political power before elec
We will have the latest, but first, lets check in on the markets with mark barton. Mark e. U. Go. Look at the right hand side of the chart. Look at the map. Tories 315. 326 is the number they need. They are not going to get that number. This is not a brexit type of exit. European stocks are rising. Ftse is gaining because of the weak pound. Biggest decline since june 27. Sterling two day chart. That is when the exit polls came out at 10 p. M. Last night. Wed be down as much as 2. 5 . Vote, the expectations were if we got a Hung Parliament, sterling could fall as much as 1. 20. The median forecast. The 10 before the Vote Deutsche Bank set if we get a labour victory, the 10 year goes up. If we get a tory, small majority we go down to 90 basis points. Fascinating times, but its ver y much a localized Market Reaction. Francine thank you so much. She promised strong and stable. But we have this morning is anything but. The snap election gamble has backfired. Losing seats rather than gaining
ANALYSIS: A row in Southend highlights how the real Tory civil war is being fought in the candidate selection battles heading towards a bloodbath election.