But i the gdp data out think out of the United States, it continues to tick a little higher, may be the speed on this recovery we have seen in the last few months, what will we talk about later in the hour . Airbus cut jobs pretty hard. I spoke to the companys ceo. Balance how to put the business in a position where it can recover. It difficult balancing act. A lot of Industrial Companies are going through it now. A great point in terms of all of the pipelines. Economic data in the u. S. Is painting a picture of jobless claims rising, secondquarter downturn,s sharpest and now, hsbc global chief economist. With the pair the data stalled stimulus talks in the u. S. If you had a Third Quarter or Fourth Quarter gdp production years ago, what is it now . Certainly, better revisions selecting the contraction in the q2 figures, but also less than the second half of the year. As you point out, that will be influenced by what happens from the next round of fiscal stimulus, assuming we get one i
Expected to drop 24 year on year. The futures are looking slightly lower, down four points. We are looking at some of the currencies. As david would say in the last hour, the bloomberg dollar index is on track for its worst july in a decade. A more dovish start from the fomc. No big surprises from the fed, but the lower mantra weighing on the dollar. The dollar index is flat, at least for now. Wellussie in his flat as aussieyen is flat as well. We move on to the commodities and the yield story. The question marks around oil were in focus as well towards the end of play yesterday. You saw a reduction in the u. S. By about 10 billion barrels. That gave some support to crude prices and wti, currently flat. Gold is now 5 10 of 1 . The 10 your yield on year, still below 60 basis points. 57 is barely moved, risch. Rishaad yep. Global coronavirus case is approaching 17 million. More than 660,000 people have died now. The states recording 150,000 fatalities. California, florida, and texas post
Good morning welcome to squawk box here melissa lee is hanging out again with us. Becky is off today for some welldeserved vacation well see her next week. As joe said yesterday, one of the first down days weve seen in a while a little better s p up about 13 and nasdaq looking to open about 45 points higher also showing you treasury yields now you can see where those are standing well flip that around to. 628 on the 10year you thinking about refinancing a mortgage anytime soon, guys . Im as low as they go im good if you have an account where you can use assets for credit line or to make an investment or Something Like that, i remember two or three years ago, i locked this ridiculously low rate if they come to me again and offer another one, it will be lower than it was last time. It was like 2 or 1. 5 when you get money that cheap, dont you think you you are in the drivers seat when rates are this low i dont feel bad about borrowing money at rates like that so you are talking about get
Too soon could have dire health and economic consequences. There is a real risk you may trigger an outbreak you may not be able to control which will set you back load on the high seas warns container volumes may fall as much as 25 in the Second Quarter. How the virus will hit global trade. Protectionism is a key risk and getting bigger as part of this pandemic as countries saw trying to protect their businesses it is no doubt in my mind it is the wrong strategy the french group pulls out of the take of the bermuda based partner turning shares sharply lower. The uk economy contracted a record 5. 8 in march Economic Activity in the First Quarter slank 2 output in the services and output fell sharply but not as low as expected. Retail sales plunged 19. 1 as the lockdown weighed heavily on the sector it is the biggest monthly fall since the brc began the index in 1995 weve been looking at that data but we know there is worse to come in the Second Quarter when we warn the contraction could
Party rooms, that could reopen after may 28. A mix of good news there. We have some good news in the markets as well. We are seeing more reopening of economies. It seems like you cant really fight the fed at this point. We are seeing a second day of gains in the region. Jakarta coming back from that holiday. We are seeing again of. 5 . Also, india reopened today as well. Things are looking better. Lets see what else we are watching out for. Singapore is in focus. The outlook is not looking so good. The governor is slashing the to 7 . From 4 the hang seng as well, look at that, we are close to 400 points higher today. We are talking about the valuations and the steepest discount into decades. You have seen some depth buying dip buying happening. Take a look, currencies are looking a little quiet given the fact that the u. K. Saw thin trading with the london closing yesterday. See a liquidity injection from the pboc after a hiatus of 70 something days. When it comes to the sing this a we