♪ >> welcome to daybreak australia. >> we're kind down to asia's market open. inverse paul allen is there >>

-- is -- bloomberg's paul allen is there. >> inflation concerns continue to hit wall street as stops are sliding for a second day. and china's shot is proven to be extremely effective. we have an exclusive interview. financials leading the decline hearing nasdaq -- the 10 year yield rose. the dollar was broadly lower. we do have the numbers coming

out tomorrow. >> let's take a look at how asian markets are shaping up. the constant -- the content of that budget that the australian government released last night. we are also looking ahead to these inflation concerns. we had the dollar index ricky much change. that 10 year yield also moving pretty steady. keeley stops, we see an unchanged and start to the trading session. to activate story, the

government and australia i'm kneeling a big budget. this'll blueprint or 2021 2022 will set the budget deficit wider and faster than expected. we knew this budget is going to be big, what is going on here? >> they are spending more than we are expecting, the deficit is going to be about 80 -- 83 trillion u.s. dollars. we've seen a history during this pandemic of deficits getting revised down as the economic situations prevails further.

7.8 billion of tax we has been extended. -- a $20 billion gas to extend an asset rival. this week, we saw it it $226 10. the unemployment rates are dropping will .75% by june 2003. wage growth is very conservative in the treasury has a reputation for being conservative. it makes you think, are they getting ready for an election next year? >> is australia's triple eight

credit rating at risk? >> they did put out a note and a negative. let's take a look at that. the $670 billion in 2021 rose to -- yuri a trillion dollars in debt represented on the bdp. i understand these numbers are low, but these are numbers that australia does not issue. the trade issues with china and the sluggish vaccine rollout.

the government wants to give equal country immunized by late 2021. >> this was also meant to be a budget targeted women. did that deliver? >> yes. they even got their own separate little booklet with the budget. 1.7 trillion of that had already been announced anybody form of childcare. that is aimed at reducing this gap, so $1.1 billion to address

the mystic mom. stem apprenticeships to get women in traditionally male-dominated trade as well. -- the response to that was minimal. a little money is not enough to address the so-called women problem. >> we do have a big interview coming up in just over two hours. plus, we will be hearing from the labor side in just a few moments. jill shepard also joins us later this hour. let's get over to bonnie quinn first word headlines. >> and engine tells us that the

two shot vaccine -- it is an encouraging sign for the dozens of countries lying on the chinese shot. -- country relying on the chinese shot. >> we encourage our partners in government to release such data as soon as possible. the data will allow the world to judge our vaccine conference will he. president biden trying to get free rides from her and to encourage more americans to get vaccinations.

viruses are falling. but -- biden has also built overseas. >> every country in the world provide for their lack of capacity to vaccines. i'm not going to shortcut united dates america, i promise you we are going to have enough vaccines for every single american, but we are going to be engaged in working with other countries. >> israel on the new airstrike in gaza. this is after the destruction of a high-rise building that reportedly killed more than two dozen militants gaza. israel have -- has what three wars.

former chicago mayor is bidens picked as the u.s., -- conflict to demand. he was also a senior advisor to bill clinton. global news on air and online 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysits in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. >> we get more explicit interview. investors remain on edge over inflation. this is bloomberg. ♪

>> full of think spending initiatives, he says australia is about to come roaring back to life. >> thanks very much. as you say, a be spending budget. discuss with me more is jim try her. -- jim schreiner. >> i think most people are expecting it and election budget. i think the most important thing

-- when you look at that budget, you got issues -- australia is recovering, who want to make sure more australians get a slice of the action as the on your. >> how that many deployed? >> i think there was a missed opportunity for climate change, i think there were a whole range of these. but if the government is going to rack that much debt, we should have more to show for. >> identified a number of risks or australia going forward. >> i think the recovery is

welcome and pleasing. the china relationship, but he vaccine rollout is slow. we've got an issue with warranting as you get out. unfortunately, i think there still a bit behind. -- >> we discussed earlier off camera, when there is a crisis, that aaa rating could be at risk. is that something you're concerned about? -- >> i have a rule that it is the government's response ability to lead and, and when it comes to writing, it would be good to the candidate.

>> we do have a few protests going on here, which is not unusual on day. -- >> welcome to australian democracy. when you quote debt as high as it is an deficits as they are, you want -- with the country really needs is a plan the future. >> planned to bring back international students by the end of this year and to reopen migration by 24 >>. i think it all hinges on that.

if we fix that, then we can get some of those parts of the on meter heavily dependent upon each other. -- proving that the women's issues in the economy has not done enough. thank you very much for your time. we will have more coverage as the morning increases. >> we will actually be hearing government as well. coming up, we hear from -- exclusively from biotech

chairman and know about real world trials efficacy of the vaccine. this is liebert. ♪ -- bloomberg. ♪

>> side effects vaccine covid among workers area and exclusive interview, who defended the disparity of people data around shot. >> the results from days three trials are from a sample of tens of thousands of people.

