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i'm matt miller in berlin, alongside carol massar in new york. lisa on a well-deserved vacation. we are more than happy to fill in for them. carol, a lot going on today to kick off the week. it seems like we wrapped up one more issue. carol: yeah, brexit, finally. reading thiss morning there are still some lingering issues, but let's get to bloomberg's maria tadeo to get a quick check on what we know at this point and what is still to come. there's optimism about the pandemic really are graham -- relief program. where are we? what do investors need to know at this point? maria: i think fundamentally, what you need to take away from this is that there is a deal. this is something that we weren't taking for granted a week ago. there are no tariffs, and it does avoid that cliff edge transition that would've been very abrupt for businesses on both sides of the channel, so that has been avoided and there has been relief in the market area but i would say is the more you look at this deal in detail, the more you speak to everyone around it, there are m

i'm carol massar, alongside matt miller. tom keene, jonathan ferro, and lisa abramowicz have the day off. i remember in holidays past, it would be very quiet. there has been so much going on between brexit wrapping up, another pandemic relief bill here in the united states. we are seeing lots of individual stocks hitting records. we are watching things like apple. we have been watching bitcoin hit records. so it has not been a quiet holiday week. matt: not at all. typically the european union does like to wait until christmas, new year's to get things done. iremember the euro crisis, was working late on new year's , waiting for a resolution to that. , wes true that in the u.s. have historically been more sensible about the year-end holidays, and that has not proven true this year. when i see we, i made americans, of course. not sensible at all. waiting until the last minute to sign things. a lot of unemployment benefits being derailed for millions of americans. now, so fascinating to watch mitch mcconnell go directly against

i'm matt miller, alongside carol massar. tom keene, jonathan ferro, and lisa abramowicz are off this week. let's start off with brexit. it is truly almost done. carol: getting signed on the dotted line? the commons on the lords are voting on it today. here in berlin, we are in the seat of the euro presidency. , andhold it until thursday ursula von der leyen is a german who runs the commission in brussels. they are about to cement a deal with xi jinping so that europe will have a closer relationship with china. the question is, is that good or bad? in the u.s., you've got mitch mcconnell killing and burying donald trump's $2000 stimulus checks, so that is not going to the nextybe until congress. there's a lot going on, but just not moving markets. outside of bitcoin, you really don't see a lot of movement this morning. the boardss bring up for everyone, just so you can see where we are on this wednesday. s&p 500 futures, we have been talking about it, this has pretty much been the trade throughout the morning, just up about 12

carol massar and matt miller, this is "bloomberg surveillance ." madea: mitch mcconnell has it clear the direct payments in the stimulus package will not be increased to $2000. the senate majority been -- leader says the house bill that would do that has no realistic path to quick passage. the larger payments are backed by democrats and president trump. mcconnell says the house legislation fall short of what the president wants. u.s. health officials admit the coronavirus immunization program is off to a slow start. that is the all in bet on vaccines that hobbled other measures to contain the pandemic. about 2.7 million americans have been vaccinated. of the 20 million the government had hoped. global news 24 hours a day ♪ you can go your own way it's time you make the rules. so join the 2 million people who have switched to xfinity mobile. you can choose from the latest phones or bring your own device and choose the amount of data that's right for you to save even more. and you'll get nationwide 5g at no extra cost. all on the most reliable networ

i'm matt miller in berlin, alongside carol massar in new york city.om keene jonathan ferro, lisa abramowicz all off today. let's take a quick look at the top stories in the markets. i think really the $2000 stimulus check is still the biggest story for investors. it seems like that is what is driving us to ever new highs. carol: investors excited about the prospect of maybe some consumer spending. wehink global support that are seeing, whether it is central banks around the world, has really provided a bottom to the markets. a quick check on how we are setting up on this tuesday, expect it to be light trade. it is a holiday shortened trading week in the united states and elsewhere around the world. s&p futures just up about 15 points. you've got the euro at $1.22. yielding 0.9ote 4%. we continue to see records on major equity averages. we certainly side in the united states yesterday. matt: absolutely. ,e see really big rallies here like on the ftse. the first day of trading for the ftse since the brexit deal was delivered. that happened on christmas

take care, i'm carol massar. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ ♪ for jonatt miller in ferro.the open starts now. we begin with the big issue. tumultuous to a 2020. >> the coronavirus. >> the coronavirus has completely dominated the conversation. >> i don't feel we are on stable ground. >> we don't know what is going on. >> record low treasury yields. investors are naturally quite panicked at the moment. from theen support fed. >> the fed lesson is liquidity. >> 2020 is all about fiscal policy. >> if we look at all the things we got wrong -- >>

i'm carol massar, alongside matt miller. jon ferro, tom keene, and lisa

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i'm matt miller in berlin, alongside carol massar in new york. we are in for tom, jon, and lisa.out on a well-deserved vacation. rallygain, a risk on pushing equity indexes to new highs. s&p futures are up again after the benchmark cash index touched a new high yesterday. the euro is gaining, but the dollar is losing ground, so most pairs that you look at involving gain.llar will see a $1.22 on the euro. let's take a look at the pound. it is also gaining against the dollar. but i think more interesting is the ftse. the way equities are rallying in london right now really tells you a lot about how investors view the brexit trade deal. remember, that was finally figured out on christmas eve. of course, the ftse didn't trade on christmas friday. it also didn't trade yesterday because they were celebrating boxing day. so today is the first day investors have to vote with their wallets, so to speak, on the brexit deal, and they like it. up 136 points. you and the rest are used to big gains on the s&p. the ftse had been down 15% year to date, so they have a long way to go to catch up.

carol massar and matt miller spoke to ford motor's communication director about apples self-driving car a game changer for the ev industry and have a ripple effect on the oil market. >> anyone who works in a , we arenal manufacturer going to expect disruption now from anyone who might be out there. i know a couple of years ago when dyson was considering getting into the business, at that point you realize any consumer products company could , besides any space startup. matt: it is very difficult, very expensive, to the point where globally dominant companies like ford and volkswagen are getting together, pooling resources. can you tell us a little bit about your work with the german carmakers over here? mark: sure. scale is so important, especially in the auto business. so in the case when we have a platform, and those platforms have a range of products that can be suited off of, and in the case of our partnership with vw, we had the european market skews a little bit smaller than the u.s. market, so we found there was equal opportunity for both of us, vw to get a bit more scale off the

i will be coming back to you later on in the day with my old partner, carol massar. don't want to miss if you're in the u.s. that's something at 8:00 a.m. eastern time. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> president trump signs the $900 billion virus aid bill, but continues to push for $2000 checks. futures trade higher. europe is 24 hours into its vaccination campaign as the u.k. looks poised to approve astrazeneca's vaccine as early as this week. upside buyback program fails to produce shares and fears hit china's tech giants.

carol: from new york city and berlin, good morning. this is "bloomberg surveillance ," live on bloomberg tv and radio. jonathan ferro, lisa abramowicz, and tom keene all have the day off. witharol massarler. it seems like everything is just fine. it is like record after