Still a dollars story. Bloomberg dollar index looking like the u. S. Dollar is steady in the last 12 hours, but on course for potentially its worse july in a decade. The dollar index is flat essentially. U. S. Dollar, yes, i want to focus on this because 103. 50 is a key line. Modest upside for the u. S. Dollar. Japan downgraded from fitch to negative outlook. But you could see further upside. 103. 50 is a line to watch. In terms of offshore currency in the mainland, or in china, 7. 0 is what we are looking at. The euro is modestly stronger against the u. S. Dollar. Gold and silver and the yield story in the u. S. , gold started to modestly moderate. At. 6 is what we are looking silver also taking a bit of profit. Basiseld story, just 14 points for the twoyear and under 60 for the 10 year. We will see what jay powell says on whether yield control is a discussion they are ready to bring forward for the fed. A look atets have what is going on first word news wise as we look at the u. S.
Rates on hold at one quarter of 1 . The rbnz saying they are going to be they are committed to reviewing their quantitative easing program. The policy committee reached consensus on this decision. They are saying they are prepared to provide additional stimulus as is necessary. All the economists we talked to the benchmark Interest Rate in new zealand staying on one quarter of 1 . Little to no reaction on the new zealand daughter new Zealand Dollar. 64 u. S. Cents. Tom lets get some of the views from our guests at the bloomberg summit. Sharing their views on the prospects of a recovery from the pandemic. I do not think anybody can be confident with the kind of uncertainties that prevail. I would put say is my odds on a v shaped recovery. How we are going to share the burden in a credible way. It is not just financial and fiscal support. It is also regulatory charges we have undertaken to support the economy. As recently as early april, i saw china could only i thought china could only
Ridehailing company grab is among the companies reconsidering partnerships. And it is rent day for britains commercial tenants, but how many businesses will pay up . Theu. K. Plans this as u. K. Plants substantial easing of lockdown measures. We will get analysis. Lets have a look at where we are on the futures picture for equity markets. This is the picture for european futures. Stoxx 50 futures and ftse futures both down around. 06 0. 6 . It looks like we will have a bit of a move to the downside at the start of trade. U. S. Futures are fairly flat this hour. Futures on the s p entirely flat, on the dow entirely flat, the nasdaq or positive, up 0. 2 . Yesterday we saw concerns around the second wave of the virus or the third wave, perhaps, in the u. S. , the south and southwest of the United States, taking the edge off gains in the s p, but the nasdaq is powering through to new record highs. Lets show you whats been going on through the asian session. Things looking pretty mixed. Som
Good but still will not accept they should be law. Asia is set to follow wall street higher as investors weigh theirdevelopments against cases. The s p climbed for a Third Straight day. Shery lets get you started with breaking news south korea. We are seeing inflation rising faster than expected. Both the month on month and year on year figures now escaping that disinflationary territory. Month on month inflation rising 0. 2 and 18 expectations. The expectation was for no change, also coming out of three months of decelerating prices. When it comes to the year on your numbers, the inflation remaining flat. The expectation was for prices to contract, and its also coming after falling into disinflation for the First Time Since september. Core prices your near rising 0. 6 , which is a faster gain than was expected as well. We have seen a little bit more demand coming from china. The export slump in south korea also easing for the month of june, not to mention exports to china in fact rose
Be also not seeing the robust gains we have seen the last couple days. Looks like we are snapping out of six days of gains for mainland shares. Hang seng also down 53 points or so. Nikkei futures slightly positive. We are watching currencies and other bonds as well. We are looking of course at the dollar which is holding pretty steady after we saw some strength in the u. S. Session. Chinese 10 year yields, yields actually falling lower by two basis points. Offshore room and be back above 710, 702. Aussie dollar continuing to see weakness with victoria, melbourne under a six week lockdown. And of course we mentioned the yen earlier. We are watching the hong kong dollar very closely here. Our scoop on how president trumps aids are waiting proposals to undermine hong kongs dollar. Seems like right now it is just talk, a lot is hypothetical. You are seeing a lot when it comes to the spot rate, but you see of the bit of movement in some of these markets, up slightly. Of boostingback interve