The nasdaq gaining 1. 7 . There could be a big threat bubbling underneath this market. President trump and chinese president xi jinping both dialing up the rhetoric today at the u. N. General assembly. Reporter President Trump has often used his annual speeches at the u. N. General assembly to challenge his adversaries, whether its the Nuclear Regimes in iran and north korea or for the second year running china, which he took direct aim at in his speech this year that was prerecorded despite consummating a trade deal with china in january. At this years virtual diplomatic gathering, the speeches were prerecorded and shorter than usual, but President Trump pulled no punches against china, which he accused of letting citizens leave the country and infect others and accused it of withholding information about the virus. The Chinese Government and the world health organization, which is virtually controlled by china falsely declared that there was no evidence of humantohuman transmission.
Have to act. Unless we get more support, i think the u. S. Will go back into recession. Isathan joining us now gershon distant belt. People, hey for many was asking fiscal policy makers to do more. Iu were the one person that have read in the last couple of days that believes that was a dovish news conference. Tell us why. Do agree with a lot of the clips you pointed out, ive been saying it for a long time. You need fiscal support. This belief that the fed or Central Banks can solve problems by themselves is silly. This is not a classical recession. There is nothing Central Banks can do to get people to go there is a supply shock aspect as well. Restaurants are not fully open. You cannot go to the sporting event. The fed can do all that wants but you need the fiscal side. In terms of the relationship to the dovish side, there were several indicators. The fed was clear, chairman powell was clear he was willing to do more quantitative easing if necessary. He didnt say anything about pull
A lot of the focus is on oil, a lot of the focus on what we heard from bp. Lets get a data check. European stocks really fluctuating, failing to Carry Forward the momentum that we saw. Yesterday, we had a technology fueled rally, which got support from positive Economic Data and potential further stimulus. Today, things seem to be going a bit sideways. Treasuries maintaining some of the losses. You can see european stocks down some 0. 5 . Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Tiktok has to sell its u. S. Arm by september 15 or close. That is according to president donald trump. He says he does not care who buys it, microsoft or another firm, as long as it is a big, secure american company. The president also says any sale would have to include a substantial payment to the u. S. Government. Victoria imposing a fine for anyone who violates isolation rules. Fines could be around 3. 5 thousand u. S. Dollars. Repeat offenders may see a penalty of around four times as much. Vic
As White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner defends President Trumps handling of the covid crisis some people have chosen to play politics with the pandemic President Trump opted not to politicize it and help people get whatever health they need. Jp morgan and Goldman Sachs dumping almost 13 billion worth of shares across sectors in total. So lets just talk a little bit about the headlines. Theres a key focus on renewed lock down risk in many European Countries and the fact that germany has stepped forward and said that its going to quarantine those arriving back from spain has added another level of complexity but when you look at the market, theres no evidence that that is holding back Risk Appetite this hour we see the ftse and the cac 40 all in positive territories. The impact of potential travel restrictions is royaling the Airline Stocks and those other stocks that are effected by limited travel opportunities you have other sectors also a little bit weaker. Having said that, look
In dubai. F quite the riskon rally along these markets. Let me give you a rundown with stocks in the u. S. , with futures up. 7 as we speak, and this is given thee impressive climate. Monetary currencies are powering forward. Eurodollar trade at the highest since march 10. In terms of the bank space, we have the german10 year the german 10year, again, a lot of these haven bids. Barrel, you are looking at counterbalancing forces that are kicking in, even though they are revising their forecast to the plus side. Lets get to the first word news now and cross assets with leighann gerrans. Hi, leighann. Leighann good morning, yousef. Beijing is in a new position that drew a rebuke from china and added fresh uncertainty for businesses in the Financial Hub. Legislation,gned saying u. S. Officials responsible for cracking down on dissent in the city. Italy has set a course to nationalize controversial tollroad operator auto strata after all night talks on the politicallycharged issue. Taking t