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Welcome to bloomberg surveillance. I am anna edwards in the city of london. Lets start with a check on the markets. This is how we are doing on the stoxx 600. We did either side of the flat line trading and we are losing around. 1 . A little of performance coming through in the london market as you might expect when you have Oil Prices Going higher by 2. 2 because of the tensions between the u. K. And around in the strait of hormuz. That is the focus for oil traders and they are pushing out some of the oil related businesses listed in london. S p futures point higher. We are a little range bound on these Global Equity markets looking for guidance, looking for the continuation of the equity story. That will come later on this week. Earnings reports from the baking sector. Going to be a lot to talk about. We will be looking for the ecb and the Interest Rate decisions have to make. A little bit later on, mervyn king is going to be joining the bloomberg team. Dont miss that conversation. A
Talking about there the socalled jedi contract, its about a 10 billion contract related to Cloud Computing for the pentagon amazon is seen as the frontrunner for that contract it is a big, big number. Here the president saying that other Technology Companies are complaining about the way it was handled. Hell take a look at it. He doesnt specify exactly what it is hes going to do about that contract or how it will be awarded but poses difficult Business Decisions for them. There will be a political overlay onto this as well, tiger. As you know the president is a robust critic of jeff bezos, irked by his ownership of the Washington Post which the president says he feels is unfair to him calling it the amazon Washington Post. This could be seen by the president s critics as an effort to get back at jeff bezos. Well see where this all plays out. No guidance from the white house yet as to what steps the president will take here but sending a shot acrowe the bow. Secretary steven mnuchin. Re
Maria good wednesday morning thank you for joining us. I am Maria Bartiromo it is wednesday march 20. Wednesday news 6 00 a. M. On the east coast, the fight in texas deepens federal appeals gives an order the bars texas from arresting anyone entering the country illegally hours after the Supreme Court gave the goahead for the state to enact the law. We have the very latest, markets are searching for direction in their mixed on this fed did the Federal Reserve kick conclude the twoday policy meeting with the press conference 230 eastern we will hear from jay powell some clarity and whether they will cut Interest Rates in june, european markets mixed take a look at the eurozone uk is fighting to 3. 4 level that is lower than expected the bank of england making the Rate Decision tomorrow. Green across the board higher in the asian embassies, the House Oversight holding an open hearing on joe bidens influence peddling a misuse of public office. Hunter biden was invited to testify publicly
U. S. Equities will open higher 183 points higher. Nasdaq opening 107 points higher s p looking to open 25 points higher treasury yields sitting at 4. 011. The 2year treasury at 4. 79. We were down five of six days in the s p that is the case sdplchlt to see th z to see the markets showing the cp oi print. You think the mood is a mini bear i do totally. People are looking at this and the question is not a break in the trend, but how much of a break . Let me take cash off the table. I have been waiting so long. I dont mean the rally is over we were talking to different people 10 pullback would be healthy. Down 2 or 3 from the highs, yeah i thought it was tom lee who was talking about that 100point week now more choppy. I wonder if were in the chop. I think we might be. We have the key inflation data due at 8 30 a. M july cpi expected to rise. 20 on the month and 3. 3 for the headline for the year. We also have my personal favorite with jobless claims. Why is that your personal favorite