we now have real-world data and chili were tens of thousands of people have been inoculated. we encourage our partners governments and countries where vaccines are used to release such data as soon as possible. the result from the real world and data we have from people trials will not allow the world to judge our vaccine offensively. >> talked about chili, where initial data shows -- cases are

rising in chili again and that is raising russians about the ability to fully operate there. what is the -- what is your response? >> we only provided chili with 15 million doses of the vaccine. each person gets to shots. that means only seven million people have been vaccinated. vaccination of chili with a population of 19 million is only 30%. the vaccination rate of this group is far from enough. his model for virus cases to rise when judy spec >> are you

looking to export drone of acts to any new countries, are there any new deals you have made? >> the biggest challenge we have so far as how to meet demand. we have provided you million doses of vaccines to brazil and indonesia, and 20 million doses to turkey, which accounts for 20% of their population. that is not enough, the virus is still spreading. we need to expand supply. we don't only provide to the partner with but the -- chili, the republic, as well as those

in asia. we are now licensing those entries fort meade fracturing we licensed the vaccine to five countries gnashed to produce vaccines in their use. >> what is the latest findings were intelligence have about how your vaccine works against the very? -- >> if we use those mutated viruses to produce new vaccines, it means we could enable a faster production against new variants a few months.

we can provide these shots to the trees where the variants are circulating widely. -- of the government approval on the new vaccine produced based on the very. so far, you still have not gotten approval and we are working on it. >> here is a quick check of the latest business headlines. a global auditor -- it shortlisted three firms to vet its operation as it works to get

ahead. it denies it is involved in rights cases. bloomberg learn at least 10 traders are leaving, including the latin america head, and america's equity head. the agency is expected to reduce by 35,000 -- three to 4000 people. he already sees 30 to 40 investment bankers traveling daily. trips are fewer than before the candidate. numbers are climbing, and the ceo sit -- not visiting clients.

assets drop below $20 billion to the lowest january. as he was -- some of the top holdings coming edge funds on tuesday. investors have full more than $5 million from market investment management. >> let single the markets of course as we continue here in australia to digest the budget. new zealand also -- going is that wednesday session. futures down but a 10 of 1%. inflation concerns tepe -- to plague market.

coming up next, investors remain on edge over inflation. how are yield could rise in your. this is bloomberg. ♪

♪ >> any spike that we see in inflation will likely be temporary. >> the highest inflation numbers are just ahead of us. i think that ultimately, it is going to be more temporary. >> the inflation is likely to go higher for a period of time, but there are reasons to think those factors might be transitory. >> it is not transitory. we will continue to have inflation and devaluation of currency. >> it won't happen until the

economy is at full employment. there is a gap where we are starting, where they need to be, and that keeps the economy from overheating. >> weighing in on the big debate over inflation prospects. let's get some more ahead of the asian trading day. we are focusing on the labor component of the inflation conversation. hearing from invesco, they see it is unlikely we will see a dramatic prolonged rise in wage inflation even if there is a labor shortage in the u.s. the current scarcity of available labor in some industries and laborers may be due to health concerns, childcare challenges, and even public transportation schedules. that should be short-lived. and while wages will rise along with economic acceleration, investors say that it should not be anything dramatic. sheri: we have a similar call coming from ubs when it comes to payroll figures. they say it is a reflection of labor shortages and the strong

economy. some volatility is expected in the coming months, but they have sustained investment with a diversified approach that is preferable to selling in may. don't tell me that may is the -- they say don't tell me that may is the outlook. they look at cyclical parts of the stock market. also energy and local recovery is broadening. >> let's get to first word news with vonnie quinn. vonnie: the colonial pipeline plans to make a decision wednesday on a restart. gas supplies will soon be stretched in the short term. >> i have had several conversations with the ceo of colonial and who has indicated that by close of business tomorrow, colonial will be in a position to make a full restart

decision. but even after that decision is made, it will take a few days to ramp up operations. vonnie: the biden administration has moved to ease -- this after a ransomware attack. it could derail the u.s. economic recovery. they waive the gasoline volatility requirements in some areas. and the 101-year-old jones act might be suspended to allow foreign tankers to transport gas and diesel to east coast ports. brazil has recommended the astrazeneca shot be immediately suspended for pregnant women as authorities investigate the death of a rio de janeiro woman. health ministry says adverse effects are rare and lower than the risks posed by covid and will continue to recommend pregnant women get vaccinated. these new guidelines will come

after further findings. u.k. prime minister boris johnson has signaled a public inquiry into the government's handling of the pandemic within a year. johnson told the house of commons it will happen within this parliamentary session which began tuesday and is expected to run about a year. johnson is writing a wave of popularity after a series of key wins in local elections and the vaccine rollout. director greg kelly is expected to testify in the final phase of a trial that began eight months ago. they sought ways to keep chairman carlos ghosn at the automaker and is facing charges of helping ghosn avoid pay. ghosn escaped japan by private jet in 2019. mobile news 24 hours a day, on-air, and on bloombergquint take -- bloomberg quicktake.

i'm vonnie quinn. this is bloomberg. sheri: markets are avoiding api data coming up with prices expected to accelerate in april. we will discuss with our next guest, global head of strategy. it always -- it's always great to have you with us. charts on the bloomberg are showing that the five year break has talked -- topped the 2008 hi and now the 2006 high. some said back in march when we saw the spike in yields that perhaps it was a little bit overdone. but so much has happened in the past five weeks, including supply change disruptions and commodity prices as well. >> exactly. i think you hit the nail on the head. it is all about inflation expectations which makes tomorrow's data extremely

important. we may start to talk about fedex a bit. but what we are hearing from the fed is that they also expect this pickup in inflation largely driven by reopening demand supply change disruptions. they don't want to extrapolate from tomorrow's number, but the market is forward-looking, right? they will look at good inflation news and the details of the report. is it the component that tends to be trending? is that starting to move higher? if we can take away from the report tomorrow, the inflation is likely to remain higher for a while. i think a deeper discussion will come back into the forefront. i think we will get a bigger interest rate. it is all about inflation and the market is pricing in a pretty good number. we will look at the details of the report. sheri: there was a good point about how u.s. data might be irrelevant because you get a

positive surprise and it just means it adds to the momentum of that inflation tsunami. if you get a negative surprise, it means the fed will just stay put. at the end of the day, doesn't this mean the same thing when it comes to higher nominal yield? priya: i think if the fed starts to talk about inflation -- if it looks like the inflation number tomorrow is not just one-off, it means the headline numbers are important. what is the month over month increase and what are the details. i think i would agree with you that we can extrapolate. if it is a little bit more than that, we start talking about how the fed exits. i think the market clearing level of treasury rates will be different. we have different treasuries to auction out. if the fed is starting to exit, i think the market might be really concerned.

