This is widely expected. This is the vaccine that was found to be 94. 5 effective in the primary analysis. There is discussion about possibly having some sort of meeting later in the month with the fda to make the approval. We heard from officials over the weekend that they are going to try to approve it in fast order. If you take a look at markets, not the response you would think, at least not much. Jonathan it has been the diminishing marginal rate of the additional vaccine news in this market that has diminished over the last several weeks. Equity futures down 0. 4 percent. Expectations are already so well anchored by the vaccine news weve had over the last several weeks. We are down 0. 4 on the s p 500. In the bond market, yields up by a basis point or two to 0. 85 on the 10 year. The news isnt this morning. It is the cumulative impact of the last several weeks and now it is shaped the forward outlook under a much better way compared to what we face right now in the here and now i
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
Trading could be numbered. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to bloomberg surveillance. I am Francine Lacqua here in london. The markets are telling the story of three things we are watching. First of all, Central Banks, second, politics, number three, rising some kind of program, so trying to temper that with relief to companies with furloughs. We did have senator kamala , and what that means is the widening polls for joe biden seem to have been taken in stride when it comes to the markets. I am looking at dollars weakening, travel Companies Leading gains in europe on the stoxx 600, and i am looking at a couple of other things, treasury yields steady and gold getting a little boost. Coming up, looking at the decision from chairman lorenzo bini smaghi, we talk brexit and Central Banks. Now, lets get to the bloomberg first word news in london with leighann gerrans. Hi, leighann. Leighann good morning, francine. Record daily increases. National politicians are leading leaning on politi
By was johnsons plan passes its first hurdle in parliament. But he faces big obstacles in the house of lords. Heated debate President Trump clashes with california state officials over whether Climate Change is causing wildfires in the region. And the acts falls at the the citi,lls at citigroup resuming job cuts. Anna absolutely, lets talk about the jobs market, specifically in the u. K. , we are getting jobs numbers coming through. Jobless claims arising by 73,700 in august. To give you some context to that, that is lower than the previous number. In the prior month, jobless claims numbers rose by 94,000 in july. Perhaps if you are looking at that rate of change or the pace of the surge we have seen in jobless claims, it is not as much as last month, but we are living in a very strange o job market in the uk given the furlough scheme that is keeping in a lifesupport certain businesses thereby limiting the number of jobless claims. In the unemployment rate, the same applies. For threeo
Cash trade is less than an hour away. Here are your top headlines. Republicans unveil a 1 trillion aid package to bolster the u. S. Economy. More direct payments to americans and Liability Protection for businesses. Keeping the borders close. Bloomberg learns the eu is set barriers to travelers outside the block amid rising virus infection rates in spain and germany. Plus, better than bad expectations. Michelin reports operating profit at the highend of estimates despite swinging to a net loss. The delivery here was one of the big delivery hero is one of the big winners. Dont miss our interviews in this program today. We are seeing the ecb, breaking news. The ecb asking european banks to freeze dividends. You can always get the latest ecb headlines on your terminal. Type ecb go for a great dashboard. The ecb is saying it wants european banks to freeze dividends for the rest of 2020. The remaining four months of the is saying ite ecb least not pay at dividends until january 2021. There