The banking index very much under pressure. Names like bnp paribas dragging at lower. Rising case count likely to put pressure economically on europe. That is going to feed back into the Banking Sector. By 0. 4 . S up arodollar now trading with 1. 16 handle. We are down by 0. 4 . Alix as you were talking about travel restrictions and lockdown light, european leaders grappling with how to bring the virus under control. Hospitalizations are climbing following a surgeon cases. There are concerns about madrid being overwhelmed at a hospital level. Joining us is maria tadeo from brussels. Walk us through what we might see over the next 48 hours. Maria thats right. There isnt a single approach here from every european country from every european government. Every country is doing this differently. France had a record 16,000 cases. Of course, that is much higher than a neighboring country like italy or germany, which the french government keeps repeating that they dont want to go for a nation
Switzerland, surprised to see the news come from th the blog. Gently axel weber nudging this dialogue forward . Francine it is a publication that doesnt break that much news that often, which is why we are taking it with a pinch of salt, but we understand it was well sourced, and this will be a conversation spearheaded by the two chairman of ubs and Credit Suisse combined. That would be extraordinary. Tom for an american arlenes that for an american audience in the Early Morning for an american audience in the early one, could you imagine bank of america and j. P. Morgan combining . That is the equivalent. There is nothing else going on today, right . Francine not at all. Tom ive got to look at my tiktok. Francine lets get to first word news in new york city with ritika gupta. Tiktok has abandoned talks with microsoft to set its music and video app in the u. S. , now favoring a partnership with oracle. Look moreit would like a Corporate Restructuring than an outright sale. President tr
Ask them, they know where they were that day. 9 11 is one of those rare moments, perhaps one of the only moments like it. Tom in washington, was a plane ascending with a plane ascending out of reagan, a flag unfurled along the west wall of the pentagon. Thee will be ceremonies at pentagon at the pentagon at 7 30 this morning. As you say, we moved to new york city. What a decidedly different 19th year of remembrance this is. With this pandemic, it will be a very different set of images this morning. Jonathan we will observe those moments of silence through the next several hours here on bloomberg tv and on bloomberg radio. Lisa, give us the day ahead. Consumer8 30, some price data. We are talking about a potential dynamite pillow, as we heard from albert gallo. Will we see the resurgence of inflation . At 2 00 p. M. , how big is the u. S. Deficit . We will get the august budget statement. Today, President Trump and former Vice President biden will be marking the 9 11 anniversary. I have
Stayathome to save the birds of london. That is a good thing to say. It is the strangest august, and the only litmus paper youve got right now is the weaker dollar, the preponderant trend this morning. Francine yeah, weaker dollar. Im also looking at a couple things. When it looks at iron ore, it is significantly up, and we are looking at gold. First lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news in new york city with ritika gupta. Ritika Michelle Obama describes President Trump as unfit for office on the Opening Night of the democratic convention. The former first lady blasted him from his handling the pandemic. Worthen 150,000 people have died, and our more than 150,000 people have died, and our economy is in shambles because of a virus that this president downplayed for too long. Trump isbama said that clearly in over his head. President trump added a trip to iowa to his schedule today. Support has been slipping in a state that he won in nine Percentage Points in 2016. Polls sho
Average stock down 6 . It has been one portion of this market which is absolutely ripped through 2020. Lisa are we at the phase of recovery where you can go into more cyclicals, given the fact that you saw a bit of an increase in treasury yields . Treasury yields coming back down today. We are going to be getting data, though, i date 30. One thing i am at 8 30. One thing i am watching is the jobless claims, still expected to come in at over one million americans in the past week, even though it is expected to come down. A. M. Aen 40 5 10 45 a. M. Conference from Speaker Pelosi on the road to nowhere. Each week that this goes on is more pain. Selling 26, u. S. Billion of 30 year notes. Strong demand all around, which has given investors some comfort that the bid isnt going to dry out. Jonathan starting with equities, equity futures this morning looking like this on the s p 500, against a bond market that is doing ok. On thefutures unchanged s p 500. In the market, in the bond market, a