we have the 30 year option the day after. the market does take down a lot of supply. that number and the fed response i think is going to be that trade-off between the two. it is not an obvious response. it will be the details and how the fed responds to it. sheri: you have taken one of the strategies on short buys. what are some of the other adjustments you are making to that portfolio strategy given the expectations around volatility? priya: actually, we are selling volatility here. going back to your original question, does it even matter? volatility was very high given the move we had in the first quarter. and so implied volatility in the market did rise. it is across market volatility

rates. the fed can keep the front-end and when we have such high deficits, the market -- any risk of inflation running high puts impressions -- puts pressure on logging rates. that is a core position. i still like it despite the fact that it works. with the fed on hold, i think you look for it whenever you can find fixed income. sheri: and where do you see the best opportunities for carry trades. priya: i think we went long bonds today because we felt that there was a big rise in european rates. when we look at the base of

vaccinations, the u.s. is still leading. europe has a long way to go in terms of recovery. the fiscal health in europe is also less. some parts of canadian provincials. given the pricing we had, it brings all rates higher. as the dust settled, we can see there is value. and there are pockets of value, particularly in the high-grade spread product. and i would say beyond that five-year part of the curve, given the fed is very unlikely to hike, it is a very high hurdle to hike. sheri: i am wondering if you have any comments on the australian budget and if it overall affect your view of the is trillion sovereign? -- australian sovereign? priya: it is what every country

is going to have to deal with, including the u.s. i think australia and canada is dealing with it before the u.s. is. supply versus how rba and qe interacts with it. rba had control of it. there is the supply angle. but just that in isolation would have meant higher rates. we don't think they will be that quick to exit. we were actually thinking that it might include some further out bond. i think the next supply question , it is number one or number two to global fixed income. i think you should correlate or make sure your taking rba buying into account.

we think the rba will be very slow given that australia depends a lot on tourism. sheri: always great to have you with us. coming up, we have more analysis on the big spending plans. this is bloomberg. ♪

sheri: prime minister scott morrison put a tarp opening to a year behind him and put attention on the strength of the economic recovery. we are standing by with a guest that says if the pm and edges to achieve that goal. >> thank you very much. a political scientist at the us trillion national university, we have been discussing if this budget is huge on spending. very conservative when it comes to some estimates about things like the price of iron ore unemployment -- or unappointed. >> i think it is faithful to a

massively spending budget. government kind of pushes the debt and deficit line. i think there are probably some fairly conservative estimates. but they are kicking the can down the road. at the moment, it is leading the way for opposition to attack them politically. the labor government is usually quite centerleft and usually more in favor of big spending budgets. but they are combining about the levels of expenditure here. it is fascinating times for australian politics. but we will see how accurate these estimates look in 15 years. >> the shadow treasurer a moment ago said the government has eaten their lunch in terms of spending. coming down for eight years, covering these budgets. it is a debt and deficit disaster.

>> covid happen for one. and we see this trend in australian politics. debt and deficit is into the order of the day anymore. they are not so worried about it as they used to be. it is quite happy with the direction of the country and happy with that level of economic spending. and even on something like border control. >> do you think the opposition could hit the government with an election campaign? and is it a psychological trigger point for the trillion dollars in debt? >> exactly. i think the government is kicking the can down the road a little bit. $1 trillion always sounds terrible, but we are very

reliant. these things are outside of our control. i think that they will probably be ok with this. >> and things that might be missing like a national quarantine center. should there have been more around that? >> i think the rollout was a timebomb that is waiting for this government. and certainly within the opposition coming out this morning, heavily on quarantine and the vaccine rollout and on token management, generally. i think for the most part, australians have voted to keep their borders shut. i think there has been a bit of a public opinion issue here where a lot of people want to be overseas again and are missing that aspect of their lives.

>> there is plenty of spending for this women's issues. >> i think they have done enough to get the issue off the front page the next few weeks. i also think that for a large part, the gender issue in us trillion politics is not really out on the streets. when they are looking for ways to really attack this government. >> and also the rally around the flag effect. it is very difficult for incumbents to lose. >> i try heavily to avoid them but i think a lot would have to change. we are talking now about things

like the vaccine rollout. there are things that we can do for them politically. there is very little room for the opposition to complain. i think scott morrison, the prime minister, has a fairly turbulent group. and i think they will get a little bit frisky. but they should be fine. >> as for the government, after this budget, let's get back to heidi. sheri: -- haidi: let's take a look at the day ahead when it comes to trading here in australia.

the impact will be the keep focus for and that -- will be the key focus for investors today. that will be in just over 19 minutes time. take a look at the corporate side as well. cba has released the third quarter trading update. lower loan and payment charges in the home and growth business lending business. we will be watching at the market open. we have a lot more ahead on daybreak. this is bloomberg. ♪

