Low currencyhe volatility. The british pound is stronger, but very fractionally, up 0. 2 versus the u. S. Dollar before the election. Incremental moves on trade. Lets get to the latest now. Bloomberg reporting that u. S. Tariffs set to take effect on sunday will be delayed, according to chinese officials. Meantime, House Democrats said they will back the usmca trade deal and are planning a vote next week. Rep. Pelosi there is no question that this trade agreement is much better than nafta, but in terms of our work here, it is infinitely better than what was initially proposed by the administration. Vonnie House Democrats declaring a win there. For more, lets bring in bloomberg trade reporter shawn donnan in washington. Todays developments on the trade front, how incremental are they . Shawn i think we got one really important big step on usmca. It is a remarkable day in what is a highly partisan washington, when we see a bipartisan agreement on a trade deal. Trade politics are always t
These are your markets. A bit of a move sideways for the europe stoxx 600. Mix the data across the world and mixed corporate earnings. If you look at the banking sector, it is one of the biggest gainers. We have a german manufacturing orders and Euro Area Services pmi for the month of october. Better than expected. Anything above 50 means expansion and we were expecting 51. 8. So look out for any movement on eurodollar and the u. S. 10 year yield. Coming up, we speak to the president of south africa. Come alk about s escom at a possible ratings downgrade. But first, lets get to bloomberg first word news. We begin with the impeachment inquiry for President Trump. The actions of Rudy Giuliani deeply unsettled to ukraine, outlining a quid quo pro. This is in exchange for investigating joe bidens son. Julienior ambassador said Rudy Giulianis role started as perplexing but quote became more insidious. The world has gone mad with free money according to ray dalio. He decried the current poli
Will be one and that phase one will be signed. Cigna has recovered all of its declines come out with a great orderly report today. Sold a bit on the news, perhaps some people taking profits. If you want to hear what David Cordani had to say, it is on the bloomberg terminal. We spoke to them a little earlier. Guy stocks are down by just a touch. Chinese pmi data overnight also adding to Downside Pressure here in europe. We also have the oil sector lower. Ell angs out from sh little earlier on is a factor in the market. 41 on the german tenyear. The hero just beginning to slide over the last hour or so. It was up earlier in the day. We are tracking the dxy level at 97. The market seems to be paying a great deal of attention to that one. The fed cutting rates for a third street meeting, and fair for a third street meeting, and fed chair a Third Straight meeting, and fed chair they will signaling pause. Basically, we are in a manufacturing recession, but the u. S. Consumer has been resilie
Nejra welcome to bloomberg surveillance. Francine lacqua is in helsinki at the nordic business form. First, lets check in on the markets. European equities turning negative of the stoxx 600. The 10 year yield moves lower after jumping ive basis points yesterday. So a little bit of risk off in terms of equities and yield. But the weaker dollar suggests there might still be optimism out there. Conflicting headlines ahead of the trade talks. Francine lacqua is at the Nordic Business Forum. Do not miss her interview with the ceo and founder of zuckerberg media. Thats coming up just after 9 30 a. M. And later, francine will speak to finlands economic minister just after 9 45 a. M. U. K. Time. Lets get first word news. To force kurdish militants away from the region, turkey has launched a military incursion into syria. Four years them and kara for ankara has fought and says it will not allow the kurdish protostate on the border. When asked what President Trump would do if turkey wiped out th
Is reported. Score one for mr. Jamie diamond. A cnbc exclusive report of just how close Jp Morgan Chase is to winning the top advisory role, one of ifnot the biggest ipos in history it is monday, september 9th and Worldwide Exchange begins right now. Good morning, good afternoon and good evening and welcome from wherever in the world you may be watching us im brian sullivan, happy monday everything going on in the world, could this be the week that our stock markets here in the states hit new record highs . Dow futures theyre up right now, about 50 points the dow and the s p 500 are less than 2. 5 from their alltime highs. The nasdaq just under 3 from its alltime highs now, the small cap russell 2,000 still down by about 13 from its 52week highs, but the major averages, they are getting close, as stocks have gone up, bonds have come down a bit yield is ticking up just a bit 1. 59 . You got japan gaining half a percent and the domestic Chinese Market also rising now, europe right now no