Of 1 . The Treasury Curve off the back commentsllen steepening just a little bit. Alix a little bit of a risk on feel except in portions of the currency market. The yen gets a good bid. , stephansshocker just a touch over 60 basis points. South of south of 58, 57, a lot of people denying what the yield curve could mean. My question is at what point did the yield curve become real for the deniers . The is it the number or speed . Crude prices are more expensive now than in two months. An interesting phenomenon. Time for your morning brief. The u. K. Delivering its autumn budget. The data dump, jobless claims, durable goods, and it 2 00 releasing the minutes from the last Monetary Policy meeting. Breaking headlines for you, Rockwell Automation rejecting the unsolicited proposal trump emerson. Rockwell rejecting the emerson. Ed bid from we heard potentially we would hear a bit come in as emerson tries to change its business. Cavalli put success of the deal says a than 20 as he different s
Africa is a fascinating story. Votes are being counted for the election. It looks like the more market friendly candidate is going to win. The u. S. Dollar is weakening against the rand. We will catch up with that later in the show. Peso, a big day for emergingmarket elections. It is viewed as market friendly. It is also viewed as looking at the next index down, despite the fact we are getting so much information about the tax plan, about different political developments. David nothing well bring the vix up. Lets get an update on what is making headlines. Trump will do clot declare china a competitor in a speech. His speech will be heavily influenced by his views on trade and economic relations. He is expected to outline economic actions that could target china. In atlanta, power has been restored at one of the busiest airports after a blackout that caused thousands of flights to be canceled. Power says a fire caused extensive damage in an underground facility. Delta says it will opera
Job in january. The 81yearold republican senator returned home to arizona after being treated for a viral infection that walter reed medical center. On thess a crucial vote republican tax ill next week. Victims of a ponzi scheme are set to have 600 million at the start of 2018. The trustee in charge of thanering funds said more half of madoffs customers who submitted approved claims will have gained their loss investment in full. Have been total recovered so far. He expects to recover the entire 17. 5 billion dollars in question and perhaps more. Global news 24 hours a day powered by more than death global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. I am Mark Crumpton. This is bloomberg. Julia joe i am joe weisenthal. Nasdaq, p 500 and the fresh eyes today. Joe the question is what did you miss . The republican tax bill may make it to the president s desk i friday. Planning to vote on landmark changes as early as tomorrow. Theinto
Recovers. No one knows why. The question is was it all the algos . Emma chandra is here with first word news. Vladimir putin will have one less opponent in march. Russian officials formerly formally barred the Opposition Leader from running because of a conviction in a fraud case which has been viewed as political retribution. He could have run if his conviction had been canceled. A Spokesman Says the kremlin is concerned about the possibility the u. S. Might extend sanctions against russia. That took effect in august calls for the treasury to compile a list of business asders of the Companies Seen close to the kremlin as potential targets for sanctions. Last week the u. S. Added the names of several prominent russians to the list. Almost a year into Donald Trumps presidency the border wall he passionately promoted throughout his campaign amounts to eight prototypes. No more than 30 feet long each in the desert outside san diego. No funding has been appropriate by congress to advance t
Manipulation of social media and says they were caught flatfooted. Betty speaking about russia, it within the last hour a new headline about George Papadopoulos, the former trump advisor. Some claims he made in an email stating Top Trump Campaign Officials agreed to a preelection meeting with representatives of russian president vladimir putin. We saw inrevelation the last couple minutes, bolstering the claim and making it harder for the Trump Administration to distance itself when it comes to these meddling issues, as well as collusion allegations we continue to see. How we have to look at this with a grain of salt, the details still unclear. Betty it is still a little murky. Lets get clarification with megan murphy, our bloombergs nest week editor and Washington Bureau chief. How significant are these new claims . Every revelation that comes out of this nature is significant in that it furthers what we know, expands on the investigation in terms of what is out there. This Program Blo