Higher. Eurodollar up by 0. 4 . Is the ecb getting worried at this point . 1. 2163. The dollar is broadly lower. The pound just taking out 1. 35. We havent been at these levels since this time last year. What is fascinating here is what is happening with bond markets as well. Weve basically got yields and stocks moving in the same direction. That is something that is pretty interesting now. It certainly points to this reflation trade at the moment, with the catalyst still having legs. Alix the question is how long is that last. Lets dig into some of the top stories guy was minting. Germany extending its partial lockdown. Sweden shutting some schools as well. Joining us with more is sam fazeli, Bloomberg Intelligence senior pharmaceutical analyst. We have seen more targeted lockdowns and extensions. Is any of that working now in europe . Sam yes, they are. Funny that we have countries going at different paces which is normal because they have different issues with regards to the number
I cannot underscore enough the originality of what was being accomplished yesterday, francine. I was sitting there with michael mckee, and his press conference question was superb. They are all dealing with what to do with inflation at no aggregate demand. It is a fascinating time. Francine we will have plenty more on that, but now lets get to first word news in new york city with ritika gupta. Ritika President Trump has slapped down some of his top health officials. He contradicted them at a news conference, saying that a Coronavirus Vaccine could be distribute it widely to the public by as early as next month. Cdc director Robert Redfield told congress that the vaccine would be distributed in the second and Third Quarter of next year. The president called those comments a mistake. At least one person was killed and hundreds were rescued after Hurricane Sally came ashore near the floridaalabama line. Heavy rain swamped pensacola, florida, and other cities in the region. Sally is now a
Equity futures after a negative close on wall street. Headlines fromop the bloomberg terminals. Better than feared. The German Government expects this years contraction to be less severe than previously forecast. The economy minister presents new forecasts today amid data from across the region. For more years . Jpmorgan says investors should position for rising odds of donald trump winning the reelection as the president visits kenosha, wisconsin. Apples production glitch. They asked suppliers to build at least 75 million 5g iphones for later this year in a sign that demand is holding up. Just under one hour away from the start of cash trading across europe. Lets take a look at what futures are showing yesterday after we closed yesterday down across the board in europe. We are now seeing futures rise. The ftse didnt sure cash in the futures are down. Index seeing the equity closed down with trading higher. Since the ftse missed out on the drop its futures are trading lower. We have gr
Jackson hole goes virtual. Jerome powell gives an update on the central Bank Framework review. We hear from bank of england governor Andrew Bailey and ecb philip lane. No more lockdowns here. Italy joined france and spain and rolling out another nationwide shutdown. Despite rising cases in all three countries. Global infections past 24 million. The eu trade chief phil hogan quit after growing criticism that he broke my wrist rules by going to a golf dinner. Just under an hour away from the start of cash equity trading in europe as hurricane laura makes landfall in cameron, louisiana. See european futures swinging back and forth between gains and losses. Right now, dax futures up about 1 10 of 1 . The futures doing a lot of nothing. A bit of a stall after global stocks really had an alltime high again yesterday. I want to bring you some breaking news on wpp. The second quarter, organic sales at the advertising behemoth down 15. 1 . This sales hit was something that investors were focuse
All report Record Numbers of daily deaths. We are getting set for samsung results. We will find out how the pandemic has hit south korea smartphone makers later in the show. A look at how we are shaping up this thursday session. We will start with u. S. Futures. All eyes really looking at the fed, looking at jay powell. He said this is particularly the biggest economic shock in memory for the u. S. Prospects for further monetary stimulus, just incremental progress when it comes to negotiations, more fiscal stimulus, i should say. Chicago nikkei futures looking unchanged. It is a massive earnings day in japan, expecting results from hitachi, panasonic, as well as waiting on japanese retail sales. Retail sales coming out of hong kong later on. That is expected to be another grim picture. The yen, wonderful 97 is where we are. Steady below that one of five handle, the dollar coming under pressure from that super dovish fed and the dovish comment from fed chair powell. 41. 37, getting that