Ceo from november 1, becoming the first female head of one of the u. K. s top lenders. Sterling on the up. The pound jumps after Jeanclaude Juncker says a brexit deal can be reached. The feds funding problem. As callsbank mount for a permanent fix. Good morning, matt. Matt lets take a look first off at the 10 year yield coming down a little bit, but still a 1. 76 . A lot of choppy trading over the last couple days in this week of huge centralbank announcements. It has left us pretty close to where we started. 1. 8 . We did spike to 1. 9. At least we are below that. Take a look at the equity indexes here this morning. I wonder how the pound moves are going to affect the ftse trading this morning. Dax and cac futures are down 0. 1 . Ftse futures down two thirds of 1 as the pound jumps up against not only the dollar, but the euro as well. What else do you see in the gmm . Anna really interesting on that point. At four 30 yesterday afternoon, as equity markets were closing up, we saw that
A slight bid into the back of the bond market. Lots of supply coming on next week. That is front and center, along with the repo market. Time now for global exchange. We bring you todays market moving news from all around the world. From mumbai is bloombergs south brussels, iann wishart. In india, the government unveiled a 20 billion plan to boost growth, including cutting Corporate Taxes to the lowest in asia. Stocks having their best day in india and a decade. We have more from mumbai. Reporter as you mentioned, happy friday for companies. They are a big they are calling it a big bang of sorts. However, bonds obviously felt because they see huge stimulus coming, they dont know where and how the government will fund it. As you mentioned, and yet will be one of the lowest tax regimes , and that could attract a number of Foreign Investors and Foreign Companies as they seek find new venues to set up Manufacturing Companies amid the u. S. And china trade war. I think it has been a very ex
Treasuries are up in the pound is strengthening. Eurodollar, you can see 1. 10 52. As the focus shifts to Central Banks, a lot is coming up with news this week. We also have to look at renminbi. At seven. 08 7. 08. Some breaking news, a new chief executive at the royal bank of scotland. Alison rose will start at the position from november 1. And makes her the first woman to become one of the big for the over to hong kong, thats where Amnesty International is alleging the police beat be prodemocracy protesters. They also accuse the police of committing acts that amount to torture they would not comment, but say they respect the rights of people in custody. This weekend, demonstrations are expected to continue. And allout war in the case of iran in the country, thats according to the foreign minister speaking to cnn. She denies irans involvement and says he hopes to avoid a conflict and adds iran is serious about defending itself. Benjamin netanyahus days as Prime Minister may be numbere
Fed chair jay powell has to strike a fine balance at jackson hole. Fears of recession swirl, but regional fed president s question the need for more cuts. As i look at where the economy is, it is not yet time. Im not yet ready to provide more accommodation to the economy, without seeing an outlook that suggests the economy is getting weaker. Matt a working weekend at the g7. French president Emmanuel Macron tells Boris Johnson a new brexit deal in 30 days is unlikely to happen, and italy has a few more days to cobble together an unlikely coalition. Plus, the perfect storm. Germanys Buddhist Bank bundesbank say it is not time for stimulus even as sentiments hours on the manufacturing sector. Welcome to bloomberg markets, the European Market open. Were looking at futures pointing to gains. The u. S. 10year yield continues to climb. 1. 64 , 1. 65 the next stop, and in terms of European Equity index futures, we see green across the board, on s p futures as well. Upe a look, dax futures. 75
Ready to go. The Halftime Report starts right now. It is great to have you with us on this wednesday our Investment Committee today, joe terranova, jon and pete najarian, carrie firestone, kevin oleary, and also with us on set, Kathy Entwistle weve got a full house of advice today. Stocks on track to recover their losses from last week. Being driven by strong earnings from target and lowes target hitting alltime highs topping 100 bucks for the first time ever. Do we continue to bet on this consumer, carrie are there enough unknowns in the back half of the year to make you cautious its a great question and what the market has been telling you for the last year is that its a battle its a tugofwar between deal or no deal recession or no recession. Interest rates up or down. And do we put the money in the mattress or the market this week its the market. So if you have earnings growth, which weve been seeing this quarter, and the consumer is strong, people forget that we dont have a trade d