>> japan softbank may record one of the largest for your profits on record today thanks to a large turnaround in the vision fund investment. our chief asian investment correspondent takes a look at the head of the report. not necessarily realized gains, but a boost nonetheless. what are we expecting? >> a lot of games are likely to be reported in the results from softbank group. they reported earnings yesterday which did not meet estimates. softbank group, the empire, if you will, is likely to see a very good number for the fourth quarter and also the full year on the back of a complete reversal of fortunes for the investment arm.

that is the softbank vision fund. i sat at this desk when you're ago and reported about softbank group's worst ever for your loss because of the bad investment ties to the pandemic. this time around, he has shifted the portfolio, gotten into companies and ipos like doordash. also grab in southeast asia. but he will see some serious paper gains from those investments. also keep in mind a year ago that they had the big investor return policy launch and they are about 87% of the way through this shared buyback. the shares have really done well. softbank group is doubling in the last year, up 102%, up 18% year-to-date. softbank corp. not as much because of the price competition in the mobile phone space.

but still up 22% since the end of september. really a reversal of fortunes for softbank group. the nikkei is reporting the full year to march net income should be about 45.1 billion u.s. dollars net income. that is ¥4.9 trillion. the nikkei says that profit would be the largest ever by a japanese company. again, shery, just a year ago, i was talking about the worst ever for your loss. -- four year loss. shery: what are investors looking at? stephen: they want more details on the investor return policy including the share buyback. they are about 87% of the way through this to trillion yen shared buyback. they could, according to bloomberg intelligence, reap as

much as 28 billion dollars paper gain from that listing. and through the vision fund, they cashed out of the uber shares worth about 2 billion. they could also see a big return from softbank's first spac. there was a spac boom. it could be a write-down of 1.5 billion from that investment. and greenfield capital filed for bankruptcy in march. a lot to digest later today. shery: our chief asian correspondent stephen engle. we have numbers coming out from capital land as well. the poor's largest developer showing an operational recovery of asset classes in the first quarter. the 2021 fund management says income has picked up. coming to 2.7 billion dollars.

the group balance sheet remains strong and they have just shy of 15 billion dollars with a net debt equity ratio of 0.65 times capital earn for the full month. it they reported a loss after writing down the value of some of their investment poppet a bit -- properties. that's get a check of the headlines. the chip shortage hinders the ability to cash in on rising demand for cars. the company posted a $1.4 billion loss in the last fiscal year. but the ceo is betting on a cost-cutting push. and the release of new models. nissan hopes to see a return to profitability. sales did pick up in march in china. electronic arts has issued an upbeat sales forecast to navigate the post pandemic slowdown. first quarter sales are expected to decrease to 1.25 billion

dollars. but that is above analyst expectations. the gaming giant is forecasting earnings per $.55 of 15% below rejection. daybreak: asia is next. we can down the start of training -- trading. this is bluebird. ♪ -- this is bloomberg. ♪

♪ >> welcome to daybreak asia. i'm shery ahn in new york. haidi: we are counting down to asia's maker -- major market open. our top stories this hour, set for a week open after inflation drags on wall street a second day. this is from energy, tech, and industrial leading losses. we speak as closely to a ceo while there are strong

protections against -- for health workers. plus -- paul: i'm paul allen as the morrison government aims to run the economy red hot and drive the prioritized jobs. we will talk to the finance minister. shery: but first we have breaking news out of south korea right now. we are getting the jobless rate for the month of april coming in at 3.7%, which is lower than analysts estimated. it is also lower than the march jobless rate which was at 3.9%. 652,000 jobs added in april from a year earlier. and not surprising given that we have seen more positive business sentiment. a pickup in domestic activity as well as very strong external demand. the risk from now on is that these gains will be sustained. a large part of the gains had

come from government a job creation, which are lower paid, temporary positions. we will see if they gains are maintained. but for now, the april jobless late -- rate coming in at 3.7%. they can look at how we are setting up for the asia open. we are now seeing kiwi stocks under pressure again for a sixth consecutive session, the longest since february. futures also under pressure. we see the 10 year yield jumping in early trade after we see the big spending budget out of australia. nick a futures also down after seeing the worst day since february. -- nikkei futures also down after seeing the worst day since february. haidi: and of course, asian stocks looking at pretty weak -- looking pretty weak going into this session after the selloff in u.s. equities broadening. investors are waiting on an report in the u.s. for clues as to where the market goes from here. the comparison about the

pandemic in 2020, take a look at this chart. take a look at the five-year breakevens. let's talk to a director at fidelity international. a great to have you with us. -- great to have you with us. the market pressure might be something that is real. are these indicators transitory? >> i don't think it will be transitory. going into 2021, if you look at commodities last year, we did see a price increase. if we continue to see successful vaccination rollouts throughout the world, pent up demand, consumer spending underpinned by the stimulus we have seen, then prices and inflation are expected to go high. definitely something to continue to monitor.

