chris williamson of ihs markit, thank you very much.oming up, barclays says markets may be hitting an air pocket and calls out selective risk exposure. we will speak to emmanuel cau, barclays head of risk exposure, coming up next. this bloomberg. ♪ ritika: let's check in on the bloomberg first word news. the fda has given full approval to the coronavirus vaccine developed by pfizer and biontech. it will now be marketed to the prevention of covid and people 16 and older. it is expected to boost confidence in the shot and may open the door to more vaccine mandates. pfizer will be required to assess the risks of myocarditis and peritonitis after vaccination. sales of previously owned homes rose in july. the u.s. and its allies have now flown more than 30,000 people out of afghanistan. boris johnson believes the americans may need to stay past their original departure date. bloomberg has learned the british prime minister will push president biden to extend the deadline passed august 31 so the evacuations can continue. the president has alr

chris williamson, chief business economist from ihs market. chris, great to speak with you again.a and i just going through the headlines here it looks as though we are continuing to see supply chain disruptions curtail production and really cap the recovery especially in manufacturing. is that a fair assessment of the current sniituation >> yeah, that's what it is looking like manufacturing being hit. the official date tends to get a bigger hit from these pmis from those supply chain disruptions because they affect such large manufactures like the auto sector, we know already lots of notifications about all sorts of production being hit in september. so this is going to keep rolling. and, you know, it's not getting any better that's the sign here, these supply constraints, yes, they're not quite as widespread as they were a couple of months ago. we're seeing some easing in the race at which they're developing, but they're still getting worse and worse and worse. so this is additional problems to the ones we had before. supply chains really dominating the whole manufacturing secto

chris williamson joining us from markit next.rg. ♪ >> the countdown is on in europe. this is "bloomberg markets: european close," with guy johnson and alix steel. ♪ guy: monday the 20 for -- this one he third. what do you need -- the 23rd. what do you need to know out of europe that this hour? luxury retail names powering the move, up a little bit. we will see what happens with the rest of the week. august pmi data out of the u.k. pointing to a sharp economic slowdown. supply-side constraints starting to bite. numbers out of the eurozone holding up reasonably well. any moment, we will get the inside track with chris williamson. the u.k. buying more shots of the pfizer/biontech dab as the vaccine gets full fda approval in the united states. there's an fda briefing about to start. we will bring you the headlines out of that.

we had a conversation with chris williamson, who leads the economic coverage at markit.here are a bunch of other factors as well. what happens in terms of trucking and logistics and shortages of both materials and staff playing a big part of what we see here. but there may be some evidence that actually, europe and its consistent vaccination program is starting to really deliver. alix: and ecb tightening monetary policy also. herewith more more is marcus ashworth, bloomberg opinion columnist that covers european markets. in some ways, we have seen that reflected in the index area -- in the index. can that outperformance continue? marcus: the thing i love about european stocks is every now and again, they are the flavor at the day. they could catch a really good following wind. europe is coming from a much lower base. they were probably going into recession before the pandemic hit. certainly italy and germany were looking very weak. nonetheless, we have yet to see their stimulus hit. we are just about to see the next generation eu fund, 800 billion rolled out over quite a

chris: i want to pick up on that the board of education in williamson county tennessee near nashvilleon the issue of mask mandates when they were parents in the group including doctors who had kids in the school who are urging the everybody wear a mask that there be a mask mandates and i want to play the reaction, the scene in the parking lot after the meeting of the school board. here they are. >> we know we know we know who you are were behind you and will never you will never be allowed in public again. chris: as the head of the national institutes of health, as a person who has devoted her life to public health, what is your reaction when you see that? >> is devastating, we in this country the most advanced technological society on the planet has slipped into a space where the evidence and the basis for making decisions on facts have gotten pushed aside by politics by social media conspiracies and by this incredible depth of angering grievance that is held by so many. our future as a nation is got to revolve around coming away from that approached everything and i don't see how wi

. >> chris: i want to pick up on that because the board of education in williamson county tennessee nearn the issue of mask mandates and there were some parents in the group, including some doctors who had kids in the school who were urging that everybody wear masks, that there be a mask mandate, and i want to play the reaction, the scene in the parking lot after the meeting of the school board. here the! we know who you are! we know who you are! >> we will find you! >> you will never be allowed in public again! you will never be allowed -- you are never going to be allowed in public again! >> chris: as the head of the national institutes of health, as a person who is devoted your life to public health, what's your reaction, sir, when you see that? >> dr. collins: it's devastating that we in this country, the most advanced technological society on the planet has somehow slipped into a space where the evidence and the basis for making decisions on facts has gotten pushed aside by politics, by social media conspiracies and by this incredible depth of anger and grievance that seems to be he