Comes to the treasury market. The dollar taking it on the chin. Safe haven bid for the yen. Out yettting taken again after yesterdays slide, dragging Energy Equities with that uncertainty rains in the commodity. President trumps positive covid test and what is going on behind the scenes not the white house. Joining us is mario parker, Bloomberg White house reporter. What do we know at this moment . Mario everything is kind of unclear, given that the white house was taken by surprise with the president and first lady testing positive last night. We are starting to get some inckle sin some trickles in terms of who has negative results. We know that Jared Kushner and ivanka trump, two of the aides,nts other closest have negative tests, as well as his son barron. Right now we know that theres negative tests that have come in. We are not sure just yet how many other white house staff will be quarantined. Guy thank you very much, indeed. How on earth was the white house cut by surprise by th
Simply not coming back. Markethe back of a labor surprise in treasury yields, drifting higher. That is the call you are looking for. Lets start with the jobs number and what it means for the policy effort in washington. I think the number is a sigh of relief. The markets were trying to get jittery going into friday, not knowing how bad or good the numbers would be. This is clearly a step in the positive direction. What this means for policy is yet to be seen, still a lot of bickering going on between the house and senate. If anything, in some respects i would argue that the good payroll number argues for congress to pass another deal to support the economy. A lot of the positive momentum we have seen in the last three months is because of fiscal stimulus. Treasury yields higher by eight basis points on the 30year. This is something that you are looking for. Thender how independent sweetener is of the next move down in washington . Subadra i think they are all closely tied to each other
If you say things are okay, not as great, and youre an industrial, because there will be an opening of america, people will buy you if you say things are in line and you pull your forecast and youre not industrial, its a recipe to be sold. This is about hope its about the idea that it cant be as bad as it is right now. Youll see that even with marginal retailers, people think a marginal retail hear to come back because america is open listen, you have to go with the flow for a couple days if youre a trader if youre an investor you have to take the other side of this trade as we get closer to the opening. I think people will be surprised how little these businesses will do and how worse theyll do once we go open its not it is an opening other than auto builds wont occur. We have to be ready for that your general thinking is well get a ford plant reopening, vw doing it, boeing in South Carolina next week, but its going to be a manufacturing bounce yes more than a service bounce . Yes man
Crude down, and participating in that risk on rally as well. Time now for global exchange, where we bring you todays market was a news from around the world. From hong kong to brussels, jahans burke and washington, our bloomberg voices are on the ground with this mornings top stories. , the death toll is now over 3000. Joining me is yvonne man. Heard of newst infections in south korea, iran, and spain. Germany, as well, and additional 188 cases. This virus has spread in 13 countries and 16 federal states. At this point, the threat level is at moderate, but could quickly change. Deathstioned the global now topping 3100. Theres also the corporate fallout we continue to watch, with nissan now saying they could be preparing for deeper cuts. The carmaker has been struggling ever since Carlos Ghosns arrest. This virus only exacerbates the troubles. There are signs of life returning back to normal in china. Just heard from han hi from honhai, apples biggest supplier. They have been dealing wi
Negotiations was a generous offer. On the other hand, in these times of challenges, the refugees or terrorism, europe and only be strong in every country has results ability. Stephanie european leaders have to decide. Those negotiations over Irans Nuclear program have been extended yet again. John kerry and his iranian counterpart held talks in vienna until early today. The u. S. And other powers want to stop iran from Building Nuclear weapons. In return, they will use economic sanctions. Matt samsung came up short in the Second Quarter. Earnings were made estimate. A big reason was lackluster sales of the new phones. We have more from hong kong. All the hype of the s6 failed to meet market expectations. It wasnt so much demand, but a supply issue with the edge model and the oneofakind curved screen. Constraints lead to shortages. Sales dropped nearly 9 from a year ago. Profit was down 4 . Samsung still struggling to win back customers who switched from the iphone 6. They are losing to