Territory civilian casualties reported in azerbaijan 2nd largest. Lie from moscow this is our to international my names you know neal and 30 minutes of news on views start. French prosecutors say that dick potato a schoolteacher in a prison suburb on friday was an 18 year old of chechen origin who was born in moscow his family moved to france 12 years ago seeking political asylum russia says in such cases citizenship is usually withdrawn meaning the country has no link to the incident the murdered history teacher reportedly shown his last controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad earlier this month. I think the. Was. A to assess unique one of our compatriots was murdered because he taught freedom of expression the freedom to believe or not believe express you are compassionate was the victim of an islamist terror attack the National Anti terrorism prosecuting in france has been putting details about what exactly happened in the days leading up to that brutal cavitation almost 47 y
Highs on the news with the money flowing to value and cyclicals. Havens are clawing back some ground today. Retaliation. The European Union will impose tariffs on 4 billion of u. S. Goods starting today. The eus trade achieve calls on both sides to drop countermeasures. A very good morning. If you think about it, we had that tantalizing, parabolic move, i would say, in this market yesterday evening. I was here late. Isar rationing around the markets i saw rationing around the markets. This morning, we face i suppose reality. Feels like a massive night out and this morning was a bit of the hangover reaction. Michael purves says it perfectly, talking about the vulnerabilities of the vaccine narrative. If the republicans gain control of the senate, this is very much so for them less onerous to want to do a fist lee onus less onus for them to want to do a big fiscal package. Lets take a look at what we did see yesterday, that euphoria manus is talking about. I want to show you the close ye
Europe, up by 2. 5 . Todays number from barclays, very strong. We are going to hear from jes staley a little later in the program, our interview from early round. The pound bouncing around all over the place. We were into 1. 31. I think this is broad Dollar Strength rather than anything else. Take a look at the bloomberg dollar index. Alix rising covid cases impacting the economic data. Composite pmi for the euro area dropping below the 50 mark, which shows contraction. Meeting. O ecbs next joining us is john hardy, Saxo Bank Head of fx strategy. Does 1. 18 make sense for when you consider the rising uncertainty . John of course, the pressure should be on the downside given the covid resurgence. I think the general take on the could be that if we are seeing this democrat sweep scenario, we are positioning for a weaker dollar for some time in the future. Anything looks fair between 1. 17, and to me, this is the upper area of where we should be. We shouldnt be doing anything and eurodoll
In china. China rolls out its fiveyear plan, promising to build a tech powerhouse. Coming his party also wants greater sustainability. At the ecb says more stimulus is coming as eu governments proposed new virus lockdowns. It says bond buying and support wont seize until the covid wont cease until the covid crisis dies down. Shery quick check of the markets, u. S. Futures coming online under pressure, down 1 after disappointing markets in earnings. We managed to end the session higher by more than 1 , s p 500 gaining the most in two weeks. We had strong data to surge Third Quarter u. S. Economic growth and a decline in weekly jobless claims. That recovery in the u. S. , setting us up for a recovery in asia as well. Look at new zealand trading at the moment, ever so slightly higher, asx futures pointing to a gain of. 4 , reversing declines of 1. 6 we saw thursday. Nikkei futures pointing higher, a little weakness though in seoul. Top story, plenty of action after the bell in the u. S. W
Multiple seeking challenges in the rise of yonperforming loans, so m second question is on banks. The general counsel discuss the onond containment measures european banks . Thank you. Thank you very much for your question. Tltro is a longterm refinancing scheme that is really intended help the financing of the economy because banks are offered very attractive terms in order and provided that the lind to the economy. It is not that they lend to the economy. It is not that it was a very generous package of refinancing without any conditionalities. The banks are going to only be eligible to the very attractive rate of 100 basis points provided that they lend at least as much as they did to the economy. So that is number one. It is an encouragement to finance the economy. And all sectors of the economy, not just large corporate accounts. It is focused on small and mediumsized enterprises. Through the enlargement of collateral pools, we make sure it can reached the small osborne orders and