Julie he downplayed the need of more regulation of the Banking Sector and was on the same page fed inet yellens terms of raising rates in december. Stocks take a leg lower on these headlines coming out of north korea, the north korea fired a Ballistic Missile. Stocks now paring some of their gains, the nasdaq just went negative in the past few moments after they had all been trading a record. The kbw tank index is up here, as that was my thing rising more. Banking stocks to continue to rise connected to those Powell Comments on regulation. You see a mixture of the large banks and more regional banks that are doing well in todays session. Retailers are also continuing their recent run. We have seen more consistent strength and retail going into the holiday season. We were supposed to flipflop these, as some of the signs are looking good for the Retail Industry. Speaking of december, december is the only month of the year where we have not seen a decline for the s p 500 historically. You
, one of the three softer currencies against the dollar. I wanted to follow the tech selloff. Nasdaq futures are down again. 7 . We have seen that industry continue. Lets get an update and wants making headlines. Emma chandra is here. Am it there is a turn in the tax bill debate and Republican Leaders are scrambling to save the bill. Mitch mcconnell sent lawmakers home last night. They are looking to offset the cost of the measure. While republicans are asking the tax cut not drive up the nations debt. The price of oil is rising after opec will keep production curbs in place. Libya and nigeria have joined the agreement. Opec and allies like russia are trying to reduce global stockpiles. Oil prices are up 20 since september. Parties on both sides of the irish border issued are refusing to compromise. They are trying to deal with the hard border. The eu will not let trade talks continue until there is an agreement. Global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists and anal
At whatstake a look going on in to those brexit talks. The pound is up by. 2 . Stronger dollar story throughout the day and dollaryen is up to. 6 . 58 basis points. Thats really steep. Time for the morning brief. Ahead. A look at the week today theresa may is scheduled to meet with Jeanclaude Juncker. Then social democrats hold their convention. Congress has to act to avoid a Government Shutdown and we are also going to get on friday u. S. Jobs numbers. Big week ahead. Topics tax, u. K. , cvs buying aetna. The talk on the talk shows was all about taxes. Had towhat the senators say. When you heard the president say we are very close to the finish line you know he has wanted a 15 right from the beginning. Is parted to a 20 rate of the discussion. The house as a 20 right now. We are happy with both of those numbers. If something small happens in conference that gets us across the finish line we will look at it on a casebycase basis. Business tax all the way down from 35 to 20. It could be
Teleconference releasing results of the Fourth Quarter ceo outlook survey. Finally today, the International Olympic committee will meet in switzerland to decide on russias per dissipation in the 2018 games and south korea. Their decision is expected at 1 30 p. M. Alix that will be interesting. David there is a drug thing going on. Alix i would like to be a fly on that wall. Top stories this morning with first take, Deutsche Bank, tax reform and brexit. Joining us is the editor in chief of Bloomberg News and our chief content officer. Marty, what is Robert Mueller trying to ascertain with a subpoena . We do not at the question of the relationship between Donald Trumps businesses and Deutsche Bank has been subject of inquiry ever since he became a president ial candidate. Totsche bank has refused comment on the relationship, but now he has turned over documents to Robert Mueller and the thought is it is the relationship between donald trump and russia and whether those loans had any conn
Reflecting the snap election in spain. The twoday see chart, down 2 10 of a percent. Look at that wild ride, big drop after the separatists won the snap election. Maybe a surprise to investors. David down less than 2 10 of a percent. Abigail a roller coaster in those two days. David . Now i look other headlines emma chandra has first word news. Emma Congress Managed to give the u. S. Government from shutting down but will face a messy start to the new year. Lawmakers approved a spending measure that will keep the government opened their january 19, but put off action on military spending, raising the debt ceiling and dealing with undocumented immigrants who came to the uss children. The british economy grew at the sinceace in 2013 were well below where they before the vote to leave the European Union. Prices are rising faster than wages. In japan, the cabinet has approved a record 46 billion fund, wanting to improve military capabilities at a time when north korea is becoming more of a