The markets tell a story of what is going on in investor mood and fear. Projections that should be out very shortly. Overall, the focus is on gold. Ever higher, piercing a record as the dollar is sinking. European stocks open lower in general, but the focus is on the treasuries edging up. If itt figure, let me see is out already. It is a good indication on the back of pmi figures better than expected. Index, 90. 5 and a bit better than expected. Lets get to the first word news with leighann gerrans. Good morning. Spain is criticizing the uks returnerso quarantine amid a surge. They say spain is a safe country and working hard to keep infections under control. Alsosh airways and easyjet hit out at the decision, saying it adds to more uncertainty for british travelers and their industry. Europes economy is set to outpace the u. S. Thanks to very different responses to the coronavirus crisis. Surging cases in america are putting the brakes on its rebound, but in europe, many former hotspo
Good morning. This hearing will now come to order. I am pleased to welcome our distinguished panels of Witnesses Today on the economic subcommittee focusing on a very important topic and i think theres a lot of bipartisan interest in and that is the economic geostrategic challenge with the rise of china poses for the United States not just today but in the future. The calmness party led peoples republic of china through unfair treatment practices and intellectual property theft market manipulation and very prominently in my view not reciprocal treatment not just in the economic realm but in many realms has been a force in the Global Economy that undercuts the resiliency of the u. S. Economy. Its been one of the worlds fastestgrowing economies averaging close to 10 growth from 1979 to 2015. In 2014 china overtook the United States as the Worlds Largest country in reducing power according to the International Monetary fund. I believe there is a strong bipartisan interest and hopefully we
33 points and nasdaq is up 92 and the s p is up 8 points. Yesterday the dow industrials snapping a 4session winning streak with decline of the session with 135 points and nasdaq down 76 and s p lower by 11. Warning on china that i reported here first, attorney general bill barr calling out American Companies for caving into the pressure from beijing. Bombshell allegation, 15 employees of the Washington Redskins said they were harassed for years. Mornings with maria is live right now. Maria in europe mixed moves, the ftse 100 is up 21 but cac quarante is down 15 and dax higher by 42. In asia overnight markets mostly higher with the exception of japan, nikkei average overnight down a third of a percent and the other fractionally moving across the board. Some of the top stories we are watching right now, John Hopkins University reporting over 77,000 new cases yesterday. 10,000 higher than the previous high. 969 deaths were also reported. Florida, South Carolina and texas all reporting the
Is real simple. The economic gloom is tangible and the market brushes it aside. Good morning, everyone. This is bloomberg surveillance. On bloomberg radio, on bloomberg television. The bid keeps coming in. It is not about being up. It is the quality of the up that is so important. Jonathan the last several months, rotation on, rotation off. It was rotation off since june or so. In the last several hours, rotation back on. That means the cyclical parts of the market do better, tech underperforms. The Treasury Curve steeper. Dollar in the mix as well. That is the thing a lot of people were trying to position behind. It didnt quite develop over the last month. It is back on this morning. Betterldman sachs with than good earnings. I have not gotten the appropriate up remotes the appropriate eyebrow, whats amowiczropriate abr briefing. Lisa theres an incredible dissonance between the pessimism we are hearing from the banking chiefs right now and the optimism you hear from a lot of fixed inc
150,000 mark as texas, california and florida see record fatalities. Infections spike in china, hong kong and japan as well. Hill. Tech titans on the the ceos of amazon and alphabet and Facebook Face a virtual grilling over antitrust. Haidi lets get you started with a check of the markets. U. S. Futures opening flat, slightly higher that by. 1 . This after we saw u. S. Stocks extending gains in the regular session, the dollar declining estate as dovish as possible. The s p 500 gained more than 1 , adding to the july rally. 11 sectors were higher with tech leading the way. As i mentioned earlier, we are seeing that big tech antitrust showdown in congress ongoing at the moment. Nasdaq composite and at 1. 4 high. At a oneweek. The dollar weakness really resumed with the fed sticking with low rates. Look at what oil is doing. It has been the weak dollars supporting oil prices. We continue to see these gains of 41 a barrel. It was also propped up in the new york session by the biggest decli