Within the dow. Take them out of the picture, things wouldnt be as bad as they are now. Were well off the earlier lows, down 400 points, down about 165 points but also fueling this, offsetting this if you will is talk of progress on that stimulus front. You remember where they were looking for republicans, another 250 billion for the Paycheck Protection Program . Well they ran into a buzzsaw of criticism from democrats that argued it was too tilted to business so they wanted to make assurances for health care workers, hospitals, that sort of thing. I stress that they have reached a broad parameters of a deal. It is not a deal until they both mutually agree. Were seeing progress on the front. That mitigated losses in the dow and offset the oil impact. Edward lawrence joins us now from washington with how this is all progressing. Hey, edward. Reporter neil, close, very close. That is how it is being described. As you said no deal, no ink to paper as it were for this deal. Republicans ini
Delivered. Bonds are performing a bit better now, a tightening of the spread, 2004150 is where we are trading right now. In the u. S. We are seeing gains in spite of the initial jobless claims figure that put shivers down your spine. Stocks are just going the other direction. The s p 500, up 1. 4 . The nasdaq, running away with things once again today. All but three sectors in the s p are higher. You can see that there is definitely a risk. Belowoil is still well 18 per barrel. Gold is continuing to is the dollar, although it is off the highs of the session. The dollar, miss versus the other currencies and the euro right now, whether is not much change but you have currencies like the Canadian Dollar that are stronger today on the bounceback in oil. Guy . Lets get some more insight into what is happening with these markets. As we indicated, European Union leaders are holding that conference about delivering massive economic stimulus measures. The need for a positive outcome from the me
Stronger then expected. It is year on year for the month of december. In terms of fixed Asset Investment, we are looking. Investment for december. Context stabilizing. Of the early indicators are looking robust. Of course, some of at the localimulus government level, supporting fixed Asset Investment. We are looking at the bottom of this slow down. Lets send it to our next guest. Next guest. Theuse i would say that december number was picking up further. Especially with the help of more , i would say that we are turning more bullish. It is the secondbiggest in terms of growth over the last two years or so. Can you elaborate . We have seen that ip demand picking up. More demand coming out from southern china. Been drier than usual. People are waiting to frontload some of the orders, particularly early this year. You probably need to get most things done in the fourth quarter. Into the first quarter, we saw demand and names holding up pretty well yvonne . Retail sales have held around 10
Thats across Bloomberg Television and radio. Manus nejra, very good morning to you. Its daybreak europe. There is only one topic. What is going to be discussed in davos in regards to Climate Change . Theres a wonderful piece. Central banks, does this week set the table for Central Bank Policy . What will the shift in gears from the ecb really tell us about the outlook for inflation in europe . Nejra yeah, theres a fantastic piece on the uber talking about peak decade. This is something that will be talking about peak globalization, peak cars, lots of different topics where we can get some direction, not just for 2020, but the whole decade ahead. Looking forward to those conversations. Us go inside the markets. To the dollar, first of all, and this is the important part. Ch bears are back in arge. Theyre pushing short positions back to the highest levels since may, 2018. Is it the end of u. S. Exceptionalism . Do you fight back against yield differential . We have a major story were tra
Extraordinary development. The former new york fed president says the Federal Reserve should not quote, bail out an administration that keeps making bad choices on trade policy. Hes gone political. Dont lower rates to help trumps reelection . An antitrump guy urging the fed to work against President Trump . You got to sthak yohake your he that one. Unfortunately, thats what most financial people are saying today. Hes wrong. Now the market. Even with a sharp yield curve inversion, stocks show a small loss. Down 40 points. Remember two weeks ago, when the inversion appeared, the dow dropped 8800 points in one day. Now the market shrugs. The dow is going to be off 40, s p maybe four, nasdaq down 17. Marginal fractional losses. Weve got a lot more for you. Boris asks the queen to suspend parliament. And a new poll, how is joe biden doing now . Varney company is about to begin. Stuart all right. Here are the latest results from the quinnipiac latest poll. The democrat field, biden 32 . Warr