You have the u. K. Election. On the back of the most recent polls, still can say still saying the conservatives have a Comfortable Lead over the conservatives over the labour partys. Ecb and its new president meet on thursday. This is the stock we are watching out for down 61 . The chief executive quits and they canceled the dividend. Coming up, we will discuss the report on septembers repo prices. Up at 9 30 a. M. London time. This get to bloomberg first word news. Viviana yesterday hundreds of thousands of people joining hong kongs biggest demonstration in months. Popular unrest will continue. Organizers say 800,000 people marched through the city. Police putting the number at 180,000. The rally was the first promoted by the civil human rights front. The mayhem in the u. S. Repo market in september was not just a temporary hiccup. Ended in part up because the u. S. Banks now hold more of their liquid assets then treasuries. This is relative. The bif warning this problem reduces their
The stoxx europe 600 pretty much flat. We did have a bit of a move on the u. S. 10 year yield, currently up 1. 82. We had renminbi, a little move actually that became a bigger move, strengthening past seven since the First Time Since august. S p futures gaining some 0. 2 . Ourng up, much more from exclusive conversation with the Goldman Sachs chief executive, David Solomon. He talked about negative rates, the industry, and of course, about trade. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. U. S. Tariffs is what china wants before president xi signs a potential trade deal with president trump. Ft reportsafter the to grease the wheels for an agreement. Washington is reporting removing some tariffs on chinese imports. Now to the u. K. Election campaign. Prime minister Boris Johnson and Opposition Leader Jeremy Corbyn trading barbs. The house of commons elected its new speaker, mp lindsay oil. Hoyle. He was a member of the labour party but is now not affiliated with a party. Chinas
Francine good afternoon if you are watching from asia. This was a couple of days after the news from the saudi attack on the infrastructure of saudi aramco. Bank raised its benchmark rate to 1. 50. They had flagged they would raise rates. Wereeason why people questioning whether they would do it is because the World Economy is more uncertain than a couple of months ago and you see a lot more dovishness from the ecb and the fed. Toit is quite difficult raise Interest Rates in this kind of environment. Eurodollar at 1. 1, and because it has been a very big week in oil, we have a look at the oil price. Norwegian krone on the back of raised, having a significant move to 9. 85. , we speak to the governor of the norwegian central bank. Dont miss that interview just after 10 30 a. M. London time. Lets get straight to bloomberg first word news in your city. New sanctions against iran are coming. This is from President Donald Trump in response to the attack on a key oil facility. Michael pompeo
Than expected. That means we have a bit of a risk off move. We had moves from the central bank of new zealand, and overall, new zealand stocks are gaining. There is quite a lot of movement when it comes to commodities and we will have a full roundup of centralbank action and its impact on stocks and commodities. Coming up, we speak to the commerzbank chief Financial Officer. Dont miss that interview live later on bloomberg surveillance. Lets get straight to bloomberg first word news in new york city. Chinas currency policy is staying at the forefront of the trade war. Referenceet todays rate at marginally stronger than seven a dollar. Avowing to keep the Exchange Rate is vowing to keep the Exchange Rate study. Westminster and brussels blame the other for the diplomatic breakdown. Michael gove is in charge of planning for a no deal and says the eu is not bracing for a new agreement. The Prime Minister has made it clear he will not sign a deal that includes the irish backstop from a red
These are your markets, the stocks europe 600 is down 0. 3 . Of course, what that means for easing against the backdrop of threats to Global Growth. Ignore this, it is the wrong number. If you look at oil, its up a touch, but definitely not at 9. 74. Will get an update shortly. There you go, american crude at 58 and . 85. Coming up that we speak to the Democratic National Committee Chair howard dean as the democratic debate takes place tonight in miami. Ahead of that government lets get straight to bloomberg first word news. Special Counsel Robert Mueller agreed to testify on capitol hill, setting up a dramatic confrontation over the trump presidency. In his report, he said he could not conclude whether Donald Trumps campaign conspired with russia the also said he could not exonerate the president from obstruction of justice. , that is whatorce President Trump threatened iran with if they attack the u. S. Tensions continue to flare with the president warning republic of quote obliterat