with alix williams. coming up next. this is bloomberg. ♪ romaine: today we are focused on the shock and the slog, which is a term that employers and america's are used to describe the economic impacts of the coronavirus versus the shock in march. an uneven recovery. joe, we're going to get a number a lot of people looking forward to but a lot of people also say will tell us a whole lot of where we stand. joe: exactly right. this is a big weaker economic data and the last week before the election. we will get a gdp report. it is going to be an absolute monster. the largest ever in terms of sequential annualized growth. wenomists expect 35%, but also had the biggest plans ever in the quarter previously. it won't tell us that much but still sort of one of the big things on people's minds this week as they think about how much work we have to do to get back to normal. caroline: and also, then, what can you do, if perhaps that is not the true picture. this is what is happening in europe. we are seeing companies saying busine

alix: wow. it is really good to get the perspective and put the vaccine in context. williamchaffner, thank you so much. good to talk to you. this is bloomberg. ♪ ritika: it is time for the bloomberg business flash, a look at some of the biggest business stories in the news right now. i'm ritika gupta. lori l reported a surprise -- l'oreal reported a surprise increase in sales. l'oreal's ceo. mitigate trying to through this crisis, and we are still confident that we should be able to have a positive second half this year, and we are preparing also for positive and dynamic next year. ritika: bloomberg has learned that u.s. regulators are close to a final decision on whether to bring an antitrust suit against facebook. the suit would accuse the social network of using its dominance to harm competition. staff at the federal trade commission support bringing a case. white house economic and pfizer larry kudlow says the ball isn't -- economic advisor larry kudlow says the ball isn't moving much anothercomes to stimulus bill, but talks are still taking place. >> it takes a while. y