Better than it was a month ago. Tom it is all the news that is out there right now. You see a little bit of a lift in the markets. We will get to the data check, but what is extraordinary right now is this historic moment for hong kong. And lord patton with us in 30 minutes, which is a great honor. Now lets get straight to bloomberg first word news in new york city with ritika gupta. Ritika as you were mentioning, lawmakers in china have defied a threat by President Trump, approving a proposal for sweeping National Security legislation aimed at hong kong. The micros the advocates say the measures will curb freedom in the city, and this came a day lead this could President Trump into imposing sanctions on china. Been more than 100,000 deaths in the u. S. From coronavirus. That is three months since the first death announced on february 29 in the United States. According to the institute of Directors Think tank. Wagestly paving 80 of for jobs. The government wants to change it so that co
About 8, 9 days ago. In intensive care units for a couple of days and then he gave a press conference two days ago where he seemed more emotional than usual saying it could have gone either way and he really thanked nhs staff he said were by his bedside 24 hours a day. When you look at the response of the u. K. Compared to other countries, certainly in europe, it has been quite different. The Prime Minister many times has had to do a uturn on what he initially talked about, which was a herd immunity and then he said he would not close schools that they are closed. Theres a lot of speculation going around about what they will do next, whether they will extend the lockdown but also make the lockdown that much harder. Tom we will continue our discussion on this today. We will be speaking to nursing professionals at the Johns Hopkins university. Right now with our news in new york city, here is viviana. Viviana donald trump and how he feels about reopening the country. President says the g
Contain the spread. Successful emergency surgery james dimon undergoes emergency heart surgery, temporarily handing control of the largest u. S. Bank to his lieutenant. Reports are he is recovering well. Morning again from berlin. Im matt miller. Nejra cehic is out. Manus cranny is live in vienna. We are going there to the opec plus meeting. Incredibly important meeting as you will see in a moment when i show you the oil price in just a few minutes from now. I want to check on first off the number of data points after the big slump we saw in risk assets yesterday. There is unusually no sign of a. Alance typically after 3 , 4 slump on indexes, you see a bit of a bounce. We are eight and a half hours away from the open of live u. S. Trading. Nonetheless, u. S. Futures still down again 1. 25 . In just a to manus moment. Crude oil at 45. 43 a barrel, and the yen, which was really looked for me when i across my asset price worksheet the yen was 105 handle, safeng a real fleet to haven asset
The markets are clearly telling us that the markets are not pricing in the worstcase scenario when it comes to iran, or at least Portfolio Managers not. Stoxx europe 600 gaining some 0. 6 . On bloomberg surveillance, we will be speaking to the president of euler hermes, Wilfried Verstraete. That discussion is up very shortly. Lets get straight to the blumberg first word news. In new york city, heres Viviana Hurtado. We begin with the first stage of the u. S. China trade deal, set to be signed next week. China says its top negotiator is visiting washington, d. C. It is the latest move towards a detente. Contradictory reports this morning are emerging about what caused the ukrainian boeing 737 to crash and iran. Initially blaming a technical issue, then an engine fire. Ukrainian embassy running out terrorism, but then it amended its statement to offer no comment on the cause. All those aboard the plane were killed in the crash. Hong kong preparing a bold plan to boost its economy, accord
Largest economy in europe for 2019. There are more concerns about the global trade deals than there was yesterday. You can see european stocks pretty much flat. The dollar pretty much a steady. We are getting some data out of germany shortly. We also speak to the dallas fed president , Robert Kaplan at 3 30 p. M. London time. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Now, u. S. Story for tariffs on china staying put. The Trump Administration is likely to keep them in place until after the president ial election. Any relief is also contingent on compliance. Steven mnuchin and says tariffs wont be removed until the next stage of a trade deal. These tariffs will stay in place until there is a phase two. If the president gets a phase two quickly, he will consider relieving tariffs as part of a phase two. It has nothing to do with the election or anything else. Today, the u. S. And china are scheduled to sign their phase one trade deal. 1 billion is the figure by which jp morgans