on bloomberg radio and bloomberg television. tom, i hear that jonathan ferro just wrote in and said he s going to come and help you take down your tree. he may get there by july, so let s see. tom: next year i ve got to keep it under 15 feet. you go out to central park, you misjudge because the buildings are so tall, and i did it again this year. i think i came in at 16 and a half feet. didn t work. i had to bend at the top. lisa: that is incredibly relatable. it is a pivotal week for both politics, and when it comes to setting a tone for the rest of the year at a time of incredible consensus. yesterday, markets sold off, bitcoin sold off. the world was coming to an end. we are now range bound. at what point do people start to rethink some of their consensus views heading into this really uncertain era? tom: again, inflation expectations slip away. i know we will talk to emily in a moment. david westin with our georgia coverage tonight. but this new york stock exchange is ger
tom: good morning, everyone. it is a simulcast. we welcome all of you on radio and television nationwide and worldwide, and it is a packed hour for you. i ve got to get right to the immediacy of futures up six, and that is the imf speak. git gita gopinath here in the 9:00 hour. did you see the lessening of eu growth by the eye meth? to me, by the imf? to me, that is the story. jonathan: it is the first of many, a reality check from the imf for europe. they basically cut the forecast down from 5.2% for this year to 4.9%. at the same time, they have lifted the outlook for the united states, you ve got to believe the vaccine rollout is part of this. we will be speaking to the chief economist of the imf little later this morning. tom: economic growth, 4.2%. we are going to stay on this. we ve got earnings coming out, and also, our john micklethwait speaking with the pfizer ceo in a bit. the new potential gdp of the globe is a little less than it used to be. lisa: it is a litt
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people across central america last week, and more than 100 are still missing. global news 24 hours a day, on-air, and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i m karina mitchell. this is bloomberg. vonnie: it is 1:00 p.m. in new york, 5:00 p.m. in london, and 2:00 a.m. in hong kong. i m vonnie quinn. welcome to bloomberg markets. here are the top stories we are following on the bloomberg and from around the world. stocks are surging, the dow is up almost 5%, bonds tumbling after a large-scale coronavirus vaccine study delivered the most promising results in the worst pandemic in a century. this as president-elect biden warns of a dark winter ahead. we will get more about that large study that shows that vaccine being developed by pfizer showing more than 90% effectiveness. tina fordham on a biden presidency and what we can expect from this lame-duck session. one thing we can expect, we just got a firing. mark esper