Discussing enough what the Standard Chartered bank and hsbc is doing where they are saying they are going to agree to whatever with new security rules of hong kong. How big a deal of this in your london . Francine well, it was quite a big deal when they announced it. I think you and i spoke to stephen engle. He reminded us, it goes to show may be the influence that beijing has on some of these companies if they want to have licenses in mainland china. This is actually quite difficult to dig into the deep root of it. Now, we understand that there is a backlash from investors. Just yesterday, we had o aviva, one of the biggest investors in a lot of these banks, saying it is decisionable with the of hsbc and Standard Chartered, it is uncomfortable about the banks decisions. Tom absolutely fascinating what we see their. We have got lots of coverage through this hour and on through bloomberg surveillance. Theill be joined from school of chicago, the former leader of the central bank of indi
Better than it was a month ago. Tom it is all the news that is out there right now. You see a little bit of a lift in the markets. We will get to the data check, but what is extraordinary right now is this historic moment for hong kong. And lord patton with us in 30 minutes, which is a great honor. Now lets get straight to bloomberg first word news in new york city with ritika gupta. Ritika as you were mentioning, lawmakers in china have defied a threat by President Trump, approving a proposal for sweeping National Security legislation aimed at hong kong. The micros the advocates say the measures will curb freedom in the city, and this came a day lead this could President Trump into imposing sanctions on china. Been more than 100,000 deaths in the u. S. From coronavirus. That is three months since the first death announced on february 29 in the United States. According to the institute of Directors Think tank. Wagestly paving 80 of for jobs. The government wants to change it so that co
Chinese demand levels almost at precrisis level. Time for todays market moving news from our washington and new york teams. We want to start with fed chair jay powells comments on the economy. In an interview with cbs, he expressed confidence in the recovery, but timing is still hard to predict. Chair powell the economy will recover. It may take a while. It could stretch through the end of next year. We really dont know. Michael mckee, International Economics and policy correspondent, has more. Was there anything new on cbs . Michael nothing really new, just summarizing what we already knew from the fed and from economists and disease experts. He suggested that what it is really going to take is a vaccine before people feel really confident and the economy can start to move back in the direction of where it was before all of this started. He said congress and the central bank may need to do more to keep us afloat during that period. Appropriate government policy could buy time for work
Is the ecb doing every thing it can, or will it do more . I think that is the question the market is looking at. We are trading 1. 94 on btps. Vonnie in the u. S. , we erased all of our 2020 decline on the nasdaq, now down slightly lower, but pretty much flat on the year. Microsoft, facebook, all of the things have been doing all of the faangs have been doing particularly well, leading this rally. The s p is up, but there are a lot of crosscurrents, from earnings to the dire economics. We saw the adp report yesterday, followed by jobless claims today, waiting on the payroll report tomorrow. And of course, different reopens across the states. You mentioned currencies making lows today. The dollar index is higher at 100. 29. We were to speaking about crude, up 7 on saudi arabias goodwill on prices. Still not a huge amount for a barrel of wti. Guy every little bit helps. Lets talk about that bank of an story. The new governor Andrew Bailey making it clear today that policymakers could exp
Crudeng with oil, wti ps more than 100 to 1. 5 a barrel. Negative for the first time, june delivery contract, 21 a barrel. President trump says he will suspend immigration to the u. S. Over virus concerns as some states look to end the lockdown, plus u. S. Officials learned kim jongun was in Critical Condition following Cardiovascular Surgery last week. Washington is seeking clarity on the north Korean Leaders health. Just under an hour where from the start of cash equities trade. Lets look at futures after markets went negative with the plunging oil prices. You can see european futures now, down about 1. 5 to 2 . U. S. Futures, the cash trade close lower in new york yesterday so u. S. Futures are down a little less than european futures, but we are still seeing dow futures down two thirds of 1 . European equity markets on the oil price, some geopolitical news out of the korean peninsula, as well and perhaps a little focus on the data coming through. U. K. Data on joblessness coming th