Huawei. The s p 500 down 0. 9 . Dire Economic Data followed by confidencey good data, according to the Michigan Consumer sentiment data. But we are checking the innards of those data to see what is going on there. The 10 year yield at 63 basis 28. 53, up crude at a good 3. 5 today. Lets get to europe. Germany plunging into recession, gdp falling 2. 2 in the first quarter. Bloomberg has been speaking with executives of German Companies about the pressures caused by the pandemic. Have a listen. The times are turbulent and they are complicated. The real question everyone is asking, how quick will be recovery come . The uncertainty remains. There is still very much uncertainty, so from that point of view, we remain kind of cautious. I think it is too early to call an end to the globalized world. We assume a ushaped in area into year end. We are presuming recovery on the one side, which is important. We dont know exactly how the restart and the unraveling of the current lockdowns across the
Road, maybe that is actually not the case. Rolling overs as well. Maybe that is oil. It could just be a sentiment feeling, as well as any sort of Political Risk because of kim jonguns health uncertainty. Lets get to todays market moving news from our team in new york, as well as washington. We want to begin with this meltdown in the oil market. Wti futures plunging below zero for the first time in history yesterday as many storage tanks reached capacity. Brent for delivery in june pushing to the lowest levels since 2002. Annmarie hordern has more. Annmarie what we are really watching today is the number of contracts for wti and brent. Yesterday, the big question was is this just a big technical anomaly. I think what you are seeing today is that this is more widespread. What is showing is what traders have been saying for quite some time. Thething i want to bring up point is the june contract, trading at 16. 69. That is a contract that is not expiring. In 18dropping the most years. You
We were effectively at the lower bound already, so that is coming in at 25 basis points. The Canadian Dollar was already weaker before this. It is weaker now by 1. 5 versus the u. S. Dollar. Lets take a look at where we stand markets wise. We knew after the retail sales data we would like to down, and we are. Awn 2. 4 for the s p 500, and move for the 10 year yield is well back down to 66 basis points. Crude oil has recovered ever so slightly. We were at the 19 handle for most of the morning. 42. Vix is back up to what is happening in europe, guy . Btp spread is widening out. It seems every nation for themselves. It seems there will be no mutualization of debt. Every sector is a negative territory right now. The banks and the oil stocks are the worst performers. You got a pound on offer, the dollar generally bid today. The market is looking for a little bit of safety today. Vonnie arent we all . Lets get you our first guest. We are delighted to be joined by joseph stiglitz, Columbia Un
Delivered. Bonds are performing a bit better now, a tightening of the spread, 2004150 is where we are trading right now. In the u. S. We are seeing gains in spite of the initial jobless claims figure that put shivers down your spine. Stocks are just going the other direction. The s p 500, up 1. 4 . The nasdaq, running away with things once again today. All but three sectors in the s p are higher. You can see that there is definitely a risk. Belowoil is still well 18 per barrel. Gold is continuing to is the dollar, although it is off the highs of the session. The dollar, miss versus the other currencies and the euro right now, whether is not much change but you have currencies like the Canadian Dollar that are stronger today on the bounceback in oil. Guy . Lets get some more insight into what is happening with these markets. As we indicated, European Union leaders are holding that conference about delivering massive economic stimulus measures. The need for a positive outcome from the me
Fewest deaths since the lockdown. Factory output across several asian economies slumped to record low. Fresh pmi data out of europe. The week culminated with a grim u. S. Jobs report. Warm welcome to daybreak europe the tail risk is back and it is wagging. Chinau. S. Trade relations in the dumpster. The United States president says as ultimate punishment, pompeo is ramping up the rhetoric. Angst deliversde hapedongation of any us recovery. That takes bond prices and yields down to 0. 25 , maybe even zero. That is the news, the pressure you have. Good morning. Nejra yes, the bad news doesnt seem to be piling up with asian factory data overnight, we look ahead to what some have called an unimaginable u. S. Jobs report friday with a 21 million plus expected out of that payroll number. Then of course you have the risk of tension between u. S. And china you have just outlined. The question is how much of that negative view is already in the price . A lot of people have said, look, risk asse