Republican senator inpatient as well. I cant see how we can go home failed. People we they will all have to go home at the end of the week and tell people they failed. Lisa and there is pressure from President Trump that if you dont do it, he will go at it unilaterally. You have to think that he is adding to pressure to passing this through for republicans. Also today, what am looking at, to the clock a. M. , u. S. Durable goods and factory orders. Gauge was the strongest since september 2018. Aftermarket today, disney reports earnings, expected to have a lost. But everyone looking at disney plus, what kind of traction they are getting their earnings. Did you get disney plus just to watch hamilton . Jonathan of course i did not. [laughter] lisa i am shocked. Jonathan full anyone else try to buy tiktok . Tom im glad you asked. Lets put it this way. Disney has 14 billion in cash. Billion inas 140 cash. You do the math. Jonathan i think microsoft has the money to get it done. Did you see
We have very weak inflation data. Euro is down versus the dollar. The pound is down versus the dollar. The dollar is strengthening and that will weigh on market sentiment. We had the biggest by germany today in at least six years. Increasing, it will be interesting how the market digests it. It comes back to this argument ultimatelyirus and you have to make a choice on that you position yourself to one of the other when it comes to the bond market. In, you kind of layer there are still trade war is happening whether it is exit or china brexit. Robert lighthizer has been speaking to the house ways and means committee. He addressed the deal between u. S. And china. It is a complicated relationship. It has gotten more complicated because of actions they have taken weaselly. Billionin place 370 worth of tariffs. I think it is a really good agreement for the u. S. And we expect it to be honored. Alix joining us for more is the National Foreign trade Council President and former Deputy Direc
Those gains. Tesla is trading above 1000 a share for the first time. I want to point out the dollar in yields. The dollar has been a proxy for Risk Appetite and Risk Appetite is higher when it is weaker. The fact that the dollar is weaker again signals are not entirely risk off day but you have yields moving lower by about four basis points ahead of the fit decision. Are sensitive to whatever the fed says or does. Yields were moving up yesterday. Seems to have come off a little bit today. Kailey you are seeing yields move lower and the curve flatten out a bit after the dramatic steepening we had seen. The bond market will be hanging on any word the fed may say about possible curve control from economists we talked to on Bloomberg Television. It does not seem like they are expecting a lot on that yield curve control, but that is definitely a market waiting and watching to see if we will get anything there. David thank you so very much. That is kailey leinz reporting on the markets. Toda
Domestic and geopolitical tensions, everything from what is going on in minneapolis to the president versus twitter. We will obviously be taking you through those stories and a lot more throughout the day. The s p 500 is down 0. 25 . Dollar general is once again the best performer today, but retailers lower in the s p, from gap to nordstrom. Harley davidson down 7 , matt. I know you take a special interest in harley. Yuan something we are at. Ng a close look some pretty broad we getting this last week. Right now offshore, the yuan is 7. 1666. At the dollar has been weaker, but it has also been above 99 this week as well, so plenty of whippy action for the dollar index. Gold futures up 0. 8 . A lot of fed speak as well. We will be discussing what Loretta Mester said to bloomberg a little earlier on in a few moments, and we have Jerome Powell coming up in the next hour. 6 t Harley Davidson down yesterday, so it has lost basically 1 10 of its value over the last couple of trading sessions
Market. Three year and 10 year bond options coming in superstrong. Watch how that winds up performing. Time now for todays top market moving news from our new york team and washington team. We want to begin with economic the u. K. Economy shrinking on the 6 in march. Predicting what could be its deepest contraction in more than three centuries. Bloombergs Michael Mckee has more. Michael ask not for whom the bell tolls. It is the u. K. This time. Just one week under lockdown was still enough for a 2 contraction during the first quarter. As you mentioned, a 6 contraction during the month of march. Britain plunging into what may be its worst depression or recession, at least, since 300 years ago. Three centuries, according to those who have been figuring out. Tourism fell by 46 , air transport down 44 . Engine ofpending, the the economy, down 1. 7 in the first quarter, the largest drop since the financial crisis. We got data from the British Retail Consortium saying total sales down 19. 1