And fbn a. M. Starts right now. Im just say its fine by he me. If you never leave. And we can live like this forever. Its fine by me. In the past i would try, try hard to commit to a girl. Lauren beautiful shot of the Christmas Lights in new york city. Welcome to fbn a. M. Im lauren simonetti. Cheryl the fox red, white and blue tree is on fox square. Im cheryl casone. Lauren dow is down 25, nasdaq is unchanged. Cheryl lets take a look at asian markets. The pushback of the tariffs on 165 billion in chai chinese gos which is supposed to hit sunday, may give investors something to cheer about. Lauren the ftse is down 25 points, the tax i dax dax isp 12. Cheryl President Trump rallied thousands of supporters in pennsylvania last night, touting the usmca deal, while ripping into democrats over the articles of impeachment announced earlier in the day. Lauren Griff Jenkins is in washington with more. Griff, good morning. Reporter good morning, lauren and cheryl. What a truly remarkable day in
Frame on over how long of a period of time will they hit that 50 billion figure. The president also saying here to reporters that the chinese wanted to start phase two talks right away he says thats fine with him the president also saying the tariffs that remain on chinese imports will be used on negotiations for that phase two deal so that president here implying he hasnt given up all of his leverage in further negotiationegotiation negotiations no time lyline for when that phe two deal had been completed. That seems to be where things are headed now were getting some tape coming in of the president s comments well bring you that as soon as we have it meanwhile, were getting a bunch of very supportive statements from business groups, crincludi from former treasury secretary hank paulson, saying this is the first bilat rahal trade deal in to years it was hard fought and long overdueth overdue. This is a first step toward completing a comprehensive trade agreement. Scott, reading that s
Johnson forced onto the defensive as the debate turns its attention to the National Health service. Manus a very good morning to you. Definedl about the jgb the gravitational pull to the downside. Waiting on at zero, the option results to come through. Much biggera question about the stock of negative debt. Will that diminish 20. Good morning. Nejra good morning. That is a great question. It seems to be driven about what is going on globally. The prospect on the optimism of some sort of resolution to china trade. Something the move to the upside is going to be limited because where we are now is going to pull the japanese buyers back into the market. Manus absolutely. Lets look at the jgb performance. You have the 234 billion dollars stimulus coming into the market from the japanese government. Level way growth above what the market had anticipated. For the firstero time since march. Blackrock. I like a bit of dr. Copper. You know what i saw . I cant tie that together with a sub 6 grow
Of independence. Opposition leaders in burundi are accusing the governing party of spreading fear and intimidation they say people have been attacked ahead of next years elections the u. N. Is warning of more violence but the government has told al jazeera the vote will be free and fair catherine saw reports from brandys commercial capital. Protected by when you can to cross memories of what happened 4 years ago remains row for this man he tells us his young son was shot by police while on his way to buy bread. Riots started in 2015 and pays n. P. R. A run for and won a fair tom but hes opponent state was unconstitutional street protests a failed coup vigilante like attacks and assassinations threaten. To tear the country apart another election is due next year and the be real father says people are still being intimidated by Security Forces and members of the ruling party youve been called in born and. Now my im talking to you is putting at risk if the police know what im talking all
Waiting for trade clarity, markets await updates on the trade war. The pboc says it has space to na manufere if needed. And new pickup line, elon musk looks to entice new buyers as he unveils an electric powers cyber truck that can with stand a sledgehammer but not metal balls, apparently. Lets take a look at whats going on in equity Index Futures this morning. It was a muted and mixed trade over in asia. As we finish the session,s the holding up in that sense. We do see here in europe not Much Movement on the continent. Dax up. 4 of a percent. It had been down to 129 926. Now its coming down to 129. 6. But as the pound loses ground, its futures gain. Still only one or. 2 of 1 . But its early in the session. Down dayld turn into a for u. S. Stocks. Christine lagarde making her first well, her Second Public speech as e. C. B. President in an hours time. But it should be the first on monetarily policy. At least we hope so. Banking integration and renewed calls for fiscal stimulation. For