Good morning, everyone. Good afternoon if you are watching from asia. This is bloomberg surveillance. I am in italy for the ember city ambrosetti forum. Lot to do with the economy, the trade war, with no end in sight. Although the two sides did decide to meet her we go back to our wall of worry. What im looking at. European stocks were up at the open a touch, now they are down. 1 . A lot will have to with the number we get from u. S. Jobs. Looking at treasuries, they are slowing some of the declines we saw yesterday and we shot a sharp selloff. Im also looking at gold. It is probably the perfect litmus test when comes to risk on or risk off. And wti, there is little change their. There. So we will get back to the markets and great interviews, but first, lets get straight to london and first word news. Hong kongs Credit Rating has that is as months of persistent protests and violence continue. Fitch says it is testing the framework that governs the relationship with china. Carrie lam sa
Lacqua with tom keene in new york. Tom it is a quieter economic day after the festivities with janet yellen yesterday. Give us some perspective on that better than good number. it is better than expected but only a touch. First quarter gdp growth has been revised up, but i think what we worry about in europe is that we are becoming a little bit like japan, that we need to get used to this Slower Growth rate. We will get paul donovans thoughts on that, but lets get to the bloomberg first word news. Istanbul, a car bomb targeting a police video has killed 11 people. Seven Police Officers are among the dead and no one has claimed responsibility. Two new opinion polls show the u. K. Referendum on leaving the European Union is too close to call. The poll for the Daily Telegraph says 48 of those definitely planning to vote are in favor of staying in the eu, with 47 wanting to leave. Another poll conducted by the times has the remain forces tiered, 43 to 42 Hillary Clinton now has enough dele
Audi drive volkswagens trading higher in the Third Quarter. The auto giant is at the top of the dax. Spain is finally out of recession after two years, a mere 0. 1 uptick in Third Quarter gdp marks the first time the economy has grown for a while. All right. The fed wraps up its twoday meeting this afternoon. Central banks announced last month that it wouldnt start tapering purchases just yet. The move comes amid concerns about the budget fight in washington. Senator paul wants to hold up Janet Yellens nomination. He also wants a bill on transparency. Very good morning to you. Were seeing tenyear treasury fall down to around this 2. 5 level where we stand at the moment. Expectations now for tapering starting in march next year. Will yields stay where they were . Is there any chance of them going low . I think if it becomes apparent tapering wont commence until march, treasury yields could fall a bit further, maybe as low as 2. 25 . But with that threat of tapering in the background, it
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Ah, this is al jazeera. Lets get around that. Now are the top stories present . She jin pink says, china must ensure hong kong is ruled by what he calls. Patriots is opening the twice a decade. Communist Party Congress in beijing. Ye, once again warned, he would not rule out using force to bring taiwan under chinese control. She swung boylen suji that should resolving the tie. One question is a matter for the chinese a matter that must be resolved by the chinese. We will continue to strive for a peaceful reification with the greatest sincerity and utmost effort. But we will never promise to renounce the use of force and we reserved the option of taking all measures necessary. This is directed solely. I didnt appearance by outside, horses for russia, says 11 soldiers have been killed and 15 wooded. It is shooting at its southern border with ukraine. The Defense Ministry says 2 people open fire at a military Training Ground in belgrade. Hamlet vol. Has more from moscow. Its not yet clear