Watching here, losses to end the week, stoxx 600 down 1. 25 . Of the major european indexes, the ftse is the biggest loser right now, down 2 . Thats because some of the heaviest stocks affected are british trading in london. Hsbc, london shares of royal dutch shell, British American tobacco, bp, all big losers, and they are very heavy, so they weigh on the ftse. It has been a banner week for equities. If you were long this week, you did quite well because we were up the past four trading. Essions it is not taking away the gains you made for the week. You can see the pound rising. This also amplifies losses on the foot. There tends to be inverse correlation between the pound and the ftse 100. And then rollsroyce. This is not the carmaker. That brand owned by bmw. ,ut the jet engine maker already troubled. It was cutting 9000 jobs it announced earlier this week, but now s p has cut rollsroyces longterm Credit Outlook two junk, and the outlook is negative, so rough for rollsroyce. Vonnie
Spending and chicago pmi fed chair with alan blinder in a few moments. Steve liesman will give us a curtain razor on that. Hey, steve. Good morning, carl. Yeah, were wondering whether powell continues a cautious tone, much more cautious tone than the market seems to embrace and in a way his cautious tone seems to give the market a green light because it means more stimulus or the fed being around for a long time here among powells concerns hes expressed in the past that the employment and growth rebound could take longer than it anticipated, some businesses wont survive the downturn, a possible second wave of the virus and the stimulus will run out and think about more stimulus on the other side you can see the effects of the stimulus carl alluded to in the income and spending numbers this morning. Quite astonishing. Every one of the numbers youre about to see are historic, never been there before. 11 month to month rise in income well tell you why that happened in a second. 13 month t
Economy and his agencys response to the coronavirus pandemic at a virtual pandemic hosted by the university, and the Federal Reserve was days away from making the first loans to small and mediumsized businesses for the lending program. This is 40 minutes. I have the signal that technology is working. No one would have put that in my domain so to quote somebody i dont take any responsibility for that. Alan reiner, director of Public Affairs at Princeton University. Thank you for joining us on the special princeton reunion event for Federal Reserve chair jerome powell, i might add we are happy to have many members of chairman powells classmates from the princeton class of 1975 on the zoom. On a logistical note if you have a question you are welcome to submit it using the q and a future zoom which you will find on the bottom of your resume window that says q and a. You may upload questions you would like to see answered and take as many of these, a full recording will be posted on the Gri
Foreign purchases. We have the first public impeachment hearing testimony revealing the president s lawyer was digging up dirt in his shadow diplomacy in ukraine. Howi lets take a look at we are setting up when it comes to the start of trading here in sydney. Investors dealt a pretty mixed hand overnight. Stocks closing pretty close to fresh record highs. Still, uncertainty over the lingering trade negotiations continuing to chip away at sentiment. We are hearing potentially the agricultural purchases that had been a solid part of the phase i deal could be in doubt. China reportedly saying if these tariffs are not resolved, they could back away from purchasing more u. S. Soy and pork. Taking a look at the picture, just about 1 10 of 1 . Watching the labor market numbers, typically quite volatile, could be a move in the aussie dollar. New zealand, upside about 1 10 of 1 after the reserve bank of new zealand held on rates for their last meeting of the year somewhat unexpectedly, causing
225, things are moving. Bitets should have seen a of a better move to the downside given what futures contract suggestion. Suggesting. Aussie dollar, we are waiting for the next salvo in this trade war at the moment. I say currencies because there have been a few signs the Coalition Getting together in the u k to fight a hard. That has been brexit. 105. 77, up a fraction at thesehe dollar but levels, we have exporters feeling it. That is why a cap has been put on the topix. Stronger a onshore yuan, pretty flat. 7. 16 rmb for the dollar. Lets get the first word News Headlines with su keenan. Su we start with hong kongs bountyleader backing a program for identifying protesters who have perpetrated vandalism and defaced chinese flags and emblems. He posted a link on his Facebook Page to a website that promises a crowd funded reward and anonymity to potential tipsters. Is named after the moment on august 3 when a demonstrator through the chinese flag into hong kong harbor. On the corporate