Cash trade. Here are your top headlines from the bloomberg terminal. Trumpa on the defensive. The president stands by his handling of the coronavirus on day one of the Republican National convention. Says democrats are still blaming America First Nikki Haley Says democrats are still blaming America First. The chinese arrives in europe today. Demandsla merkel answers from russia after it was putin critict the was likely poisoned. We have figures crossing the wire right now. The German Economy shrank 9. 7 in the second quarter. The initial estimate was for a drop of 10 point 1 . This is a second look here, and so it looks like it is a little better than expected. Still, of course, a massive drop , the quarter over quarter figure. The yearoveryear figure is a drop of 11. 3 , so a big drop in the german gdp. That the bloomberg economists expect a rebound in the second half, and of fullyear drop of about 6 for 2020. Lets take a look at what futures are telling us after the new record highs
Even home depot, which was great, is lower, as the whats next is the question that we have. With stacy witless, fw retailer advisors president. Also night one of the Democratic National convention saw democrats ripping it up President Trump with tough words from former First Lady Michelle Obama and bernie sanders. Let me be as honest and clear as i possibly can donald trump the wrong president for our country. He has had more than enough time to prove that he can do the job, but he is clearly in over his head. He cannot meet this moment. He simply cannot be who we need him to be for us. But let us be clear. If donald trump is reelected, all the progress we have made will be in jeopardy. And its most basic. This election is about preserving our democracy. Alix joining me now for more is wendy jennison, Bloomberg Politics editor. What was your biggest pic for tonight and how does that set us up for the dnc tonight . The biggest takeaway from last night was the effectiveness of Michelle O
And the markets say by gold. Global google searches for the phrase hit levels not seen in nine years as the yellow metal barrels passed 2000 an ounce. The cash trade is less than an hour away. Here are your headlines. The white house and democrats aim for a virus relief deal by the end of the week and bill gates tells bloomberg exclusively the u. S. Should help poorer nations get vaccines. Rocked by a massive explosion at its main port, killing dozens and injuring thousands. Authorities are yet to confirm what caused the blast. In fromcontinue to roll europes largest countries. Commerzbank anticipates a loss for the year. We will speak with a host of top executives in the coming hours, including from the frankfurtbased bank. We are just under an hour away from the start of cash equity trading in europe and out in the u. K. Lets take a look at what futures are indicating. Green arrows across the board. For ures up the most, 0. 4 . We get a slew of earnings out of German Companies this m
Basis points. Lets get to our guest now. We have a very fascinating guest right now. Ed hyman, Institutional Investor economist of the year for decades. The surveys he carries out are unparalleled in the industry. We are going to talk about Central Banks, the ecb, and the fed meeting this week, and the bank of japan coming out with some decisions today. Chairman of evercore isi, is with us now. Small and mediumsized enterprises, and companies that do business is with china. Obviously, the data is falling off a cliff right now, but in your estimation, what will the severity of this recession be in comparison to, say, 2008 . Ed much worse. But this is a very interesting time for me. Ive probably been the most bearish person on the street with our gdp numbers down 50 , and like you say, things have been kind of freefall, Company Surveys included. I just wanted to share with you that for the past two weeks, our surveys have increased a little retailers and restaurants. The checks that were
Here are your top headlines. Blame game. President trump raised the prospect that china deliberately caused the coronavirus outbreak. This as the u. S. Pauses some tariffs for 90 days but not those on chinese steel or aluminum. Crude collapse. Wti sags to its lowest level in the 21stcentury on concerns that Storage Space is running low. The demand outlook remains gloomy. Signs of easing. Germany begins to reopen its economy as spain, france, and the u. K. Report the fewest coronavirus fatalities in weeks. Just under one hour away from the start of cash trading. Lets take a look at where futures are headed in europe. Futures are higher, whereas u. S. Futures are down. You can see the ftse 100 futures up more than 1 , as are the dax futures. S p, dow jones, and nasdaq futures, red arrows. Further away from the start of trade on wall street. It looks like we will kick off the week in europe higher. That divide between europe and u. S. Futures is interesting. We will watch that as we go th