Lets check quickly on the markets. If you look at the markets, and a lot of them are looking at the concerning news or news brexit is going to weigh markets were hoping. The stocks european 600, down and the pound, looking to see if there is any swing on that. 1. 3243. Lets get to the first word news with leighann gerrans. A british official says brexit talks need to show progress by tonight if they are to continue. European unions chief negotiator is said to have denied any breakthrough on the issue of fishing license. Boris johnson is due to speak with the Commission President ursula von der leyen. Donald trump says his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for coronavirus. The New York Times says the 76yearold was admitted to hospital yesterday. The president wished him well. Giulianis son tweeted his well. Is feeling the u. S. Is said to be ready to sanction more chinese officials over the role of the recent disqualification of hong kong legislators. Familiar,to people
3 . 5. 6 , but improvement from the previous ask. Haslinda it does look like china continues to Gain Momentum in terms of recovery. Lets look at where we are in terms of market reaction. Just. 1 . Underperformed after its biggest rally in more than 5. 5 years. Up. 2 . Pretty muted. Belowe been dragging this 6. 8, a strengthening that we saw onshore and offshore. Jp morgan is seeing gains. The 10 year yields. Take a look. Study right now. 313 after that fresh quiddity injection. Yvonne lets break down these numbers with the head of macro resource. Chinasensus about economic recovery and renminbi since april. What is your take on these numbers . I think the number basically confirms that the Economic Activities are normalizing, especially on the consumption front. We see from highfrequency data that retail sales, etc. That were hit during covid19 are slowly coming back. Upside for september data. Also, from the production side, recovery from earlier in the year. There are three things Go
Bloomberg surveillance. Im tom keene in new york. Guy johnson in for Francine Lacqua in london. Monthsin to the summer in august. I look at the newspapers in the United Kingdom and it is sort of a soup of distractions right now. Inme and update on the virus the United Kingdom, because the statistics i look at are actually pretty good. Guy . They are pretty good, tom, and there are large parts of the country where people are talking about the fact that we may have achieved herd immunity. You listen to the commentary come out of a large hospital, out of large hospitals, they are seeing a fraction of the number of cases they saw coming through the door back in the spring. The situation seems to be under control. This is pumping Boris Johnson the prime minister, to make firm assertions that schools will september, in the same way Governor Cuomo is making those assertions in new york. Thathe is pretty lonely on right now. That will be one of our themes without question in august. Back to sc
In dubai. F quite the riskon rally along these markets. Let me give you a rundown with stocks in the u. S. , with futures up. 7 as we speak, and this is given thee impressive climate. Monetary currencies are powering forward. Eurodollar trade at the highest since march 10. In terms of the bank space, we have the german10 year the german 10year, again, a lot of these haven bids. Barrel, you are looking at counterbalancing forces that are kicking in, even though they are revising their forecast to the plus side. Lets get to the first word news now and cross assets with leighann gerrans. Hi, leighann. Leighann good morning, yousef. Beijing is in a new position that drew a rebuke from china and added fresh uncertainty for businesses in the Financial Hub. Legislation,gned saying u. S. Officials responsible for cracking down on dissent in the city. Italy has set a course to nationalize controversial tollroad operator auto strata after all night talks on the politicallycharged issue. Taking t
Think they were already in a tough place, particularly u. S. Banks. It is likely, as this progresses, the chinese will put more pressure on them, the u. S. Will have to put more pressure on them. They are going to have to take sides. Yesterday a guest walked the overlyot sounding enthusiastic about the decisions he had to make. It is really going to be tough. The chinese will pile pressure on. Tom maybe we will see that pressure today. We have our people in hong kong watching the story. Also in beijing, karen leigh scheduled to be with us throughout the money. In new york city, here is ritika gupta. Ritika President Trump is due to punish china because of the national the sweeping national law. He finds legislation would chinese that sanction chinese officials responsible for cracking down on political dissent in the city. Beijing told the u. S. To quit interfering in chinese affairs. Heres a very hong kong brain train are increasing, china moving to tax its citizens global income. The