Good morning, everyone, and welcome to bloomberg surveillance. This is what the markets are focusing on. Partly, the number of infections rising in the u. S. But partly also what we are hearing from economies in europe reopening. European stocks sliding for a second day. We did lose a bit of momentum in this equity rally in the wake of damage caused by the pandemic. Hsbc slumping after Donald Trumps advisor proposed a move to punish banks in hong kong and destabilize the currency peg to the dollar. And goldng below 41 trading near its highest level since 2011. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Good morning. The white house has made good on its threat to leave the world health organization. The Trump Administration has sent a letter to the agency giving it a one year notice it plans to quit. President donald trump says the International Body has been too deferential to china in its handling of the pandemic. The move comes as virus cases in the u. S. Near 3 million. Som
Singapore and malaysia as well. The Peter Navarro episode, if it is any indication how sensitive markets are to the slightest hint of bad news, that tells you the story of volatility in store for markets in the second half of the year. A quick check on the risk radar. Aussie yen coming off a little bit, that tells you where we are in terms of Risk Appetite. We were closing in on 79 a few weeks ago. Brent crude, some upside. Lets get you up to speed with other top stories we are watching. It lawmakers in washington have approved a bill to penalize banks doing business with china over beijings National Security legislation for hong kong. The bipartisan measure in the senate has support in the house of representatives and needs to pass before reaching president trump. It condemns china for breaking obligations under the deal that return hong kong to mainland rule. The coronavirus has hit local trade hard with lockdowns increasing by 12 . The hike of that pandemic in april, new research th
Present your oral testimony. Secretary mnuchin thank you very much. Mr. Barr. Let me express my condolences for your loss. Of the committee, i am pleased to join you today to discuss how the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve are working together to provide liquidity to the credit households,iness, as well as state and municipal governments. We remain committed to making sure every american gets back to possible. Ickly as americas economy continues to recover from the challenges posed by the covid19 pandemic. The jobs report for the month of may best we exceeded expectations with a record gain of 2. 5 million jobs after experts had predicted nearly 8 million lost. Ae Unemployment Rate is still high but we are seeing additional signs the conditions will improve significantly in the third and fourth quarters of this year. Is bluechip report forecasting our gdp will grow by 17 annualized in the Third Quarter and by 9 in the fourth quarter. The u. S. Chamber of commerce reported t
When the time comes, after the crisis has passed, we will put these emergency tools back in the tool box. I would stress that these are lending powers, not spending powers. I will also note that we design our facilities to work for broad ranges of businesses and municipalities. We do not target particular firms or industries. Elected officials make decisions about where to direct such target relief. The cares act and other legislation provide direct help to people, businesses, and communities. This direct support is making a critical difference. Not just in helping families and businesses, but also in limiting long lasting damage to our economy. Public faith in our operations depends on transparency. If the fed were committed to that, particularly in deploying our emergency powers. Thank you. I look forward to our questions. Thank you very much, chairman powell. I now recognize myself for five minutes for questions. As i mentioned in my opening, the pandemic is strengthening and so, to
When you say a line, more than two people i think they have to be at work at 6 00 or something. I was upstairs getting my coffee everyone had a mask on but there were six or seven people out there waiting. Were you one of them . I was notone of them. Much better smelling. That would be from your standing and not max cutting the losses in half. Im willing to give that to him . I have to say, Brian Sullivan puts on a very good show i appreciate the lead in i listen because i do my hair and make up about five feet from here energetic at 5 00 a. M he brings it every day. You could be up or down up 2. 3 . S p was up 1. 5 . Both of those averages now on track for the Third Straight gains. This has been an impressive quarter. All the way back to the Fourth Quarter since 98 we have seen three months in a row that have been impressive. If things went south, you could see the s p 500 wipe that out. Those gains are in the green for the month of june. You can see dow futures are down only about 35