President trump has said, enough, here are the tariffs on the outcome of june, and other selected items in europe. Francine we were talking about it when the news broke on those tariffs. 3. 1 billion dollars, it is limited in size, but it is very targeted and it seems to be on luxury projects. Which is why we are looking out the likes of burberry and lvmh down 2 50 . And a lot of the beer things. We all can survive it. [laughter] ever allow you back in the u. K. Kamali we can discuss shopping here in london instead. Tom i will have to see. You may joke about it, folks. But it is not only the idea of tariffs, but coming at this time of Global Economic struggle. Much to talk about. Guestl go to our next in a moment on the virus and get his prognosis for america. First with the first word news in new york city, here is ritika gupta ok, we have a technical difficulty right now. Francine, a data check. Francine, pick it up, please, lets look at the markets. Francine a lot going on in the ma
It is a deceptive wednesday to say the least. We are focusing on stimulus and will do that across all of uber surveillance this morning. Bloomberg surveillance this morning. The president of brazil, and this is a statement, he has a little cold, has the virus as well that is touching us all worldwide. Francine it is. We have been trying to track the virus to understand what it will become. It is clear is is a bit more under control. In china, in europe, and but it is ravaging many parts of india. It is concerning in latin america and certain parts of the u. S. We are trying to figure out what that means in terms of lockdown and what it means the impact, future impact, on any reopening of the economies. Tom without question, the zeitgeist asked america with the residents event yesterday president s event yesterday is children and back to school and what that means for the economy. News, now word to our first word news. A temporary testing site is being set up in louisiana, texas, and fl
We welcome all of you today. A most interesting day. Chairman powell to speak later on. He managed the message yesterday to say the least. I am thrilled to tell you, particularly those hammered by whiplash, a quiet data check this morning. , nottle lift in the market question. The vix with a 33 level, much better than the agony of thursday and friday out at a 44 level. Coming in sprightly and maybe take a pause. Lets view the Economic Data within the data check, which was a shock of the unemployment report, and then the huge shock yesterday of the nice rebound in retail sales. We had good conversations on that as well. Within that is what yield does. All in all i would say yesterday was remarkably quiet versus the gyration of the equity market. There is substantial news this morning. Lets go to our first word news. Here is ritika gupta. Jerome powell is sticking to his message that there will be an uncertain path to u. S. Recovery. He has the second day of Video Conference testimony be
I look at gold as the gold capital of the world. Still in we are lockdown pays, although the economy is gradually reopening. I dont think we are effervescent at the moment about anything. But certainly, it did move the markets quite a lot when you saw it above that line. We had a good conversation with jay hambro about that. I know we will look at metals a little more in depth later on. Tom going to be interesting, to say the least. Serious dues on the pandemic worldwide. I emphasized this is not just about america and united kingdom, but real worldwide pandemic. That news here and there some of optimism but it is a challenging story. Diseasesectious Anthony Fauci once the u. S. Is going in the wrong direction. He told the Senate Committee the country could see 100,000 new coronavirus cases a day, from the current level of about 40,000. Several dozen in western states are seeing increases in infections. That is prompting some to put reopening plans on hold. A new poll shows joe biden w
Discussing enough what the Standard Chartered bank and hsbc is doing where they are saying they are going to agree to whatever with new security rules of hong kong. How big a deal of this in your london . Francine well, it was quite a big deal when they announced it. I think you and i spoke to stephen engle. He reminded us, it goes to show may be the influence that beijing has on some of these companies if they want to have licenses in mainland china. This is actually quite difficult to dig into the deep root of it. Now, we understand that there is a backlash from investors. Just yesterday, we had o aviva, one of the biggest investors in a lot of these banks, saying it is decisionable with the of hsbc and Standard Chartered, it is uncomfortable about the banks decisions. Tom absolutely fascinating what we see their. We have got lots of coverage through this hour and on through bloomberg surveillance. Theill be joined from school of chicago, the former leader of the central bank of indi