>> when it comes to china, how long do we see chinese factories be able to act as a shock absorber globally for the surge across commodities? catherine: very interestingly, when we look at china and we look at the markets in terms of gauging the direction, key drivers, flattening the covid curve, and the pace of economic recovery, china really has done incredibly well using all three measures. in terms of where we are at in china, it is a more normalized situation then, say, developed markets. -- other developed markets. we look at the chinese 10 year bond, they are at 3% versus the u.s. 10 year. it is a more normalized situation from this point forward. >> we have heard from prominent speakers when it comes to where inflation is headed and where a federal reserve policy is headed. it is interesting that you

mention china is more normalized. take a listen to what former fed chair president bill dudley had to say about where inflation could take the fed when it comes to rate hikes? bill: the short-term rate isn't going to happen until the economy is at full employment. there will be a big gap from where they are starting and where they need to be to keep the economy from overheating. it seems to me that it is the most likely template. when they have to catch up, it is a rate much higher than is currently priced into finance markets. >> if we see the federal reserve moving quickly after starting to hike rates, will we see an intensifying of those moving that you just mentioned because of the differential with china? catherine: more than likely. from a correlation perspective, the chinese mainland offers the least correlation market with the united states. going forward, you will see a bit of volatility.

what is really key is an economy's labor market. and also this consumer and business confidence, if it does pick up. >> when it comes to the rotation trade because of these concerns, where do you find the most opportunities? especially since value is not all equal, right? catherine: exactly. and what happened last year in the chinese market and the year before last is you have is very crowded -- it was tech driven, key sectors driving the return. so there are unloved areas of the market. but companies are still delivering on earnings. still paying yield. it is an interesting area. it is the small-cap value space that have not yet seen the rotation that large-cap value names have undertaken. a lot of interesting areas in the unloved sectors that are

seeing more prominence. shery: in the u.s., retail investors were very prominent whether it is in the u.s. stock are get with gamestop -- stock market with gamestop or cryptocurrency. our other markets susceptible to these moves? catherine: it has already happened. it's not just the chinese market. if you look at taiwan, if you look at korea, retail investment ran 80% to 90% of daily turnaround. you have that trade come through. it is great we are seeing the rise of the asian investor base offsetting any potential site that we used to see, like foreign investors leaving the area. i wonder if gdp will get to 3.5% this year. and we haven't seen levels like this since 1999.

just something to monitor. >> is u.s. exceptionalism or asia being left behind as we see this divergence in the pandemic situation, further waves of outbreaks, and the vaccine rollout? is that a narrative that investors should be concerned about this year when it comes to investing in this region? catherine: it is one of those drivers i mentioned in terms of the flattening of the covid curve. generally, asia has done quite well. if you look at chinese retail sales, we are back to 97% pre-covid levels. the area we are not seeing spending is obviously international travel or domestic travel that we saw during the labor weekend. but whether these economies can

continue to recover, grow, and game policy response to balance sheets of the government in asia, probably a lot more healthy than the developed markets. >> catherine, always great to have you with us. that's get more on the markets -- all right. of course, we will be joined from manual life investment management who will be joining us at 10;10 hong kong time -- 10:10 hong kong time. we are unveiling a spending plan by the government that will run the economy red hot. it will drive unemployment to the lowest levels in half a century. go to paul allen. a pretty big investment in the budget. big spending. it is conservative in some ways with regard to forecast and the expected benefits, though. paul: yeah, that's right.

there is a bit of a schism there. if i can talk about the deficit for a moment, it will be 106 billion australian dollars, about $80 billion u.s. the government does plan to run the economy hot. some of these issues, like the jobs race. the member that we have seen forecasts of huge deficits before that then get revised down as the picture improves more sharply than anticipated. there are 8 billion for extended tax relief and lower middle income earners. this is new road and rail projects as well. the $20 billion will extend the program for businesses allowing them to claim against new purchases and equipment right away. and against some of the forecasts, they are very modest.

$55 a ton iron ore. we saw prices in june of 2020 like that just this week. the rba is famously conservative. it has an estimate of 4.5% wage growth, which is forecast in the budget as well. it is the more conservative treasury estimate. you do get a sense that purse apps -- that perhaps the government is building. the election sometime next year, they will be able to point to a much improved economic picture. >> and this is coming on the back of debt which is forecast for historic highs. there is a aaa credit rating on risk. paul: that's right. it is where the money is coming from. most of it has increased debt.

that will rise to nearly $1 trillion by 2024 and 2025. it is low by international standards. these are the numbers that is trillions are not used to -- that australians are not used to. it has not escaped the attention of the s&p. they put out an email yesterday saying that it could be at risk. substantial deterioration for aaa levels and keeping australia on a negative watch. the other thing is the geopolitical situation. trade with china, and the pace of the vaccine rollout which has been very slow. and it has been a possible resurgence of the coronavirus. >> this budget was meant to be a budget for women. can you look at it that way? paul: you definitely can.

there was a separate document for women's issues including $3.4 billion in spending. in terms of the $1.7 million additional childcare, they support the $1.1 billion for domestic violence. and plenty of spending there. they support stem scholarships and male-dominated trade. this government has had a number of missteps on so-called women's issues, particularly the bungled handling of the house just behind me. we will see if this spending will counter. this might get that off the front page. >> paul allen in cranbrook --

cranberra. more analysis coming up on the show. we are doing for a look at the blockbuster earnings. up next, the chairman and ceo about the growing evidence on the efficacy of the covid vaccine and exclusive interviews just ahead. this is bloomberg. ♪

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and on bloomberg quicktake powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm vonnie quinn. this is bloomberg. >> a vaccine is wiping out covid among health workers in indonesia. encouraging for dozens of workers relying on the shot. the chairman and ceo defended the disparity in clinical data around the shot and says there was growing evidence that coronavac is performing better in the real world. >> the result from phase three trials are from example, assisting tens of thousands of people. it is mass use in the real world. tens of millions of people have been inoculated. we see protection against icu at 89% and over 80% against

hospitalization. isn't this more convincing data? so we encourage our partners in government and in countries where vaccines are being used to release such data as soon as possible. the result from the real world and the data we have from clinical trials will allow the world to judge the vaccine comprehensively. >> you talked about file where -- chile that shows real-world data that coronavac does bring down instances of severe disease and death. but cases are rising again. go and quell the outbreak. what is your response? >> it was distributed to the

groups, the younger ones in july -- chile. but we only provided chile with less than 15 million doses. each person gets two shots. only 7 million people has been vaccinated. -- have been vaccinated. the population of 19 million, it is only 36% vaccinated. meanwhile, with such a low rate, the people who are most active are under 60 years old. the vaccination rate of this goal is far from enough. in this case, it is normal the virus cases will rise. >> where are you looking for supply and are you looking to export coronavac's are you looking to export coronavac --to other countries?

