The survey number was 95. Present situation, 94. 2. That is better than last time. In terms of expectations, though, 91. 5. The Manufacturing Index has come through better than the survey. Last time, it was flat with expectations at five. We came through at 10. The consumer is getting jittery. Alix especially as the sunbelt is hit. We had an announcement from the fed earlier. Michael mckee is with us. Walk us through the numbers and to talk about the fed meeting tomorrow. Mike the numbers are connected to the meeting, with Consumer Confidence following and the outlook for the next six months dropping dramatically as it did, the economy is looking like it will go back into some sort of contraction, based on the new covid19 cases we are seeing. The fed sees as something they do not like, because moments ago they announced they are extending seven of the nine lending programs they put into place in march, through the end of the year. They were going to expire on september 30. The only one
Only up a point. The 10year yield at 51 basis points. Jersey talking about a range of 40 and 80 for the next two months. Now that we have broken through 54, he says that was an important level. Ralph lauren, one of the stories of the day. That stock down 6. 25 . Argentina has reached an agreement in principle with a key group of creditors to restructure 65 billion worth of debt, after a third default this century, the ninth overall. Robert koenigsberger, cio of gramercy funds, who had a seat at the table, joins us now. Headlines crossing about half an hour ago saying there was an agreement in principle. Few to us about the last hours, couple of days, how it all materialized. Robert good afternoon and thank you for having me. April, itoke last in seemed like an agreement would be too difficult, that the two sides were too far apart and with hardened positions. Over the past couple of months, obviously, past couple of days, those positions became less hardened, and logic prevailed. Winwi
Order ending preferential trt for hong kong and said he would sanction chinese officials responsible for crackdown on political dissent. He has taken this opportunity to attack everything from what he calls the china virus, the who, and his democratic rival joe biden. Of course, he has taken the chance to really talk up market gains we have seen recently. Absolutely, and talking about the prospects to get a vaccine in the u. S. And what he says will be record time. A pretty wide range of issues being focused about by the president. We will continue to dip back in as we get lines, but lets get some context. Mario, a pretty wideranging array of topics being addressed by the president. It is really just to the drumbeat of escalating tensions and tit for tats we are seeing between washington and beijing. Absolutely. You described it perfectly. Months, the Trump Administration has been pantomiming that he is going to be tougher on china. He has increasingly pointed to china as the reason fo
It is still on. President trump insists a phase one trade agreement with china is fully intact. Peter navarro claims his earlier comments were taken out of context after suggesting the deal was over. The European Commission is more confrontational. E. U. Lash out at beijing over hong kongs autonomy, disinformation, and foreign investor meant foreign investment. We are in brussels. Hard times for softbank. The Company Sells part of its tmobile stake, creating 21 billion dollars to help offset record losses in its investment business. We will have the details for you briefly. Just under one hour away from the start of cash equity trading in europe. Lets take a look at futures this morning after we closed down yesterday in the u. S. And the u. S. Managed to eek out some gains. They are trading solidly higher. Dax futures are up. 6 percent. Ftse futures up about. 25 . What do you see on the gmm . Anna we have certainly been whipsawed by those comments by Peter Navarro on trade and the abil
Hong kong residents responded. The u. N. High commissioner for refugees tells dw more must be done to help greece and other european couountries resettle asylumumseekers. It is difficult. Grease is still very much left alone on the front lines of this crisis, just like malta, italy. There has to be a system to share this in europe. Host this comes a day after migrants told dw a border guard was using violence to force them to return to turkey. Teaching children about the environment. We cruise to cura saw curacao to meet those standing up for wildlife conservation. I am phil gayle. Welcome to the program. A passenger jet has crashed in karachi. There are two confirmed survivors. The rest of the passengers are feared dead. Witnesses said the pilot tried to land the jetline two or three times before crashing. The plane destroyed s several homes before it went down. Smoke arises from a dense neighborhood outside karachi. Residents felt the explosion and heard the crash. Soon, word spread