Next, a look at russia under the leadership of president Vladimir Putin. The Atlantic Council discussed his Foreign Policy agenda. New opinion polls on his popularity. In the recent approval of a referendum that would allow him and the recent approval of a referendum that would allow him to remain in power until 2026. Good afternoon on the east coast. Good morning on the west coast. Good evening to those of you joining us in russia and across eurasia. I am the executive Vice President at the council. We are delighted to have you all of us to have all of you with us. The aftermath of putins constitutional referendum. I could not be more delighted to be joined by three outstanding voices. ,he former u. S. Ambassador these three remarkable individuals are remarkable thinkers, incredible actors and some of the most important strategists on the issues facing russias future. We welcome them here to the conversation today. We are so proud to count them among our friends. We have so much respe
Aftermath of putins constitutional referendum. I could not be more delighted. These three remarkable individuals are remarkable thinkers, incredible actors, and some of the most important strategists. We are so proud. Russian president bladder mirror flood putin has been a fixture of Global Politics for decades now. Remain int him to 2030 six. Is that the only possible outcome or even the most likely . Its one of the hardest hit ,ountries by the pandemic embroiled in foreign conflicts. As the russian people have repeatedly voiced their displeasure. Imagine a future, a future democratic russia perhaps . We are going to turn to hear from our remarkable group. Have the director of the institute for International Studies of the institute for International Studies and was a policymaker in the obama administration. Nvidia joins us from the moscow liberal foundation. It is a pleasure to welcome you back. Hope all of you enjoy todays discussion. Im going to turn you over to ambassador john her
Government in a phase four plan. That is helping to lift equities. No surprise, you have the underperformers again starting to surprise. Nordstrom and the gap are the two strongest is in the s p right now. Those are the names rallying. You have to wonder about the efficacy of the rally. Priceslped by energy getting some stability in the u. S. Despite the fact we saw an and norma screwed inventory build of 15 million barrels. I had to actually look three times out the number because it was so big. You are seeing that risk on continuum, but i have to have doubts when you have nordstrom as the Top Performing stock in the s p. Guy lets talk a bit about what is happening in more detail in europe. We are trying to figure out what is going to happen next. Eu ministers are divided on how to finance the regions fight against covid19. Yesterday, 16 hour call. Tomorrow, they were doing again. Aance and berlin both saying deal is close. The question is, what are the sticking points, and how big ar
Financial impact. My guess is it is going to be worse than people think. We are confronted with a conditional supply and demand shocks. It will have effect on global gdp, that is for sure. But it is not like the world will end tomorrow. Nejra meanwhile, president s trump and modi meet in india. The country did sign defense deals were 3 billion, and they pledged closer ties on Maritime Security. Nejra jpmorgan lays out goals on its invest today. They said u. S. Wealth is going to be one place where they can still grow. Nejra and the iger era comes to a close. Disney names a new ceo. I intend to double down on the same strategies bob has established. Nejra its all straight ahead on bloomberg best. A hello and welcome. Im nejra cehic. This is bloomberg best, your weekly review of the most important business news, analysis, from Bloomberg News. Lets start with a day by day look at the top headlines. The dominant story throughout the week was the global spread of the coronavirus, and on mon
More than 2 on the stoxx 600 great s p futures point to another day of decline in the u. S. On track for six days of declines and heading for lowest close since october and global stocks for the 10 year yield hitting a fresh record low. Yields are dropping across the u. S. Curve. The two year yield sitting around 112. To the euro missed the risk off memo . Three out of the past four days. 10947. It could be down to the broad dollar weakness. The yen has been big today along with gold. Saying we could get 1800 on gold. Wti extending its slide beyond a 13 month low. Lets get the bloomberg first word news. We begin with italian Opposition Leader Matteo Salvini who accuses the government of underestimating the threat of coronavirus. He is urging them to earmark at least 10 billion euros for emergency measures. I think it will be the composed of factions the dont like each other. Its already the weakest in terms of growth. After the virus, which will evidently slide us into a recession, a g