Big tech which could mean tariffs on french goods and services. And the u. S. Has just weeks to the task is proven near impossible. Impossible. Ear shery equity markets near record highs with the s p 500 at one point top and 3000 for the first time ever. Industrialsnd weighing on the index. The focus was entirely on chairman powells testimony in congress which suggested a july rate cut was on the table. Not to mention we got the minutes from the june meeting. That also showed a dovish turn. Followed that was factored into the markets in this session. Of course we are not done yet. Chair powell testifying again in Congress Tomorrow at the Senate Banking committee this time on thursday. And we also have the ecb minutes out not to mention u. S. Inflation numbers. For the time being, asia futures s p Futures Holding study. Lets get a check of how markets in asia are shaping up. Sophie this thursday asian stocks are eyeing modest gains after a move higher for u. S. Stocks. Broadly Holding G
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
Criticism and says he will finish the job. Jay powell is losing patience rallied for at third day while the dollar fell. Asian markets looks set to ask and the gains. Facebook aims to liberalize International Payments with a new digital coin. We hear from Sheryl Sandberg. As we look at the market close in the u. S. , the bond market is where we saw so much action. Looking to the two year treasury note, reflecting jay powell and the individual forecast showing whether they expect to hold her cut rates confirmed what markets have been betting on. The 2year note had a drop of 12 basis points. That is a big move for a piece of paper. Stocks pretty much expecting the fed would be somewhat dovish. You can see some nice gains across the board. The s p 500 near an alltime high. Futures ago the reporting a little bit negative. Look at this green, seems to be growing by the moment. Im wondering, as you look at the asian markets, are we starting to see this optimism . Sophie we are ready to track
Q were relatively flat up slightly, up about 2. 5 points in europe we saw the active trading taking place all of this ahead of the fed meeting starting today the cac is the biggest gainer of the three major averages its up by q . You see gains of a half percent across the board and then if you want to seee1 whats happening in the treasur market here in the United States o0. 042 theres no way bad news is good Morgan Stanley is soenearish yesterday was the mostx boring day i watched ine the markets seeing the bug here and there at thee1 gym or whatever. I would look up. I have to check. E 46 i have to check. Up 46. Is it dog days yet it may be market breaking news. Facebook officially unveiling its cryptocurrency currency plans. Julia boorstin has more on that. Facebook announcing its new Digital Currency called libra. It will make it easy to send money around the world the currency is set to launch the first half of next year. It will be run by a nonprofit in switzerland up like
Good morning. This is bloomberg daybreak europe. I am lizzy burden in london. Chinese stock continue their slide. Sowing confusion over beijings approach to tackling the property slump. Watching wyoming as the worlds central bankers head to jackson hole. We will bring your top interviews from the kansas city fed. The netherlands and denmark will provide ukraine with f16 fighter jets in an agreement hailed by president zelenskyy as historic. Good morning. Happy monday. Who have you you have i hope you have your cowboy hat at the ready. All eyes on chair powell as we await his speech at jackson hole. Concerns about an imminent u. S. Recession might be fading but investors are still looking at potentially entrenched inflation and therefore higher Interest Rates for longer. Treasuries are down for the year after the recent losses but those losses are almost nothing to do with markets replacing fed policy which you can tell because the steepest declines are at the long end of the curve wher