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The dollar also moving lower. A lot of bullishness with regard to the pound, as well as some of the other peers to the dollar. That is suppressing the dollar index. Crude still very fragile. Nymex in new york, do bti down at 53. 12. Concerns about the global economy. The pound absolutely flat against the buck today. We traded for 1. 30 early on. We will find whether or not john bercow is going to allow a vote today. Equities up by about 0. 9 . Some of the industrials doing well. Deutsche bank having a fairly solid day as well. Theres talks of more job cuts coming through, but this time in the rates area. U. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson going to try again to get that brexit deal through parliament, a bid to show the eu he has the numbers to get that bill ratified. This as we await an announcement from house of Commons Speaker ton bercow, who could decide not even allow that vote. We are joined by emma chandra, live from westminster. Give us an update of what is going on right now. Co
Francine welcome to bloomberg surveillance. Green on the screen for european equities, but we are headed for the first weekly loss in six. U. S. Futures are struggling for direction, along with the 10 year yield after we saw stocks as the marketsy assessed the risk around the political situation in the u. S. Table taking ahead, dropping below 1. 23. Previously, one of the more hawkish members saying that rate cuts might be needed even with a brexit deal. Coming up, we speak to commerzbank ceo Stefan Engels after they have revamped their strategy. But now, lets get first word news in new york. The bank of england may have to cut rates you but if the u. K. Avoids a no deal brexit. The comments are a sharp departure. He previously was considered the most hawkish member of the Monetary Policy committee his argument is brexit uncertainty will continue to depress growth. Thats even if the exit is delayed or canceled her the u. S. Federal reserve is looking at a possible shift to its inflatio
Rosengren. And speaking of the fed, yes, there is more. We have an exclusive interview coming up. Loretta mester is the president of the cleveland fed right after the close. Joining us for the hour is charlie with aerial investments. Was this a big sigh of relief after the data from earlier in the week yeah, you know the markets was really nervous about a recession. Thats the conventional wisdom in the market. Theres a lot of evidence that bulls like me keep pointing to that were not, but you can see when we get even a soso number, the markets react very positively Services Growth is slowing and thats the point of contention right now, is does the manufacturing upset bleed into the consumer . And it does, you have a problem. You had a very strong wage growth its not even the fact that unemployment is going down, its that people feel secure in their job. Its a tight job market. People are not worried about losing their job theyre spending more and were still 70 of consumer economy. If t
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