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Lets get a check in on the markets. European equities are pretty flat. The stoxx 600 struggling for direction. You heard and the headlines, three key things we heard. The dovish message from Jerome Powell reiterated and we got better than expected data in terms of retail sales and factory output, pushing the 10 year yield up. It also pushed the dollar higher and we hold on to those gains. The question as whether President Trump can have the weaker dollar at the same time as a strong economy. And can he have gains in stocks as the same time as a trade war continues . As you made those comments, the s p 500 took a hit, dropping for the first time in six sessions. Coming up, we speak to the oecd secretarygeneral. Dont miss that interview live. Lets get bloomberg first workers. Word news. The u. S. House voted to condemn comments from donald trump that are racist. Week, he tweeted for congresswoman should quote go back to where they came from. Trump says he is not racist and does not have
from new york. michelle fleury reports. we should get further evidence there is slowdown in the job markets. employers are growing more cautious and employees are sticking around longer. one caveat should see some distortion to the numbers, the auto and actors strikes both endedin auto and actors strikes both ended in november with many returning to work that same month. plus, the end of the year is when many seasonal workers get taken on. american central bank, the federal reserve, it will be watching closely because lowerjob growth will feel expectations the pheasant will leave rates on hold. they have risen 5% from nearly zero since march of last year as it wrestled to bring down inflation. thejobs report is a lot of economics data before the us central bank s meeting next week. despite expectation for a slowdown, america s labour market remains strong by historical standards. still, market remains strong by historicalstandards. still, if historical standards. still, if ec
Lets get you up to speed on these markets. European stocks. The dollar has dipped. It has transferred to a mild complexion of a dying day this thursday morning in europe. European equity markets are the lead protagonists. Pessimist guide on bloomberg for 2018 is about technology, facebook and disinformation. You can still make money as bitcoin drops. The bloomberg dollar index down. The bloomberg dollar index is looking at a fairly tortured year. Do you buy that story that it is all about adjustments . Im not so sure. Yields drop. Were down to a threeweek low. You are looking at the bloomberg dollar index. The worst year since we started collecting data in 2004. Copper is rising to a fairly big level. Fouryear high. China has halted production. We know that. Youre looking at the eighth straight quarter of gains. You could see copper trade up to 10,000. U. B. S. A little more sedate. The swriss known for their sedate approach. It has outperformed pretty much every other commodity this y
Crude rollover continued a little bit as the dollar trends higher. David at 10 00 this morning eastern time, President Trump will speak at the conservative Political Action conference outside washington. At 10 15, new yorks William Dudley and Eric Rosengren appeared together in new york here it the fed releases its semiannual policy report to congress. At 12 30, President Trump goes back to the white house to meet with australian Prime Minister malcolm turnbull. Alix we discussed the top three stories of the morning. A 315 billion china blowup. Higher wages may not lead to higher inflation . Where is the inflation in japan . David we are going to welcome Lisa Abramowicz and michael mckee. I heard when they bought the waldorfastoria. This shows some of the places where they made investments around the world. This came from nowhere, for me, and grew really big. Now the Chinese Government is saying, not so fast. So manyis raises issues, especially after what we have seen with hna, another