Flatten. The currency move of the day is what is happening with the turkish lira. A huge move today. We will discuss that later on in the show. Because theres a war going on between the president and the central bank. The last 24 hours hasnt brought much certainty and who will govern germany. Chancellor merkels largest partners expressed no interest in coming together and she said she would rather have new elections they go forward without a majority. Matt miller has been covering each development and we welcome him from berlin. Bring us up to speed. What is going on . Matt you summed it up quite well. The key is she doesnt want to go forward without a majority. The form still prefer a Majority Coalition with either the ftp and the greens or with the std her Current Coalition partner. That seems so unlikely, the ftp having to walk out of Coalition Talks. The stp saying it is no way interested in prefers to stay in opposition. Now the president whom you see here is going to try and forc
Function. Current is gaining against the dollar, including the pound. Currency gaining against the dollar, including the pound. Hammond sees growth next year at 1. 4 compared with an earlier estimate of 1. 6 as a result of revised productivity data and headwind by the brexit vote. Deficit will be 35 39 it compared with the previous forecast. Peaks of earlier this month. Highest near its dilation since april of 2015 versus the stoxx 600. Dax is rebounding from backtoback weekly declines as a lower euro boost its exports. Germany, the relents flattening of the u. S. Yield curve this year has creative a dynamic in the global money market and seen in years with the extra yield investors get for purchasing job german tenyear boom is is 106 basis points, 48 points higher than they got from buying 10 year treasuries instead of twoyear notes. That is the blue line, the most positive gap from the two curves means addinghich duration in germany looks relatively cheap even if absolute yields are
The russia 10year drops after they eased more than people expected and said there could be lower rates, more than people thought asked year. Of we are looking at the home, stock index, that is down 1. 5 . Volatility is the highest in the year. Of this stems from the idea that global banks are going to enter into a tightening cycle. The u. K. 10year is dropping by two basis points. The bank of england is probably not going to raise rates anytime soon, growth is not jumping off in any major way. The brexit negotiations are ongoing and complicated and possibly getting more complicated, if possible. Alix it was steady as she goes, not doing anything to ruffle feathers. Supportive of markets, if anything were to disrupt them, that could equal to a negative yield index. Alix lets talk about what its making headlines. This is emma chandra. Emma brexit talks can enter phase two here and they agreed that the british Prime Minister has complied with their divorce conditions. Now they will discus
Mcconnell says that incumbent senator Luther Strange will retain the seat until january, allowing the republicans to maintain a majority. Cal chancellor on Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron held a joint News Conference on immigration. We are not quite in agreement on solidarity. Work,we must continue our because we cannot have solidarity in europe on certain matters and not on others. Mark germany has taken in the largest number of refugees. Global news 24 hours a day, the by more than 2700 700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. I am Mark Crumpton. This is bloomberg. Julia live from bloomberg World Headquarters in new york, in julia chatter i am julia chatterley. Scarlet i am scarlet fu. Joe and im joe weisenthal. The question is whatd you miss . Senator bob corker makes a 180 and says that he is a yes for the tax bill after initially opposing it. As a cryptocurrency take steps towards going mainstream, concerns over an initial offering grow. Meanwhile, another hedge fund
Number. Dont forget yields at 2. 46. A tear, and crude a little bit down but still above the 61 level. David emma chandra is here with first word news. Emma thank you. North korea has agreed for the first talks with south korea in years. The Winter Olympics are being hosted by south korea in february. North korea has assigned a delegation to the games. Environment to ask the trump thenistrations fight trump administrations plans for offshore drilling. The Obama Administration gave up on drilling rights. In the u. K. , productivity rose in the Fourth Quarter by the most in more than six years. Still, british products is barely higher than 10 years ago. Global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. I am emma chandra. This is bloomberg. David. David thank you so much. Time now for our daybreak first take. First up is of course a jobs day. Second, continuing the new year tear, and third, the chip program has affected apple. Alix joini