The virus is the shadow over all of this, as it continues to pick up the pace in the united states, and we are starting to see the number of cases picking up in europe. We are going to talk about that virus story a little later on, with a great guest lined up. Getting more insight on the pandemic and why cases are starting to climb again in europe. Cleghorn is going to join us and give us some insight as to what is happening here. We have seen this big move in gold and we are watching closely what is happening with the negative rates story, what signals are we taking away from that . Joining us now to give us some perspective on all of this, alix is james athey. Help set up the conversation as well, Vice President ayden will give an economic speech later and some of the headlines were getting out of that speech, first off he says the fed should add diversity to the board as well as regional banks. He does back a realtime Payment System for fast cash access. I think all of these, when w
Week on the hole for global stocks. Lets get a first word news update. Heres leighann gerrans. Leighann president macron of france has appointed a new Prime Minister. Macron is preparing to reshuffle his government in the widely expected relaunch of his presidency for the final two years of his term. North Korean Leader kim jongun urging people to stay alert of coronavirus. He warned that complacency could lead to unimaginable and irreversible crisis or get despite the warning, he has reaffirmed north koreas claim to not have had a single case of covid19. This is widely doubted by Global Health officials. European president christine crisiss signature fighting tool is becoming the focus of disagreement among policymakers. Governing councilmembers face a potential risk over how much their emergency Bond Purchase Program should stay weighted toward weaker countries such as italy. That is according to multiple conversations with central bank officials. And hong kong, police have charged a
Happy monday. This is bloomberg surveillance. Khan Francine Lacqua in london. Lets get to your markets. Investors, trying to win a number of infections rising with all of the extra stimulus being put out. If you look at what the market is focusing on, stocks are falling, gold is nearing highs on concerns about the virus, treasuries on the dollar hovering below 40 a barrel in new york. Market checks through the day. Lets get to the first word news in london. Here is dani burger. Disappointing crowds for Donald Trumps First Campaign rally since the virus outbreak. The event in downtown tulsa attracted far fewer supporters in the white house had touted. It was overshadowed by continuing criticism of the president s response to the pandemic and his reaction to protests against police brutality. You are warriors. Thank you. We had some very bad people outside. [cheers] we had some very bad people outside. They were doing bad things. I stand before you today to declare the silent majority is
Without question, the data, another remarkable day after the remark about turnaround we saw yesterday. Jonathan ferro will give you that data in a moment. Coming up, terrific sets of conversation on economics. Youve got the retail sales data coming out that will be most interesting and important as a sign of the american economy. Jay powell at 10 00. In moments, we are honored to bring you the secretary of labor of the United States after the history made yesterday at the Supreme Court. Jonathan, that was remarkable to see what the Supreme Court announced yesterday, the Immediate Impact of those for and those against. Jonathan making some serious progress on a whole range of issues in this labor market, particularly on discrimination. Weve heard about the social injustice of the last couple of weeks. But we are making progress, and i think that is key. Equity futures are positive 43 points on the s p 500. Treasury yields, the curve is steeper. ChairFederal Reserve navigates that with t
Equity prices higher, and the linkage to this economy and how bad it is has never been wider apart. Futures higher this morning. Interest rates are up as well. Lower at thelds front end, and a big bid for what is happening in germany. We will talk about that a little bit later in the program. Lisa, it is a rally across the continent and europe, too. Lisa particularly in italy, where you see yields come in further than in germany. Tomorrow, the European Commission will officially propose that 500 alien euro plan of a rescue financing. Very interesting to see what type of back and concessions have been put in there. Also, thursday, the National Peoples congress of china will be voting on that Controversial National security law for hong kong. Also on thursday, the initial u. S. Jobless claims. I am watching how much we see that number come down, how much these jobs become permanent losses at a time of reopening we are seeing right now. Jonathan more ugly data expected through the week, a