Countries and its leaders. What happens next . Is our line for democrats. 202 7488001 for republicans. If you are an independent, 202 7488002. Join us on social media. We will read your tweets. Send us a text message. That phone number is 202 7488003. Tell us your first name and where you are texting from. We are also on facebook. Good sunday morning. A lot to talk about. Front page of the Washington Post a president vowing reprisal if iran hits u. S. Assets. This story from Bloomberg News the headline fear hits tehran over what comes next. Here are some of the details. Supreme leader promised revenge and thousands gathered in tehran to watch american flags burn. Many show defiance after the assassination of their most prominent military man. In the, the strike that took out Qasem Soleimani capping a year that has been dominated by turmoil and fear. Entail is unclear. U. S. Sanctions efforts the economy and any form of war with the u. S. Would likely be unsustainable for the Islamic Re
Headline, for the president of risky gamble to deter iran. He says the calculus was straightforward, washington had to show the iranian leadership that missiles firing ships in the persian gulf and at Oil Facilities in saudi arabia along with attacks inside iran the cost the life of American Contractor would not go without response. While Senior America officials have no doubt the iranians will respond, they do not know how quickly or how furiously. Guest there has been a feeling in the white house, the president s decisions not to pull the trigger in the past over the last year, had given the wrong impression, that they could get away with a lot of things about the president responding as the president has promised not to engage us in endless wars in the middle east. The argument in the white house was lets not give them the wrong message. This is a way of giving them reestablishing deterrence. Had, theer he president authorized airstrikes against iran in response to one of the provoc
Still waiting for the French Market and the German Market to really get into their stride perhaps this morning. he british pound up around 0. 3 as we hone in on december 12. The Options Market is currently adjusting itself around that kind of timing. The dollar index is down by around 01 . 1 . s look at 0. Lets get a look at the sector perspective. And the outer space, what is good for one company doing m a might be bad for another. Financials looks to be an area of red, as does health care. A couple of areas of green coming through their but essentially read in both of those, as is staples. Utilities and staples looks to be fairly green. That looks a bit defensive on of what we are seeing here from sectors. One of the sectors we have focused in on a lot is the auto sector of course. The vw share price is trading higher, up by 1. 9 . There was no change in revenue on margin guidance from vw. Weve been speaking to the vw ceo, that is frank witter, about the cut to the forecast. Frank ma
We are seeing a little bit of psychiatry and a lot of focus is a alive have and what that is on the fed and on a repo rates and the global reaction. This is the stocks europe 600, unchanged. Pretty much flat. U. S. 10 year yield will move does next. At the fed we are 42 days away from exit brexit. It is the second day of the Supreme Court hearings to see whether Boris Johnson programming parliament was illegal. Coming up, we speak to the chief executive a chief of a retail and Global Supply chains. But first, lets get news. Neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or his rival look to have a clear path to form a clear government. Exit polls indicate the two blocks are neck and neck. Official results are not expected until next thursday. There will not be and cannot be a government that leans on arab, antizionist parties that negate the very existence of israel. Parties that exult and appraisal bloodthirsty terrorists murdering our soldiers, citizens, and children. Carney mayu. K. , ma
After a threeyear closure, the Washington Monument is reopening to the public. The Stone Building closed in september 2016 so the elevator could be replaced and a Security System can be upgraded. The monument averages 500,000 visitors per year. Air and at tictoc on twitter powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. Im mark crumpton. This is bloomberg. Im shery ahn. Im amanda lang. Welcome to Bloomberg Markets. Here are the top stories we are following. President trump ordering new sanctions on iran following the attack over the weekend on saudi oil facilities. Mike pompeo is now on the ground. Expectations, 25 basis point cut is seen as a done deal and is something investors are watching with jay powell said to andront donald trump ineffective monetary policies. Of a 576 billion bond market is at risk. We will take what credit cards have to do with it. Lets look at the major averages. Ahead of the anticipated cut from the fed, the s p 500 is in the tighte