>> we have provided about 15 million doses of vaccines to brazil and indonesia. about 20 million doses to turkey. that is not enough. if that virus was still spreading, we need to expand. and we don't only provide to the countries we partner with. but other countries including chile and the dominican republic as well as those in africa and asia. but it is still not enough. we are now licensing those countries for manufacturing. we have licensed a vaccine to

five countries. it turkey, indonesia, brazil, malaysia, and egypt, to produce vaccines in their countries. emma: what are the latest findings or intelligence you have on how coronavac works against the various variance -- variants, like the is hideous -- likely insidious one from south africa? >> the time span could be shortened tremendously which means we could enable mass production for variants in two months. once we discover variants, we can provide these shots to countries where those variants are circulating wildly. the bigger challenge now is to communicate with those countries

about the monitoring and the results. and have the government's approval for vaccines produced based on the variants. so far, we haven't got approval yet. it. -- we are still working on it. >> that was sinovac chairman speaking to emma o'brien. still ahead, we will be assessing the hong kong government's vax. we will talk to a professor who joins us later. this is bloomberg. ♪

>> i have a quick check of the latest business flash headlines. kathy was a flagship etf arc innovation dropped $20 billion to the lowest since january.

the product has fallen for nine of the past 10 sessions. it is a broad tech loss with some of the top holdings including tesla down on tuesday. investors have pulled more than 500 moyo dollars from arkk investment management in the last few months. it will combined with story acquisitions corporation in a deal that values at $15 billion. at the transaction includes the 775 million private placement involving fundraising by kathy woods' arkk investment and bill gates investment. it is a design company and uses technology to program sells for a potentially wide variety of uses. a key chinese supplier to the solar industry is hiring a global auditor to assess operations amid allegations over the use of force labor.

new york listed the new energy and told bloomberg that there are three auditing firms to vet operations and works to get ahead of u.s. sanctions. it expects to be extended to chinese solar panels. they deny that they are involved in him and i to abuses. -- in hume and -- hja -- human rights abuses. sales are down 12% year on year, but the ceo is vetting a cost-cutting push and the release of new models to rouse consumer interest. we will see a return to profitability after sales pickup and margin china. -- in march in china. the u.s. central bank will probably be late to raise rates. details next. this is bloomberg. ♪

haidi: fed president -- the bank will need to move quickly once it starts hiking rates to control inflation. he says rates could go higher than what the markets did this past year. >> they will be very slow to raise interest rates. not until they get the 2% inflation. we are confident it can go up 2%. we know that will take a while. but then they are going to be late and will have to catch up. so it will be a period of slow,

then a period of fast. what people don't fully appreciate is when they have to catch up, the level of short-term rates will go up much higher than the financial markets right now. >> you just heard a synthesis of history of economics that dudley is legendary for. i'm going to cut to the chase. you talk about the process of moving from the reality expose behind and forward, you talk about talking, and the fed will act. finally, they will do higher rates. will they do it in a measured way, or will we go back to arthur burns, where they will talk about eight point or higher moves? >> i think you will be have to move relatively quickly. in terms of short-term rate, it isn't going to happen and so the economy is at full employment. there is a big gap between where they are, where they need to be to keep the economy from overheating.

a quarter-point a meeting seems like the most likely template. think about 2004-2006. the fed raised a quarter-point meeting for 17 meetings in a row, taking the federal funds rate to five and a quarter percent. we are going to go quite a bit higher than the 2% currently priced. >> how would you counter this? raising through neutral? >> you have to go beyond neutral. you are already at full employment, and inflation is likely to go above 2%. >> how much of a stabling force you think the market will be in the environment? late 2018, thinking about that. >> it will be interesting. the market reaction does poorly, and the fed will pull back a little bit. between 2004 and 2006, the fed tightened every meeting for over four years. the stock market was fine and

the bond market was fine. how the markets react will affect the pace of tightening when the fed starts. >> are you abdicating for a change of policy, or highlighting where you think the risks lie? >> i'm just highlighting the risks. there are benefits of what they will do, it will keep inflation expectations better anchored, get those enduring people -- ignorant people still out of work back to work more quickly. but there are cost on the others. the financial markets just need to be cognizant of those downside risks. >> what about the near term? stanley drucker miller -- stanley drunken miller said the same thing, dwarfing the short-term risk of putting the brakes on a booming economy in 2022. what do you make of that aspect? >> the fed recognizes financial markets are frothy, but they are looking through that. they said the equity market, if it goes down, they don't see it as a big risk for financial

