Some of the optimism when it trade, s pe tone on futures back down after the cash trade yesterday. Markets are optimistic about the situation in italy, you can see bid, nowian btps are down to 1. 21, less than 200 basis points above boones. The dollarer against as the greenback falls. Italy thatews out of the Fivestar Party has halted Coalition Talks unless the democrats agreed to keep Giuseppe Conte on as Prime Minister. They previously pushed back against that, especially the leader of the Democratic Party, for hisis supporters Parliamentary Group had any say, they will have to concede, because they will want to say. We will continue to cover the story in italy. Coming up, we will speak to nigel wilson, the ceo. You can catch that interview at 11 30 a. M. London time. Lets get to the bloomberg first word news with Viviana Hurtado standing by in new york. Talking, but only if the u. S. Lift sanctions first. Thats according to hassan rouhani, following President Trump signaling he woul
Why that might be easier said than done. A growing debate over the next steps the white house may or may not take to avoid a downturn in the economy. Were getting mixed signals on the strength of the economy. So we start in this hour with Jackie Deangelis who is here in the studio to lay it all out for us. Reporter connell as recession fears linger, concern over the trade war keeping a lid on optimism, especially today. This is big week for retail. Home depot earnings were in focus. Home depot numbers beat the street. A reminder of the thorn in the markets side. Home depot is worried that the trade war a new round of tariffs will cause Consumer Spending to slow down. It. J max, positive report was dampened by earnings guidance. Numbers were under wall street expectations. Headwinds to consider here, global slow down, europe, china, parts of europe, bond yields continue falling, continued flight to safety less proannounced than last week, fundamentals pretty strong. Gdp more than 2 . Ju
Havent lifted it before, see what that podium. To be stewed. It is like to be on the wrong end of it is like to be on the wrong end of it as and coming up before 12 30 it is like to be on the wrong end of itasa it is like to be on the wrong end of it as a captain makes me very hungry to be the one student that podium. Asap rocky is due to take the stand in sweden where hes and coming up before 11 30 on trial for assault. Asap rocky is due to take the stand in sweden where hes on trial for assault. Good afternoon. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. We begin with breaking good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. News this hour the government has announced the bank of england has left the additionalfunding to prepare the uk in the event of a no deal brexit. Interest rate unchanged, it remains the chancellor, sajid javid, says ata Interest Rate unchanged, it remains at a quarter of 1 . The bank of the extra £2. 1 billion was necessary england has left Interest Rates to ensure the uk is prep
Forecasts dont take into account that nodeal possibility. This is a key thing that mark carney is going to have to navigate. Heres been a big divergence a lot slowing rate and of people expect rate cuts. How do they forecast this . Do they make separate forecasts based on a nodeal scenario . What will it mean for the pound . Weve hit the lowest since 2017 in todays session and if mark carney does come out with a little bit more of a dovish statement in any way and that puts further pressure on the pound, that of course then could feed into inflation. So hes talked recently about the fact that he really does need to try to illustrate these market activities. Thats what the focus will be. Also of course on new growth and inflation forecasts. The key thing they said is that the uncertainty means a wide range of parts for the economy. There could be volatility during that News Conference. Lisa as we see the pound weaken, weve seen Inflation Expectations pick up. Lets throw up a chart here
Not too long ago, to set him up for this job. Expected butly faster than many analysts had expected. Thathich is how hard is my question, hollow hard a job is this. Limitedey have some exposure to north america. It did a complete 180. David but it is specifically into a larger story about Capital Investment and specifically energy. Alix and how deep it is in the u. S. That is what we will learn. We have earnings coming out and the macro picture. That Means Nothing is happening in the markets. If you like it was a same story yesterday. The dollar rebound from that selloff. Do williams came in and said nt keep your powder dry. Same in the bond market. A big buy coming in. Can we finally say it is a geopolitical risk story with crude . David did they shoot it down or not . Alix it is all cloak and dagger. David meantime, we want to find out what is going on outside the business world. For that, we turned to Viviana Hurtado. Viviana the Trump Administration and House Speaker nancy pelosi a