Immigrants, or they can override state voting laws or let violent felons out of prison, things that have nothing to do with the coronavirus. Those are the two most important things we could do to help those who are still struggling with this virus get back to work until vaccines are approved and widely distributed. What will not help, what will not help, will is not designed to help was the 133 programs that have been so much of the point of discussion today. The 133 facilities have achieved their purpose. The reason we wrote it and members of this Committee Help drafted it was to fundamentally that the credit slowed to fundamentally credit where the businesses. It was not to subsidize failing businesses that were not going to be able to succeed before china unleashed this plague on the world. It wasnt to bailout fiscally irresponsible, mostly democratically led states and cities who mismanaged their finances for years or even decades. It was to stabilize credit markets. And i have to
To work our way through. Let me start with the Michigan Consumer sentiment index. Headline number coming through at 76 point nine, broadly in line with expectations of 77. Current conditions at 87, i had of expectations. At 75. Tions youve got the difficult situation i think the consumer has got to figure out. Do i worry about the here and now and worry about the impact the virus is going to have over the next weeks and months, or do i think about what the vaccine is ultimately going to deliver . Like the markets, i think the consumer is probably having to balance those factors out. Kailey i want to point out housing data as well. The Housing Market has been particularly strong. That does continue. A pace of 909,000, versus the estimate of 975,000. We are getting october personal spending data, and for more on that as Bloomberg International economics and policy correspondent Michael Mckee to break it all down for us. Michael michael it is may the most important number of a lot of numb
Ofodollar getting a bit traction. The dollar is going down. This is part and parcel of the yellen trade, which seems to be getting reaction now. It will be interesting to see how she works handinhand with the fed chair. Minutes,e last few crude went through 45. This is wti. We are backing off the little bit, but that line in the sand is the highest level we have seen since march 6, which gives you an idea of the turnaround we are seeing. The big question, is it running too far, too fast . Alix some analysts starting to scratch their heads a little bit, particularly as they look at the curve. President elect joe biden said to announce his selection of former fed chair janet yellen as secretary of the treasury. Joining us as michael mckee, Bloomberg International policy and economic correspondent. What about this appointment is giving confidence to the markets specifically . Theael janet yellen ticks most important box for investors, she makes them money. Take a look at what happened whe
Especial good morning on sirius xm channel 119, and the path of hurricane laura. That will be a long pass of rain over the next number of days. It is a natural disaster, and every expert says, not that it will affect national gdp, but nevertheless a profound storm. Lisa it really raises the question of what resources the United States has to do with a storm of this magnitude, the biggest storm hitting the u. S. In records going back to the 1800s. How much we have to combat this at a time of such economic distress. Tom galveston here, i believe, and the sunrise over to lake charles and onto new orleans. The path really centered right on the louisiana western border and texas eastern border. Landfall with 150 miles per hour, a scope back to 1856. We fall back to the jobless claims in 28 minutes. We are numbed by one million a week. Lisa i dont understand the relationship right now between the economic at and markets. We are at record highs for the s p and nasdaq, a little off that, and y
Obama. Plans. Adens we will bring you our interview with the ceo. Asian stocks edge higher after break a500 fails to record at the close. European futures point to a negative just over an hour away from cash trading in europe. Atures suggest we could see lupita of ever treat a little bit of a retreat. They just went up for the morning. We were flat and positive across europe. , we faileded states to make a new high at the close even though we traded above those february high levels. There, wouldd got there have been the breadth to make it mean that much . We have gothe gmm, south korea, closed yesterday. Broadly speaking, we are flat and positive across the asian equity segment. Drift, whether it is asian stocks, u. S. Futures. The dollar is drifting. Making some moves to the downside. Treasuries a little higher, yields come down. Still questions around u. S. Stimulus, an unanswered question for Global Equity markets. Some breaking news across the bloomberg. Persimmong sector, saying f