stability. investors in the market typically don't do so on a highly leveraged basis. whatever happened in the great financial crisis, it was leverage that killed us. if we tighten and the stock market goes down, that will tighten financial conditions, and we may have to take monetary policy. but markets are frothy, but they are determined to keep rates low before they get people back to work. shery: bill dudley there. he was speaking with tom keene and jonathan ferro. this is the picture across the asian markets. setting up for the open in japan, south korea, and australia. kiwi stocks paring back, holding five sessions of decline. but we are seeing downside pressure for the rest of the market. sydney futures down .6%. this after we saw the big spending budget. we still see reaction to that

with the 10 year yield trading higher. nikkei futures down. this extending the declines perhaps from the worst day since february. kospi futures under pressure, despite we have seen the unemployment figure coming lower than expected. let's get to vonnie quin with the first word headlines. >> president biden is expanding free rides from uber and lyft to entice more americans to get vaccinations. free shares to anyone going to get inoculated. the u.s. is administering about 2.1 million shots per day, down from about a month ago. domestic demands weakens and virus cases fall. biden has also promised more vaccine help for overseas. >> every country in the world is now looking to us to provide for their lack of capacity to produce and/or have vaccines. i'm not going to shortcut the

united states of america. we will have enough vaccines for every single american. but we are going to be engaged in working with other countries. >> the u.s. secretary-general said colonial pipeline expected to make a decision wednesday on a full restart. the company is making progress on returning its system to service. she says gas supplies will still be checked in the short-term. >> i have had several conversations with the ceo of colonial, who has indicated that by close of business tomorrow, colonial will be in a position to make the full restart decision. but even after that decision is made, it will take a few days to ramp up operations. >> the biden administration has moved to ease doubts caused by the ransomware attack as concerns grow spiking prices and tight supply could derail the

u.s. economic recovery. the gasoline volatility requirement was weighed in some areas supplied, and the drones act might be suspended to transport gas and diesel. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and at quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm vonnie quin. this is bloomberg. haidi: let's return to australia's big spending budget. the government says it is aimed at bringing the economy roaring back to life. some measures fall short it is said, and levels are concerning. we spoke to the treasurer just a little while ago. >> a bit of a missed opportunity to do things, including energy, in terms of diversifying our economy, manufacturing, apprenticeships, there are a lot of things in the budget. we will have more to say. but i think government will rack

up that much debt, as far as the eye can see, we need more to show for it. >> a number of potential risks of australia were identified going forward. also the very slow pace of the vaccination rollout. quarantine continues to be an issue. has there been enough attention paid to these matters? >> i don't think so. recovery is welcome, pleasing, but a lot of uncertainty. the china relationship is one of them. in the near term, the vaccine rollout is slower than countries we compare ourselves with. we have an issue with quarantine. so i think it is because for a lot of that uncertainty. unfortunately, i think we are still a bit behind the eight ball. >> we discussed earlier off-camera, with the crisis, you have to lean over -- the aaa rating could be a risk,

are you concerned about that? >> yes, i think overall when the economy is as weak as it has been, there is a responsibility for government to lean in with the budget. i think that is really important. when it comes to the credit rating, aaa from all three ratings agencies -- it would be good to defend that. >> we do have a few protests going on, which is not unusual on budget day. we will continue on. also in the budget, a large amount of money, billions. -- not yet announced. >> first of all, they are welcome to australian democracy. there are a lot of slashed funds in the budget. you want to make sure you are getting value for money. we don't want to see money just spread around for political reasons. >> there is a plan for bringing

back international students towards the end of this year, reopening migration in 2022, does it seem reasonable? >> it depends on the vaccine rollout. that is slower than we would like. much slower than the u.s., u.k., and other places. it all hinges on that. there hasn't been enough rollout fast enough. we need to fix that. if we can fix it, we can get some of those parts of the economy dependent on international traffic down here again. shery: jim chalmers there. we will hear more from the government in the next hour. the australian finance minister speaks to us. coming up, softbank headlines are jampacked day of japanese earnings. kirk boodry has a preview of what could be a blockbuster quarter. this is bloomberg. ♪

shery: softbank earnings are due out later. they are likely to show the largest full-year profits on record. let's get more from kirk boodry. i you very much for joining us. we are expecting the softbank vision bond -- fund to set record high profits. at the same heim, -- at the same time, perhaps

pressure on the sector. >> that is kind of two different things. with softbank, it is going to post a record quarter. most of that is driven by the ipo back in january. and i think when we look at that, the important thing to remember is it is well known, built into the share price, and where it is sitting now is what we are looking forward to. what they will say about what happens going forward. shery: especially when it comes to buybacks. what are you expecting? >> that is tricky. it seems there has been a little less enthusiasm from management in talking about buybacks for the last couple of quarters. but we are getting to the end of the current buyback regime.

and i think when you have pressure from text selloffs in the u.s., which -- tech selloff, it becomes more likely. the reason for that is there are two factors driving the share price. the first one is the value of the underlying holdings. softbank doesn't have much control over that. the second factor is the discount. holding company discount, discount to public assets that the market puts on softbank. they do have control over that. if you do a share buyback program, investors are willing to narrow down the discount because they are receiving returns. haidi: risk is a trading portfolio. given the elevated volatility we are starting to see across markets, is it a raised risk when it comes to derivative losses? >> i mean -- nothing is ever

really simple with softbank. with the derivative training, we expect there will be a loss. the reason is part of that derivative training is hedging gains in the portfolio, which had a record quarter. so some of that hedging will result in a loss. we don't know how much of the trading is more of an output strategy and i'll they have performed. unfortunately, we only get detail on that once every three months. haidi: you have talked about the concerns when it comes to dropping valuations. some of these headline investments, do you think they will reach some level of normalization when it comes to valuations? is there upside or downside to the surprise risk of that? >> in the public portfolio, we

