The chicago fed president australia heads into earnings season amid the worst recession in decades and a pandemic crippling the economy promises to be one of the most challenging periods on record. Shery u. S. Futures opening flat. This after they finish mixed on the friday session. We had u. S. Stocks falling with the s p 500 flat after five sessions of gains. We have escalating u. S. China tensions. Some positive data. We have the dollar inventing after u. S. July job dated beat estimates. The nasa composite was led lower. Composite was led lower. We had small caps leading the gains on those better than expected econumbers out of the u. S. Here is how oil is trading. We are seeing oil gaining ground above 41 a barrel with brent coming in around 44 a barrel. This after the biggest loss in a week. Not only u. S. And china tensions but the outlook for the u. S. Stimulus. They saw the biggest advance since early july. See some are going to of those uncertainties, the lack of a deadline w
Earnings from continuing operations was just 0. 10. Terrible numbers from certain sectors. Iously, retail search obviously, retail front and center. Market, kind of a mixed bag. Terrible data, yet equities tried to stage a rally earlier. Now futures flipping into more negative territory. Definitely the eurodollar and dollaryen are two to watch today. The yen was significantly higher thats butt all dies all eyes really on retail data later. Lets get some more market moving news from our new york and brussels teams. We want to start in the u. S. , where we are expecting more of that dire economic data. Many nonessential stores are closed. We also get Industrial Production. Michael mckee, International Policy and economics correspondent, joins us now. Michael i will give you guidance for the year, dismal. It is only a question of how bad they are going to be. Retail shrank by 8. 7 in march, when things were just getting started. In april, americans spent all of the time at home, not going
Shrinks, but it doesnt set the u. K. Up for a good spot Going Forward. We are seeing the relationship between fiscal and Monetary Policy really evolve the u. K. We will break that down over the next few hours. You are seeing bond markets bid across the board, as we are koff develop. We want to kick it off with Michael Mckee. Theld central bank mike,entral banks if i say mmt, am i wrong . Anyway. Yeah, [laughter] its confusing, though, what is going on with the economic philosophy called mmt. Yes, it is unlimited cash in unlimited amounts for unlimited periods of time until we get through this. Youre still going to work your tail off today before we get to 4 00 p. M. Lets start in london come over the bank of england is going to finance Government Spending for the time being by lending money directly to the treasury. It is called the ways and means facility, a shortterm credit the last used during great financial crisis. Government and the bank say any borrowing will be repaid by the en
Down by about six basis points. Time now for global exchange, where we bring you todays market moving news from all around the world, from hong kong to taipei, from london to new york and washington. Our bloomberg voices are on the ground with todays top stories. In hong kong, a Third Straight day of protests this rep to traffic across the city and shut down Public Schools for the first time. Chinese state media warned of consequences if the violence continues. Going to me on the phone from hong kong is karen leigh. Give us a sense of what is happening there. Karen i feel like i say this every time i talk to you now, but there is a bit of a new dimension here today. Schools were suspended for the first time during these protests. They will not be in session tomorrow. Some universities canceling classes for the month or even the semester. People start to realize that maybe this violence is going to go on longer than just these few days. We saw carrie lam say yesterday she wasnt going to