Television worldwide, good morning. 11 days to go on the election. What are we trying to do . We are trying to get through friday. This is a serious time, a serious debate last night. This pandemic has worsened worldwide. The challenge of a 3 trillion deficits. The civility of last night was noted. Jonathan it was civil. It was muted. But stark differences on the outlook, particularly over covid. The president promising a vaccine within weeks, and biden focusing on the failures of the administration and the winter ahead of us. The Vice President talking about winning hope over fear. That really goes to one of the themes this week we havent talked about, which is the partition of economic america. Lisa the idea that the jobless rate perhaps is going down, but stagnant at one rate. We got those initial jobless claims. The number of permanently unemployed americans, frankly those around the world, is increasing. It is going to take a long time to remedy some of the scarring taking place.
Amazon billion offer to goes from rivals to partners as jeff bezos is willing to take a 40 stake in his indian retail revolution. At thelets take a look set up for the session of trading in asia. We saw that resumption of the loss in the u. S. How are we setting up in this part of the world . Sophie a pickup in volatility once again. In asia, futures are mixed, but we are seeing s p eminis. Chicago adding. 3 . The yen is stuck in the range with brexit risk also a consideration. We are watching tiktok reaction to trumps extension of that tiktok watching reaction to trumps extension of that tiktok sale. Jupiter Asset Management is cutting its exposure to debt of Chinese State linked borrowers so that is something to consider as well. Ahead of the u. S. Election, you are seeing one vol bets can yuan vol bets. Keeping an eye on korean bonds with potentially 6. 3 billion of supply coming through. The government may submit its proposal to parliament this friday. The global rush of Corporate
The concern about the stronger currency, not to worry just yet. We saw that euro jump. Ist weakness on brexit sparking a rebound in the dollar. Your offshore renminbi, we are set to break six weeks of gains. 683 right now. That is below 40 right now. We have copper also and gold on the back foot. Oil prices on track for the biggest twoweek drop since what we saw back in april. Lets get to the first word news, we have Karina Mitchell. Senate democrats have shut down a relief plan proposed by republicans. They failed to get the 60 votes they needed. Estimatedican plan is at anywhere between 500 and 700 billion dollars. The democrats are proposing to. 2 trillion. 2. 2 trillion. Boris johnsons government refused to scrap plans to reignite the divorce accord. The eu is threatening legal action if the u. K. Does not drop the legislation within three weeks. Thes president has painted an optimistic picture. Economic data suggests a strong rebound. They kept policy on hold for Economic Contract
Citigroup names james frazer Ceo Jane Fraser ceo, making her the first woman to run a wall street bank. Good morning. A massive milestone on wall street. The first female to run a major wall street bank. Is this a High Water Mark . It is a crack in the glass ceiling. We have a lot to cover this morning. Covid cases are kicking up, brexit drama, and, of course, no stimulus bill yet. Nasdaq yesterday closing down 2 , a crack in the tech rebound. Futures are up. 01 this morning. Here are your stoxx 50 futures in europe, showing a slower start. Down nearly 0. 3 . In the eurodollar, 1. 18. What lagarde said about the euro, not too worried, she seemed. Joining us now is janet mui, investment director at Brewin Dolphin. Good morning to you. I want to start with what is going on with the tech rebound we are seeing. I was looking at the bullinger, and you can see the nasdaq unable to get rid of that breakout of the midrange. Is this a signal of more erosion or will stocks start to trade sideway
Hold onto a recent rebound and global stocks head for a second week of losses. The European Union is giving Boris Johnson until the end of the month to back down on his controversial brexit bill. Cable holds at 1. 28. And citigroup names jane fraser ceo, making her the first woman to run a major wall street bank. She faces the challenge that alluded her predecessors, boosting the banks profitability in line with its rivals. Just under an hour away from the start of cash trading in europe. Lets take a look at where futures are pointing here on the dax, ftse, and euro stoxx 50. Futures all pointing down, although slightly lowered right now, with ftse futures off by about 0. 3 . Take a look at u. S. Futures quickly after the drops we saw yesterday, almost 2 drops. We have a bouncing futures bounce in futures. Anna lets have a look at some data out of the u. K. We are getting monthly gdp data. The u. K. Economy growing by 6. 6 in july. It is almost in line with the estimate of 6. 7 . No su