Beijing holds purchases of american crops. Salvini pulled the plug. Italys deputy Prime Minister calls for early elections, saying the coalition no longer has majority. Rubber, burning money. Uber posts a loss of more than 5 billion. The stock falls more than 6 in late trading. Matt good morning. Im looking at the euro in pounds this morning as some for fair for repair for european vacations. We are almost at the highest level we have seen since the financial crisis. That this goes back to 1975, quite a long ways. This is 2008. This is the highest point on the chart and we are getting back up there is my point. Watch that closely. Looking red, but not as bad when you look at the green we saw yesterday. Klos across equity markets. The cac was at more than 2 . A loss,res pointing to but nothing compared to the gains yesterday. What do you see on the gmm . Anna volatility seems to be back. Overnight in the asian session, we see very risk on risk off signs as a result of that huawei news.
Officials in rwanda meet to decide how to stop the spread of ebola from neighboring democratic republic of congo. In sport the world of cycling mourns the death of a young writer for the 2 year old dog lambrakis killed in a crash at the top of pollard. But 1st the arguments between the worlds 2 largest economies are causing stock market volatility worldwide the main indices in tokyo and Hong Kong Shanghai and sydney they all suffered losses in early tuesday trading in europe the markets steadied after posting their biggest today drop in over 3 is investors a concern that china is allowing its currency to slide and using the yuan as a weapon in the trade war with the United States and woman. Day in the 1st movie its kind in 25 years the u. S. Treasury accused the chinese of being currency manipulator is Chinas Communist Party newspaper responded by accusing the americans of deliberately destroying International Order the value of the yuan has fallen almost 2 and a half percent in 3 days
That. Surprised at david who do you it was directed to . [laughter] alix probably President Trump. David you think . Alix but it isnt the first time we have seen resident we have seen president s talk to fed chairs. It is the first time i think i have seen a president say we will fire you publicly. Alix in the markets, if you are an equity trader, you are probably breathing a big sigh of relief. The question is, is this a bit of a relief rally or did we finally find some sort of a bottom . S p futures up 8 10 of 1 after the worst two days of this year. Eurodollar flat. A record, still seeing low in the bond market, so it feels like the same story, maybe just a pause. David now it is time for bloomberg first take. We are joined by Stephanie Flanders and marty schenker. Lets start with this announcement. The Treasury Department found china to be a currency manipulator. Result, secretary mnuchin will engage with the imf to eliminate the unfair competitive advantage created by chinas lates
Good afternoon if you are watching in asia. There is a risk on mood in markets and looking at the stocks europe 600 gaining. 2 . Treasury gold and yen extending some losses. Eurodollar 113. 69. The u. S. 10 year yield with a bold call from Goldman Sachs. A lot more to say about the 10 year yield talking about centralbank dovishness around the world and some of the Economic Data coming out the next couple of weeks. Also up, we speak to david from Harris Associates, the chief Investment Officer for international equities. We will talk about commodity stocks. That conversation in around an hour but first, lets get the bloomberg first word news in new york city with Viviana Hurtado. Goldman sachs joining j. P. Morgan in slashing forecasts for u. S. Yields. The lender now sees the 10 year years and the carried that is down from the two point a projection as recently as last sunday. The new figures price index that patient of the prolonged trade war and a dovish shift by key Central Banks. T
Biggest weekly gain since 2016 as the u. S. Prevents new sanctions on iran. The lira rallies after the opposition candidate wins a repeat of the istanbul mayoral election. Be for a blow could this erdogan . Ride for daimlers new ceo as the group issues its third profit warning in a year. Good morning. Matt im looking at bitcoin as well, climbing up at one point over 11,000. You can see we are trading for 10,733. The question is, if this all due to Facebooks Libra . We did see a rally before that. 10,000 tohed past 11,000. Futures rise. German futures were down this. Orning a little bit earlier then we got an announcement about lufthansa causing changing its dividend payout. 0. 1 . In is less than a little stronger, but not much on cac and ftse futures. We are just treading water this morning. What do you see on the gmm . The a bit of trading in asian session, you wonder how long that will continue. Weve got the trade conversation toward the end of the week in the g20. Even if expectati