Deviations. It is an historic surge in gold. Francine it certainly is, at we have been spending a lot of time on that and we will spend more time on gold. Lets get to first word news with ritika gupta. Ritika good morning. The fight over the chinese consulate in houston shows that hardliners now have the upper hand in the Trump Administration. President trump has allowed a small group of advisors led by Michael Pompeo to push u. S. Policy toward its most antagonistic in decades. U. S. Officials say china has a history of espionage and intellectual property theft. The Trump Administration and Senate Republicans are considering a shortterm extension of extra unemployment benefits. It is unlikely the white house and lawmakers will agree on a broader stimulus deal before the benefits expire. Millions of americans receive supplemental payments that were included in the last laurent virus package. Way for paving the soaring stock to join the s p 500 index. The electric carmaker reported thir
In terms of the euro, that is firmly in focus. European leaders meeting in brussels at loggerheads over how to rollout the plan. The offshore currency is essentially flat. The fix is essentially 6. 99. That is what the aussie yen is doing. The u. S. Dollar has ticked up 2 10 of 1 after a number of weeks of weakness. We can move it onto look at some of the commodities in the 10 year. A bit of concern about demand destruction for crude given the infection rate in the u. S. Florida, some policymakers saying the virus is out of control in that state. That will be a concern. 40 for wti. You still have this significant divergence between the 10 year, u. S. And china. Rishaad just getting some news from a motor company. It is secured funding from a variety of private equity companies. What it does show is chinese startups promising vehicles. Attracting funding even as we are seeing the industry having a rough time of it. This is leading to x peng saying the Company Managed to achieve the 400
Miami is extraordinary. Francine it is. What we are seeing in the u. K. , ester 10 daysc ago. It seems authorities have a better handling to track and lockdown onng this this city instead of everything. Very different in the u. S. Where cases and deaths are rising and at record highs. Tom amazing to see the acceleration in the death rate in some of these states. For our international audience, it is in america, riveted by this virus. Ritika morning. Coronavirus milestones climbing in the u. S. , new cases climbed over 60,000 in one day for the first time. Florida,lifornia, Record Number of deaths. New york city events requiring permits have been canceled through september. The u. S. Is set to take the next step in a battle with france over taxes on technology giants. The u. S. Will impose tariffs on 700 million in french goods including wine, cheese and handbags. Biden has laid out a plan that will make americas economy better than it was before, he says. To boostdate wants manufacturi
This is bloomberg surveillance. Im Francine Lacqua here in london. These are your markets. Global chief economist. A lot of the focus is on the next, the mastercard trade war. A lot of the focus is on data executive vice chair on out. We see pound. Diversity and her thoughts on we are of course watching that because we are one month exactly the apple card gender bias issue. From the early election, this is bloomberg. December 12, and the u. K. After the brexit party said they will not expand conservative seats. 1. 93. 0 year yield at coming up, we will be speaking to musabbeh al kaabi, the chairman of Mubadala Petroleum at 9 30 a. M. U. K. Time. That is manus cranny bringing that live. Lets kick off the show with the latest from hong kong. Rn that the city is on the brink of total breakdown as protesters rocked the citys financial district to a standstill. The chaos follows a flareup in violence after the first fatality linked to the protests. Is it different from yesterday . Is the mo
The highest ranking executive to leave amidst the 737 max crashes. China isreport saying planning to replace embattled chief executive carrie lam. Australian markets back online. Thats turn to sophie for what to watch and markets. Little australian stocks changed after a twoday gain. Plenty of corporate updates. A potential earnings downgrade looming. They maintained their fiscal guidance in the face of two reports from short seller J Capital Research. On itsnstruments slumped weaker than expected forecast, warning that customers are more cautious in cutting orders. It is back online after the enthronement ceremony. Stocks falling 1. 7 and wellington, led lower by power providers. Rio tinto reviewing options for its aluminum smelter i. The deficit narrowed more than forecast. A quick check on bonds this morning, aussie and he read 10year notes reversing course after a fiveday decline. Treasury futures slightly higher after cash treasuries rallied overnight on brexit uncertainty, which