, stocks andcovery futures sliding after unexpected uptick in u. S. Jobless claims. Delay to the stimulus plan means one thing for markets. This may get worse. , china to the u. S. To close its consulate in chen u du. Mike pompeo calls the chinese president a true believer into italian totalitarian ideology. Delay, thisuction follows big drops in microsoft earnings despite solid results. We are an hour from cash equity trading. You can look at drops of more than 1 acrosstheboard in european futures. You have got you are got u. S. Teachers that continue to fall after the slump we saw yesterday. Anna we have got numbers from vodafone out this morning. Lets get to that. 21 organic services revenue, this is the bread and butter of what they do. Down, but the estimate was something worse. There was another u. K. Giant, unilever, also yesterday. They are keeping the guidance for Free Cash Flow prespectrum. There have been questions around the ipo tower unit. The european tower unit is on tra
Looking at a life picture of the openest ware with San Francisco in the background and its a foggy day for many people to start. Although steve says its going to burn off later and well have sun and breezy conditions later on. By the way, the top floor of the eiffel tower has reopened for the First Time Since operation since closing in march due to the pandemic. A max of 250 people will be allowed to visit the top floor at one time. They will have to wear masks and follow social distancing guidelines t. First two floors of the eiffel tower reopened late last month following the monuments longest closure in history. Some things are reopening and closing down. Lets join the crew here mike filling in for gasia, its claw dean how are you . Hi, how are you . Gosh i dont feel like im going anywhere any time soon but i love the eiffel tower and ive been there once. I would love the day when we can go back and try to plan a trip like that. A loft americans right now, were not allowed in europe
Kong which has galvanize the beltway and the press. We will be seen much more of that, im sure, through the day. Statements by the administration, the condemnation. I will point out that the idea of will we see protests this weekend . Francine im looking forward to catching up with selina wang shortly. Lets get to bloomberg first word news in new york city. Top hong kong activists are calling for protest. The National Peoples congress is expected to pass a legislation that would force for kong to implement laws active treason and subversion. For the first time in decades, china has abandoned the practice affecting annual targets for economic growth. Instead, it will shift the stimulus focus with jobs. U. K. Posted record budget aticit last month, standing 76 billion. There is an unprecedented amount of money to prevent the clash crash of the economy. An executive at oxford has recruited more than 10,000 people to take part. The u. S. Has pledged 1. 2 billion towards the vaccine develop
Money market mutual funds. Welcome to daybreak europe. Extraordinary action as usurps theagarde Bond Buying Program with a pandemic Bond Buying Program and considering raising selfimposed qb limits. You wonder if omp is in the cards. We are still seeing this Dollar Strength as if these centralinary times for bankers also in markets with all people wanting to get their hands on dollars, seeing almost indiscriminate selling across assets as everyone just wants to hold cash. Tosef extraordinary times say the least. At the end of the day, this greenback strength is now getting to a stage where it is causing major dislocations and other key crosses in terms of the fx space, but also we have this mountain of dollardenominated debt in the emerging market space. Seven point 8 trillion globally. Thats going to be an issue in terms of interest payments. Raises the stakes for further coordinated responses in terms of Central Banks sitting together and to come up with a plaza cord. You do wonder w
Thanksa list yesterday to amazon packages. Yesterday was a key point for the nasdaq at 9000 word we also have a record high. 9000. We also have a record high with apple. A good litmus test when it comes to risk. Ecb Commission President that they may be having to have an extension for the transition. Itiing up, we speak to the c chief u. S. Economist and get his outlook for 2020. Lets get straight to first word news in new york city. Israel wheren Benjamin Netanyahu fought off challenges to his leadership. He won a landslide in the race to lead his party. He will lead it into israels third election. It comes amidst an election scandal for the Prime Minister. He has recently been indicted on charges of bribery and fraud. The transition for the u. K. s exit may need to be extended, according to ursula von the lion. According to ursula. She says the plan to secure a trade deal by the end of 2020 is optimistic. And a false alarm japans estate broadcaster, who mistakenly issued at alert say