First time in years. And the fed the ecb cuts funding costs. Boris johnson pledges a lockdown exit plan. Welcome to daybreak era. As we head into may, how about these markets . 1987. St month since u. S. Equities. U. S. Jobless claims yesterday, the you want to focus on the unemployed or the fact that the claims have been decelerating for four weeks. We saw a red on the screen yesterday. More than 1 . Own a lot of markets closed. In asia, japan is open. Read on the screen for japan. Many are closed but ftse futures points to a down day. Risk off across the markets. Dollar strength coming through on the bloomberg dollar index. Oil is an outlier in terms of the risk picture heading for a monthly gain. Coronavirus,o the u. S. Coronavirus cases recorded the slowest daily increase for the month of april. Resident donald trump will theel to camp david for first time leaving the white house compound for more than a month. The president is preparing to resume travel and reopen the economy. Yor
Markets are struggling for direction. Stocks in the u. S. Are looking at record highs in markets around the world are trying to figure out how to put that against the fact the chinese economy is slowing. Andpean stocks getting 0. 2 you can see the 10 year yield at 1. 74. A good day to talk policy. Coming up, we speak to the Incoming European Commission her team of commissioners faces a confirmation vote in parliament. Lets its rate to new york with first word news. A worldbeating brexit trade deal. Thats what british carmakers want the next government to deliver. The society of Motor Manufacturers and traders say the key requirements include a friction this border, tariff free trade, and regulatory alignment. They spent more than 5 Million Pounds preparing for the exit from the eu. Of Chinese Industrial enterprise falling for the Third Straight month as Producer Prices continue falling and domestic demand slows. Early indicators suggesting the economy slowed for a seventh straight mont
At 110. 18. Asian markets were volatile or a little mixed mother has to do with the trade war and how markets interpret whether we are closer to the deal. 1. 7u. S. 10 year yield at flat. Coming up we speak to jim oneill, former commercial secretary of the treasury, that kingdom conversation in just a couple of minutes. Lets get to the first word news in new york city. U. K. , the chief rabbi suggest people avoid voting for the labour party due to antisemitism, he says sanctions from the top. He is not calling on people to vote labour party, but he says british are concerned about a labour government, and the labour party says antisemitism has no place in the party or society. The president claims donald covered by president ial immunity, but he has been ordered to testify to the panel as it investigates, carrie lam isong, not offering any new concessions in her first Public Comment after prodemocracy forces won a landslide election. Lam is calling for dialogue in line with the plan sh
Nejra welcome to bloomberg surveillance. Francine lacqua is in helsinki at the nordic business form. First, lets check in on the markets. European equities turning negative of the stoxx 600. The 10 year yield moves lower after jumping ive basis points yesterday. So a little bit of risk off in terms of equities and yield. But the weaker dollar suggests there might still be optimism out there. Conflicting headlines ahead of the trade talks. Francine lacqua is at the Nordic Business Forum. Do not miss her interview with the ceo and founder of zuckerberg media. Thats coming up just after 9 30 a. M. And later, francine will speak to finlands economic minister just after 9 45 a. M. U. K. Time. Lets get first word news. To force kurdish militants away from the region, turkey has launched a military incursion into syria. Four years them and kara for ankara has fought and says it will not allow the kurdish protostate on the border. When asked what President Trump would do if turkey wiped out th
Prompted widespread fears and borrowing has prompted collapse. Fears of and, information sought on accounts involved in the elections. We have struggled to hold onto the gains we saw earlier this morning. Today, the u. S. In the red. The only sector still up was technology, but barely. We had that rally, but tech lost ground based on some of the details on the tax reform bill. , want to pull up this chart 879. It shows you how investors have been anticipating the tax bill will be bearish for tech stocks. Shares underperforming since the end of november as more details that come out on tax reform. David it has become a real problem, especially in asia. We have been down for seven days. Four of those dames with the kleins of more than 1 . It has been a drag. Declines ofhose it more than 1 . It has been a drag. Lets look at markets in new zealand, kiwi dollar underwhelming. Gdp,straight come big day, rba Rate Decision not to do anything,. 1 . Yields lower, bonds up, aussie dollar unchange