On this thursday, jobless are front and center jon jon . A News Conference center. Jon a News Conference over the weekend, lisa, i love this about the great depression. That after delivering record fees worldwide for the firm. Just try to reconcile those things for us. Lisa its a boom of fees in a time of incredible uncertainty coming on the heels of fiscal stimulus and the question is how do they pair these realities . We will have more on that decision at 7 45 a. M. , i am watching it even though guy johnson calls it a snooze. Hopefully the press conference will be less of a snooze. Tom, to your point, jobless claims and retail sales are already anxious history, but we can get a sense of how much momentum there was going into this resurgence of cases in the virus. We are also getting netflix earnings after the bell. Interesting to see if some of these high flyers improve. Me you would never catch characterizing and ecb News Conference that way, would you, tom . [laughter] tom never.
Come back. Alix abigail the dow was down 1. 4 , but was scarlet asking was that is the trillion dollar question in terms of uncertainty. The kneejerk reaction we saw the headlines crossed around Michael Flynn with a mans was a massive selloff. This was on pace for the worst day since may. The russell 2000 has been down more than 2. 5 . The russelloday, 2000 had been up on the week. At those lows, it turned lower on the week. We are looking at weekly gains for the s p 500, the dow, and the russell 2000, but this tech heavy nasdaq is still on pace for weekly declines, down 7 10 of 1 . Lots of uncertainty about what this could mean. It is interesting that this comes as we are also hearing about tax reform. It seems as though it may not derail policy, but that will be something investors will have to figure out Going Forward. Lots of uncertainty, we are a risk off tone. But that being said, from a world stock perspective, this is incredibly interesting. This chart is the all world stock in
The primary focus of u. S. National security. Record terry mathis says the u. S. Military must strengthen as he described the u. S. Eroded. Face threats from indigenous powers, nations that do seek to create a world consistent with their authoritarian models, pursuing Veto Authority over other nations decisions. Department Defense Strategy report released today at oh to these remarks, calling for increased and sustained investment in the military. Coalition talks have been started with Angela Merkels brought block. Party leaders are predicting a tight vote. Former caps on president n puigdemont said new technologies would allow him to govern from belgium. He has been there for nearly three months, avoiding arrest in spain over catalonias illegal secession attempt. Spains Central Government has vowed to block his reinstatement. In australia, a drone was sent out to sea to drop a flotation device for two teenagers who were caught in a riptide. Officials described it as the worlds first r
Brexit could make it worse. Good morning. This is bloomberg surveillance and im Francine Lacqua in london. Lets get to your markets. European stocks are down a little bit, dragged down by basic resources. They seem to be cooling off after recent gains, but the single currency is edging higher. Oil is significant because opec and nonopec producers are meeting in abu dhabi, talking about compliance cuts. Government bonds are bixed with the dollar. Meanwhile come over in south africa we need to look at rand. There is a secret ballot vote on jacob zuma, the president. I think we have the results of that voting at 1 00 p. M. U. K. Time. Reporter chinas trade surplus widened for a fifth month in july. It keeps the spotlight on a trade gap President Trump aims to narrow. Japan has recorded a 36th consecutive surplus, beating economist estimates. That was supported by returns on overseas investments and a trade balance the return to positive territory. North korea condemned the latest round of
We have a great show to kick off a big week for the markets. We will discuss what 2017 holds for u. S. Monetary policy. As italy lines up another new premier, in turkey comes to terms with the bombing istanbul, we will focus on the market and Political Risk in europe. As crude oil surges, we also speak live to the Nigerian Petroleum minister on surveillance at 9 40 u. K. Time. Lets check on the markets. This is a picture for oil, gaining 5. 1 at 54. It surged the highest in 17 months as efforts to cut production sent the 10year treasury yield above 2. 5 . Chinese equities tumbling. European shares holding to what we saw last week, pretty much flat. Lets get to the bloomberg first word news. Heres nejra cehic. Nejra president elect donald trump says hes close to naming his secretary of state, dropping hints it could be exxon mobils ceo. A person close to the transition on hasnt beenrs formally offered the job yet but is likely to be the pick. Italys prize minister designate has been hol