Before the first tuesday of november. From london, new york, on radio and television worldwide, we are thrilled you are with us. There is market turmoil. Futures terrible earlier, now doing better. We are going to talk really interesting dynamics of the depths of the market, which is foreign exchange. We will do that in a minute. Got to look at a president who launched 10 tweets last night somewhere in the vicinity of 2 00 a. M. The president says, watch the great red wave, and that goes to his hope on tuesday. Jonathan and wasnt that the perfect gdp print to take on the campaign trail . Heres the number. Dont mention it is annualized and how big it is. Is it too late to make a difference, given how maybe will given how many have already voted in this election . The difference this time around. S much wider than we have seen at the end of the election, it in a two point lead clintons favor. On the focus of the morning november 4. Somewednesday we will have special coverage for you, but
The worst vics from the , to today. It is certainly better today. Francine here is ritika gupta with first word news. Ritika there has never been a month as bad as april for the british economy. Gdp fell more than 20 as the coronavirus lockdown took hold. On a threemonth basis, economic output shrank more than 10 . The imf says the Global Economy is recovering more slowly than expected from the coronavirus. The fund expects it will have lingering scars from the experience. The imf will release economic with injections june 24. It expects them to be worse than the last forecast in april. The imf says in general asian economies are further along in the recovery path. President trump is rejecting calls to overall Law Enforcement to cut funding. He says a Strong Economy will be the fix for racial injustice. The president is working on an executive order that he says asks police to meet the most current standards. There are few details on what that program will look like. North korea accuse
The white house and the house of representatives seem to be in negotiation with the senate, a Republican Senate really stepping aside, and mr. Kudlow moving that forward. The oil story is absolutely remarkable, and perch yearly the confusion of the end of may futures, and over into the june futures as well. We are about ready on the spot market to get a 13 handle on west texas intermediate. Francine you are right, because of the change in futures contract, we could see heightened volatility in the next couple of days, starting from today. Lets get to first word news in new york city with viviana hurtado. Viviana the white house and Democratic Leaders are close to agreeing on the next coronavirus eight. This measure would be up to 500 this next coronavirus aid bill. Formeasure would be hospitals and testing. Trying to free up cash for businesses, it will allow importers and manufacturers to delay payment for 90 days, this on many overseas products. But the move does not stop ongoing pun
Will have a great chart coming up on this. Madame lagarde is worried more about big worried about more than economics. Francine this is something a lot of people, i dunno if they saw coming but certainly we should be more prepared, but your absolute right. Lets go into the data and i will have a liquidity chart in the moment. Down. Tures down futures down. All of this rocketing off the president s speech last night which was taken quite poorly by the markets. Onto the next screen with oil weaker. A couple of pretty good days. Down to a stronger yen, thats a safe haven play. Brazilian riel an example of emergingmarket stress. Francine today we have Christine Lagarde. See are all rallying, we oil sliding. I wanted to show you what im looking at in terms of the european boards. This was quite significantly because european stocks you can see individually the dax and all of them down some 5 . This is my more broader cross asset and i have to say everyone is talking about President Trumps r
President trump talking about trade gave us an insight into the u. S. And china in terms of negotiations. A lot of focus is on what is happening in hong kong with heightened tensions playing their part in a selloff. The u. S. 10 year yield is at 1. 1010. Eurodollar at coming up, we speak to a bank chief executive a little bit later on. Lets get straight to bloomberg first word news here in london. 3g capital is said to have submitted a bid for an elevator business. That comes as a surprise with 3g having made a name for itself buying food giants. They understand the elevator unit could fetch more than 15 billion euros. They are still debating a minority or majority stake. Hong kong has announced a suspension of all schools in the city. This as the security chief warns of unthinkable consequences if violence continues. Early commuters packed on to the first trains amidst calls to impede rushhour traffic. The International Energy agency says Global Oil Demand will likely plateau around t