Today we are going to discuss an overview of america in the 1970s. In the beginning of the century we talked about how it takes a bit of time or historians to understand what an era is about at least 25 years of perspective. The 1970s were seen as a bit of a joke of a decade. Bellbottoms, disco, bad hair. In recent years historians have seen the 1970s is very important. In some ways william more important than the 1960s which seems to get a lot of attention. One of the themes historians have talked about is calling this era the age of limits. We will get to a little bit about what that means. We will talk about that and also the . Was this really an age of limits . We will discuss the import of the decade and the influence it had on not just the 1980s but really down to our time today. Recapping what we talked about earlier, we see in the 1970s a pretty profound loss of faith in American Institution driven by nixons resignation over watergate in 1974. The final end of the vietnam war i
Data check for you. Stoxx 600 pretty flat this hour. Fourth of july low volumes waiting for payroll data from tomorrow. Outperforming. Yields areyear certainly worth talking about. Yields have dropped below the 0. 4 level, below the ecbs deposit rate. Weve got gold still acting as a haven above 1400. The dollar index not moving all that much. President trump doesnt like the strength of the dollar. We will talk about that. Wti not reacting positively to the production cuts extended by opec. Lets take a big picture look at what is going on in these markets now. The u. S. Stock market closed for trading for the july 4 holiday. In europe, equities continue little changed while investors search for direction and await u. S. Jobs data. We are joined now by paul markham. Very good morning afternoon, in fact, here in london. Valentin, lets come to you first. It does feel like risk off is back on. Currencies are outperforming low yield ors. It remains to be seen whether that positive feeling wi
From europe and the u. S. Here are your markets. We are seeing a little bit of flatlining for european stocks. Try to figure out exactly what will happen when President Trump meets with president xi jinping. The u. S. 10 year yield is holding just about 2 . Brent at 66. 34. We are seeing a big move with gold. It is the last trading day of the month, so watch out for any volatility. What marlon is doing merlin, announcing a couple of private equities were learning at the company. They are the owner of madame tussaud, amongst other entertainment things in london. Coming up, more from our exclusive interview with the the with the fran San Francisco fed president. Lets get straight to bloomberg first word news. Ifit is too early to know the Federal Reserve should cut rates, according to San Francisco fed president mary daly. They are widely expected to cut in july. We spoke exclusively with mary daly at the aspen ideas festival in colorado. If the data comes in and shows significant weaken
Seeing a little bit of a pause. But if you look at the stocks europe 600, a little bit of poor data out there and the prospect of more dovish appointees to the fed. Im also looking at the with the nomination of Christine Lagarde take over the ecb. All of this with euro area june the services pmis, a touch better than i expected. But pmi in general has been disappointing. The u. S. 10 year yield is below 2 at 1. 95. Overall, quite a big move from yields. This is what is coming up on surveillance. Dont miss our interview with loretta melzer talking inflation and treasuries. First, lets get straight to first word news. Waller and judy shelton are present trumps latest nominations to the Federal Reserve board. Of researchrector and was the professor of economics at the university of notre dame. Shelton is an informal adviser to the president and spent decades outside mainstream economics. Her unorthodox views could attract opposition. The Trump Administration abandoned its hardfought battl
Lacqua in london. Stoxx 600 gaining. Optimism on the u. S. China trade war truce waning. Focus onear yield, Central Banks in the fed. President exclusively on surveillance tomorrow. The cut extension. Crude oil 59. 08. We will hear from irans oil minister. We focus in on iran and sanctions from the u. S. Opec extending production cuts into 2020, as the worlds , talks inporter vienna were wrinkling. The commitment to a ninemonth extension is solid, strong. Not only are recommitting to individual commitments to conformity from all countries. Tariffsd trump says against mexico are off the table, after the country stepped up efforts to stem the flow of migrants from Central America to the u. S. Trump said mexico is doing a great job and having a big impact on migration. Australia cutting the key rate for the second straight month. Policymakers attempt to provide support to a slowing economy. The Bank Governor lowering a key rate to 1 . Italys government lowering the deficit in a bid to com