I have to go to the gossip of london. We will get to oil with jim caron in a moment. Why does the sunday times go after the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom when he is just out of the hospital bed . That is a very good question. First of all, lets remember the sunday times and of good the times were huge supporters of mr. Johnson. There is a feeling that the fact the Prime Minister got sick maybe gave him a free pass in how he handled the situation. There are two schools of thought. One thing, we just need to get through the crisis and need to try to work together. And then those who say we need to hold our leaders accountable for what they have done because theres the change of course. Yesterday we found out the critical number of personal Protection Equipment that was data for the nhs will not arrive in time. This after the scathing article that is basically saying Boris Johnson was pretty much thinking of other things instead of dealing with the crisis in february and march. I d
A doctor returns to the hospital. Good morning, everyone. Tom keene in new york, guy johnson in for Francine Lacqua and london. We say good morning to all of you. It has been an extraordinary come historic we can. The queens speech, the Prime Minister hospitalized as well. Tell us about london. Tell us about the mood monday morning in london. Guy lets talk first of all about what is happening with the Prime Minister. Under u. K. Rules, there is no Vice President , there is no vice Prime Minister. So what is happening here is heominic raab has been will chair todays cobra meeting, the emergency cobra meeting, and he is effectively in charge of the government. Boris johnson is still in charge of the government, but with him hospitalized, there are growing calls that the Prime Minister needs to take a step back. The understanding is that he has been put into hospital for precautionary reasons, but we will wait to see the exact details. There is no new information be on the news that he ha
Spending in france and switzerland neglect any of if january and twos, threes and fiveyears are measured in basis points the dow plummeting 3200 points in the week the worse since the crisis yesterday experienced the biggest oneday point drop ever, 1,109 points as we approach the end of the red february for stocks the dow is the weakest of the three major indices, down almost 9 monthtodate. Goldman again this morning, jim is saying they dont think this is over and that buying the dip is in their words riskier this time theres no doubt about it s theres a part of of the s p and its good to look at individual stocks here that are not buyable and if anything its involved with travel and leisure, autos, housing, because house something sl housing is slowing down and i dont thinkfed cut rates it would matter we do need to talk about something at the cooperman, and ive always talked about which is the algos are in charge i noticed this morning at 3 00, what am i doing up at 3 00 the bond Int
What will be watch . We will watch wage growth. Good morning, this is bloomberg surveillance. Guy johnson is with us. There is a really dramatic photo of a helicopter dropping down on a cruise ship. What is the mood in the london weekend . Guy the mood is everyone is trying to figure who has what. We dont have enough test kits. Knowledge as to wether or not this is spreading quickly, slowly, how we people have it. It does not exist right now. Tom i believe it would be called unknownunknown. Screens tothree data start things off. With our first word news, here is viviana hurtado. Viviana we begin with the coronavirus. Almost 100,000 coronavirus cases have been diagnosed globally. The majority in china. Beijing reporting the number of new cases and deaths are falling. The u. S. Outbreak is getting larger. There have been more than 130 cases reported and at least 11 desperate there is a key to wether the Central Banks cut rates again. This from robert kaplan. He is looking at how fast the
The stoxx 600 flat, u. S. 10 year yields back to a level beside couple weeks ago at 1. 85, on the back of an easing of tensions regarding the u. S. And the middle east. Looking at brent crude, wayside volatile week, but ending friday at 65 and . 23. Coming up later, we speak with mary kudlow after the u. S. Jobs numbers are released, and that time. 2 30 p. M. London lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news in new york city. Bill begin with a brexit that clears the u. K. House of commons. It puts an end to the parliamentary gridlock that caused theresa may her job. The bill passes to the house of lords. Johnson wants it to become law by the end of the month. Federal reserve Officials Say policy is appropriate amid solid u. S. Growth, but there is a risk inflation that continues to fall short of the 2 target. The vice chairman telling the council on policy is in a good place. The fed leaving rates on its final on hold at its final meeting in 2019, signaling policy is on pause.