The stoxx 600 flat, u. S. 10 year yields back to a level beside couple weeks ago at 1. 85, on the back of an easing of tensions regarding the u. S. And the middle east. Looking at brent crude, wayside volatile week, but ending friday at 65 and . 23. Coming up later, we speak with mary kudlow after the u. S. Jobs numbers are released, and that time. 2 30 p. M. London lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news in new york city. Bill begin with a brexit that clears the u. K. House of commons. It puts an end to the parliamentary gridlock that caused theresa may her job. The bill passes to the house of lords. Johnson wants it to become law by the end of the month. Federal reserve Officials Say policy is appropriate amid solid u. S. Growth, but there is a risk inflation that continues to fall short of the 2 target. The vice chairman telling the council on policy is in a good place. The fed leaving rates on its final on hold at its final meeting in 2019, signaling policy is on pause.
The senate live here on cspan2. Next, a look at the challenges of caring for Senior Citizens with caregivers testifying on the lack of affordable longterm care for the elderly. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] would members and their guests please take their seats . Ways and Means Committee will come to order. Good morning and welcome. We are here to discuss a difficult issue that confronts nearly every family in our nation, and that is how to care for our loved ones as they age. It is certainly appropriate that we work to address this matter or in november, which is alzheimers Awareness Month and u. S. National Family Caregivers month. It is a deeply personal issue for many of us in the room, and for those who havent personally struggled to insure an older relative receives the care they need, you most certainly know someone in your life who has. Navigating a fragmented and insufficient longterm care system can be not only confusing and emotionally taxing, but also
Drive. They cant locate the brake rator. Esse lotethe brake pedal, its either too late or too hard. Tonight, a different story. There is still rain now there. There is. We even picked up a thunderbolt in the last 15 or 20 minutes. We will show you the showers coming out of the north into the peninsula. Just a single thunderbolt was triggered right around south San Francisco. Also, theres some pretty good cells coming down. Vallejo and parts of crockett. Theres still some pretty good cells, if you can see as we look live over the city of San Francisco from Treasure Island. We will get some shower toght. Rbtwo dnt be se. We di up ches pretty gootota. An ch ofrain. We are still trailing averages in some cases, like livermore, big time. We picked up a few Percentage Points because of this storm. We still have a ways to go. Despite all the rain we have had lately, we could use going not just a little bit tonight. More is on the way. We will have more details in the forecast a few minutes fr
High berlin and moscow criticize sanctions against the gas pipeline accusing washington of interfering in internal affairs. Credit suisse, confirms it had former executive board member followed after the domestic regulator opens a probe at the lender. China plans to reduce tariffs on more than 850 goods as it looks to boost imports in the coming year. According to the finance ministry, beijing will lower the rates for goods such as diabetes drugs and frozen pork to help with shortages caused by the swine disease. This as the second largest economy faces slumming growth and trade tensions with the u. S. President donald trump says progress has been made in the socalled phase one trade deal after a phone call with president xi on friday u. S. Leader tweeted he had a good conversation with his counterpart and a formal signing of the agreement is being arranged chinas news agency reported during the talk the chinese leader expressed deep concerns about the, quote, negative words of the u.
Its chinamade model 3 just a year after they broke ground teheran condemns what it calls terrorist attacks on iranallied militia. We continue to demand the Islamic Republic iran act consistent in a wi i laid back in may 2018 for what it is we expect iran to do so it can rejoin the community of nations. So lets take a look at the European Markets now that they had a bit of time to warm up, although warming up is the opposite of whats going on here because they are cooling down. Nikkei down 2 ftse mib in italy down and germany down by 4. 5 its been a very good year for all of these markets year to date lets take a look at how the overnight action was while we were all fast c markets. Im looking in the correct perspective now. The nikkei 225 did finish down but has closed for the year. Year to date its tally was up by 18 . The shanghai composite was the stand out performer for the asia pacific markets up over the past ten years down by just over 7 the hang seng in Congress Hong was an und