Obtain. What you might see is a bit more bitesized approach to aspects of the trading agreements. To get a greater engagement in a more constructive engagement. You talked about the covid recession. We have had a second wave of covid coming across europe in the last couple months. Indicators of the economy show that is causing a double dip in many economies in terms of activity. Youhelpful you are are that we could have a fast recovery this time around and see that vshaped recovery people have talked about . I think the vaccine is going to be a very important story for the 2021. From the irish perspective we moved early on in the early the second wave, the Second Lowest interest in europe now. We are doing very well in terms of the downward trajectory of caseys. Of cases in hospital and icu. Somewhere at the end of this month we move out of what we call level 5. Our schools of state construction has stayed open. Our domestic economy. Our investment side is doing very well. Science and
South korea. Infections slow in japan, but young adults becoming more vulnerable. Do infections in new zealand itsend weaken reputation as a covid19 beater. The Prime Minister is delaying the election. Down that is weighing matters in new zealand, but lets look at u. S. Futures. Uncertainty continues to plague markets as we kick off this new session in asia. Uncertainty when it comes to trade with the phase one meetings being postponed indefinitely. We are also getting an indefinite stalemate when it comes to stimulus talks, as well as uncertainty over the future of mailin voting and usps. Theve futures trading on s p, positive 5. 1 . The nikkei 225 up by about. 25 . We are continuing to watch price action on the topics, the worlds best performing index in august as we continue to see the encouraging recovery in industrials and financials. The japanese economy sent to crater by a record in the latest quarter. We are getting gdp numbers later today. In new zealand, back to one of the to
Still, 2000, he little bit of a base there. Coming on the program, we will speak with the Deutsche Bank chief International Strategist. Ceo, it Bookings Holdings on the state of travel. President trump considering a move he decided against last september, cutting the gains tax after saying it would not do enough to help the middleclass. Will hear about that in the upcoming few weeks and i think it will be exciting. Gains tax will be, a lot of people put to work, and a cut in the Capital Gains tax. Talks are stalling out between republicans and democrats. I want to bring in our Bloomberg Contributor for more. Little bit of deja vu. We heard this is in september 2017, he started to warm up to the idea and then reversed course, saying it would not help lower and middle classes. Into thousand 18, they briefly considered something along the lines. A bit of deja vu. I am not terribly surprised. As much as President Trump has moved away from the idea, he has indicated he could change his mind
14 points. What is going on here . First of all, there are clear signs the lockdown is ending and the economy is expanding. Theres been a big jump in Mortgage Applications and a surprisingly small drop in private sector jobs in may. We are going to check the other indicators for you. They proiare pointing towards growth. June appears to be the turning point. As for urban unrest, look, its very hard to be positive when you see razor wire around saks fifth avenue in new york city. Overall, violence was down last night. Peaceful protesters were out in force and that, in my mind, is a very good thing. Green shoots, something positive this wednesday, june 3rd. Varney company is about to begin. Stuart i think the story of the morning has to be calm. Protesters turned out across the country last night, some defying curfew orders in major cities, new york and d. C. , but it was by and large a calm night. A welcome contrast to the past few nights of mayhem and looting. Now, the night was not fr
Hotel giants see room revenue plunge 80 the central bank said they only answer to the court not the government the call to justify its Bond Purchase Program significant loss of output has become inevitable. That is the message from the governor andrew bailee forecasting a 14 drop in gdp. Sterling rising as the bank of england predicts a sharp recovery in 2021 caller expect a recovery much more than the pull back from the financial crisis. After the british telco cut its dividend looking to shake up its sector a warm welcome to street signs. Lets get to our top data point, chinese exports jumped by 3. 5 in april as reopened factories in the country moved to fulfill back log of orders. With a 2 fall in the month. The biggest decline since 2016 the trade surplus grew to 45. 3 billion. Far above expectations how meaningful is this jump in exports . Is it reflective of rebust gains or concentrated in particular sectors . Even after that beat . Export numbers in april, the con k consensus im