can see that everyday. i think we have reached a near term peak. so you had roughly $25 billion in gains invasion fund in the fourth quarter building in the coupang upside. tencent fell in the u.s., the same portfolio has given back about $12 billion. so that is a pretty chunky amount. a lot of that is the lossmaking tech companies falling out of favor, and there has been a rotation out of those names. for them to return for the levels they were at before, at least in this environment, seems very unlikely. haidi: when it comes to the environment, tech, growth,

coming out of the back of the pandemic, is it fair to say for these types of investments we have seen kind of a peak vision fund scenario now? >> there are still -- the upside potential is worth mentioning, there are still investments within vision funds that will come to market that will generate returns ahead of the value. how much of a return is the question. that is an issue. again with tech value sentiment. maybe the upside in the liquidity events won't be as high. but to give you an example, -- will ipo within the next three to six months. the value of that, $40 billion, initial talk of a value was $60 billion to $70 billion, in some

cases, $100 billion. but it will probably not go that high, as long as tech remains under pressure. shery: kirk boodry, thank you for that. and outlook on softbank. japanese automakers also in focus. we await more earnings. we have already heard from news nissan. the chip crunch weighing on its ability to capitalize recovering demand for cars. let's cross to tokyo. river davis, what were the key takeaways from the earnings announcements yesterday? >> the big announcement from them yesterday was it is projecting an operating profit of zero yen for the upcoming fiscal year. that is an improvement from two years losses now. in 2019, nissan was about ¥40 billion. then it lost ¥100 billion in

fiscal 2020. that was the year it was most disrupted about 2019. 2021 is to be in the red, so the profit target is zero. analysts were expecting a profit of about ¥133 billion in 2021. we will likely see the ripples about the nissan shares today. the ceo walked everyone through the process through the upcoming year. basically saying nissan could have met these lofty market expectations for 2021, because it is demand for caller -- the demand for cars and car sales is rising quickly. nissan was able to significantly cut costs last year, as well. all of that brighter news is

being weighed down by the chip shortage that is worsening. and also rises in material prices due to broader pandemic disruptions. chips in particular, the ceo said it would impact about 500,000 units of nissan production this year. it is hoping to make up about half of that. when it sees some of the impact of the chip shortage. haidi: a much better scenario talking about toyota? >> they really stand out from the pack. it is set to announce earnings and forecasts for the current fiscal year. it has fared much better among the chip shortage and pandemic related disruptions and automakers. a big question today is whether toyota will issue a forecast for the current fiscal year that is brighter than others, like nissan and subaru, who have reported, or whether the issues that are tugging the auto

industry down at the moment will impact the forecast, as well. toyota has really strong control over its supply chain, and a decent inventory of chips. they have not had to cut much production compared to honda and nissan this year so far. they have failed to take off. a historic high for the company in march. really strong sales in the u.s. and china. analysts estimate the profit level for 2021 that is above pre-pandemic levels. that is quite a cheery outlook for the market. that being said, the rising price of material costs and the semiconductor shortage that led nissan to issue a gloomy outlook yesterday, are issues impacting the entire auto industry at this point. it is quite possible toyota may forecast something better than other japanese automakers, but still quite conservative. and toyota does tend to do this.

last year when the pandemic first hit, it issued a record low profit forecast for the year, but ended up quadrupling the goal by the end of the year. it does start low and ratchet up through the years. that might be the scenario we are going to look at today. shery: better to beat than miss. river davis joining us from tokyo. japanese markets open at the top of the hour, along with south korea. stories we are watching today in tokyo. more earnings in focus. they will be reporting. we also hear toshiba is finalizing which advisors will conduct a strategic review. big investors through the investment partners called for one after -- made a bid to take the company private. president biden has reportedly settled on an ambassador to japan. sources tell us around manual is the pick. in korea, the finance minister

will hold an emergency economic meeting at 10:00 a.m. local time. we will also be watching samsung and sk hynix. they were the most shorted in the past session, with investors sharply increasing the bets against the chipmakers. a number of earnings do out, including from gaming companies reporting a bit earlier. plenty more to come. this is bloomberg. ♪

haidi: a quick check of the latest business flash headlines. zoom meetings may never go away, but visits to faraway clients are staging a comeback. 30 to 40 investment bankers traveling daily. a sign wall street -- trips are fewer than before the pandemic, but numbers are climbing. jamie dimon lamented business loss by not visiting clients when competitors did. hsbc's -- amid global restructuring and the pivot to asia. at least 10 traders are leaving the credit desk, including latin america credit trading head and america's equity training head following the recent as its --

exits of other senior staff. electronic arts has issued an update. passes -- pandemic slowdown. they are expected to decrease to $1.25 billion. the gaming giant is forecasting earnings per share at $.55, 15% below projections. coming up, more markets analysis. jp morgan asset management strategist tai hui is joining us. australia plans to run its economy even harder, unveiling a budget for jobs creation. we will be hearing from the finance minister himself. if you are watching here in sydney -- in just a few minutes, the market open in sydney, seoul, and tokyo. a pretty lackluster start to

trading. inflation continues to plague investors. u.s. stocks being dragged for a second day. -- downside going into the sydney open. this is bloomberg. ♪

shery: welcome to "daybreak: asia." i'm shery ahn. haidi: i am haidi stroud-watts in sydney. asia's markets have just opened. asian stocks set for a week after inflation concerns drag on wall street for the second day. australia looks to run a hot economy. we will be speaking with the finance minister.