U. S. President donald trump says the fed should cut rates by a full percentage points. Im not saying there are not circumstances in which i would be willing to ease. I just want to see evidence we are going into something that is more of a slowdown. Growing at 2 , im not as worried about that. Another reprieve for huawei. Riskon sentiment for stocks. Mark mobius says it is better to go for gold. I think you have to be buying it frankly. The gold longterm prospect is up and up. The money supply is up and up. Matt bhp investor bonanza, the worlds biggest miner boosted its dividend while warning on raw material prices. Mckenzie says it bhp can weather any storm. Ready for whatever the road might throw at us. Downturn,fit from a lot moren also get a cash in an upturn. Matt a halfhour away from the start of European Equity index trading. First, u. S. Treasury yields continue to rise. This is up 1. 59 . Over three days, it is rising. Today we see from yesterdays close, a couple basis points
Everyone. Good afternoon if you are watching from asia. This is bloomberg surveillance. These are your markets. We need to watch out for the u. S. 10 year yield and eurodollar. Augustgetting some services pmi rising to 53. 4, little better than expected. ,ut if you have a breakdown also manufacturing is better than expected, but what you need to are member is germany is not doing so great. France is a little bit better remember is germany is not doing so great about frances olympic better. Great, france is doing a little bit better. You can see our interview with Esther George 12 30 london time. Tomorrow, a stellar lineup. We speak to James Bullard all here on bloomberg tv. That may move the markets overall, but now, lets get straight first word news in new york city. The chosen one. That is how President Donald Trump described himself to reporters. He said it is his job to wage a trade war with beijing. Somebody had to do it. I am taking on china. I am taking on china on trade and we
The pboc sets its daily reference rate past seven dollars for the first time, but risk assets gain is the number is stronger than consensus. Oil bounces from a sevenmonth low as the kingdom calls producers to discuss a response to the slide to the bear market in oil prices. As european earnings season continues, we will speak with the ceo of adidas and the cfo of merck. Matt good morning. Less than a halfhour away from the start of equity trading. Take a look at the 10year yield. Do you believe what the bond market is saying right now . Dropping below 1. 6 in yesterdays session. Is that forecasting a recession to come . Take a look at futures. They are indicating that the number is no. We see futures turning higher. Interesting that futures are trading higher across the continent and in the u k, as well. We are prepared to get some of the biggest exdividends on the index. Astrazeneca, unilever, some really big weights on the stoxx 600, watch for them to drag on the index gained today.
Watching us from the united states. These are your markets. We are seeing a bit of a lift to european stocks, actually, not so much. They were lifting, but now they are flat. About 56. 65 after that opec plus meeting. Gold is down a touch. Remember, because it is fourth of july in the u. S. , treasury markets are closed. Coming up, dont miss our coverage of the boston pops fireworks spectacular, it is a bloomberg special and starts at 8 p. M. New york time. So if youre watching from asia or europe, its definitely worth it. Lets get straight to bloomberg first word news. The tanks are ready to go and the fighter jets are set. All part of President Trumps changes to the traditional fourth of July Celebration on the National Mall. The present will speak from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and critics say he is turning the event into a campaign rally. President trump warned iran against stepping up uranium enrichment. Iran says it will restart the model reactor if europe fails to offer
the senate votes to acquit donald on charges that he abused his power and it is all about the banks today on daybreak: europe. mold rate will mull raising capital to 60%. euros at 12% placement. this is all about capital coming through. in terms of dividend per share, a little bit larger than the march little bit lower than to 65.imate, 63 compared fourth-quarter loss. , less than what the market estimated. 835 million euros. estimated losses were 1.1 4 billion. nordea bank, the numbers have had. nejra: nordea bank reported net interest income for the fourth quarter that beat analyst estimate. 1.1 billion euros, which beat estimates of 1.08 billion euros. they show signs of making progress with an organization. let s get to the ceo of nordea on the phones us from helsinki. that number, what was behind that beat? where you helped by the interest rate environment? know, we were helped by higher activity which is led to basically more business in the quarter. manus: