Agree with you. We really cant underestimate the size of this deal. What i have learned in the last 24 hours, it is only the beginning process. A lot ofi spent time with Wolfgang Munchau trying to stagger the european parliament. Jonathan the signal here is important. Europe is demonstrating they can borrow at the european level and distribute grants accordingly. That was unthinkable 10 years ago. Lisa they are also putting in certain taxation powers that give it more of a federation kind of feel. Europe has gotten its act together. How about the United States . Today we hear potential results from treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin and House Speaker nancy pelosi discussing the proposal that mooching came to with the white house. This will potential into payroll tax cuts, as well as potentially no state aid, which will be a problem for democrats. In the Senate Banking committee on nominations to the fed reserve board. Then united air and snap reporting earnings. Snap at the forefront of
China, the u. S. Rejecting chinas claims to the South China Sea. China than sanctioning u. S. Officials like ted cruz and marco rubio. U. S. Futures are pointing higher. We are also looking at what is going on with the virus as well as states like california reversing its reopening plans. U. S. Tenyear year, bonds up. U. S. Tenyear. We saw the dollar gaining a bit of steam against the yen, but seems like we are reversing some of that. Lets look at the boards and watch were Chinese Markets are going to see any reaction to the trade figures. We saw a bit of a pause in the risk rally when it comes to mainland equities, after we are seeing equities inching toward that 10 trillion milestone. Flip the boards and see what is going on there. Smallcap, those rose to follow five year highs. We have basically been flat the last 30 minutes of trade. Shenzhen stocks have been on fire. Hang seng down 184 points right now. Also with the city introducing the toughest virus measures since the pandemic
A civil rights leader john lewis lies in state in the u. S. Capital. And the driver is a stopped and questioned but zimbabwes leader is the nih claims the lockdown is to prevent antigovernment protests. Hello welcome to the program we begin in israel where Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned hezbollah it is quote playing with fire hes accuse the Lebanese Armed group of launching an infiltration attempt in the border region of show about farms hezbollah denies that its fighters tried to penetrate the border or engaged in any confrontation the United Nations is urging both sides to show restraint aljazeera is harry force it has more. Smoke plumes over southern lebanon after what the Israeli Military referred to as a security incident it said a cell of hezbollah fighters trying to infiltrate israeli controlled territory Israeli Soldiers tracked them and repelled them with machine gun tank and artillery fire in tel aviv where theyd rushed for security assessments israels julian Pr
At 4. 8 , premuch in line with expectations. 1. 8 , worse than expected. Retail sales are the weakest link in the recovering story in china. Than what the market was expecting. Property investment year to date coming in pretty much at 1. 9 . Versus an estimate of 1 . We also have the jobless rate coming in a tad better at 5. 7 versus 5. 9 . Which was expected by the market. Overall when you look at the economy, it looks like it is adding to signs the economy is picking up momentum. China probably will be reflecting in the rest of the world. Yvonne one of the key disappointments is still the consumption side with retail side still amiss in a negative fringe for a fourth straight months of 120 . About theuestions back half of the year. But the gdp is still the stand out. Take a look at the adjusted quarter on quarter. We are talking double digit growth of 11. 5 . The highest quarter on quarter at least nine years for china. This is how we are seeing things play out in the markets. Seeing
And the 775 barely. Seven point 75 barely. China is trying to cool down more. This rally also in tech stocks in shenzhen. Marginal gains in the csi 300, but the chinext seems to be on fire. 8 10 of 1 higher for shenzhen small caps. Keep in mind, offshore investors also sowed sold a record amount of stocks recently. Seems tohe hang seng, be brushing aside the executive order from President Trump. We are seeing the rally up more than 200 points for your hang seng. We are watching things like export data out of indonesia, indian trade numbers. When it comes to the philippines, that is the only loser on the board today. We are expecting to hear from the president to announce the latest quarantine measures. They have not really been able to stop this virus there. The nikkei up 3 10 of 1 . Steady stream of earnings in tokyo. Taking a look at the dollar, that seems to be dropping. You are watching things like your dollaryen unchanged around 107. U. S. Yields at. 63 basis points. Oil after fou