See in oil or gold. Maybe things arent all that bad in the underlying real economy, particularly when it comes to china. Coming up later in the hour, we l look at out the china look at the fallout of chinau. S. Tensions. Adc drama is intensifying. Avestors weighing contentious battle over the now Vacant Supreme Court seat. We want to bring in chief austin correspondent Kevin Cirilli for more. What do investors need to watch chief washington correspondent vin cirilli for more chief washington correspondent Kevin Cirilli for more. What do investors need to watch for . Kevin this is going to take up all of the oxygen in the room before the election. Things like fiscal stimulus, continuing resolutions, other potential nonpartisan issues to likely get across the finish line before the end the month, all of the focus instead is going to be on the Supreme Court battle. Judge amyont runners, coney barrett, as well as barbara le goa barbara lagoa. He says he wants to pick within the next couple
Decidedly range bound. I guess phase one is back on, but i have zero confidence in that. It is just interesting to see the back and forth, and it is not just the bolton papers. It is the whole backandforth between beijing and washington. It is a friday of confusion. Jonathan it is a friday of confusion. A friday of hope over in europe, as well, as leaders discuss stimulus plans. I think the formal negotiations begin right now. They certainly dont in later today. Lisa no they dont, although we might getting some kind as far as who is pushing back and how close they are to agreeing on this 750 million euro fiscal stimulus plan. That is ongoing right now. The other thing i am watching today, i am looking at the baker hughes u. S. Rig count at 1 p. M. After will prices have risen 11 so far this week in new york. It will be interesting to see whether rigs are coming back online. And today we hear from jay powell, eric rosengren, loretta mester, and randy quarles, who is going to be talking
Investors, waiting, chomping at the bit after the feds announcement on Interest Rates a little later. An Interest Rate hike is forecast. 2018 the expectation for and 2019 that will be in focus. The bloomberg dollar index, in the wake of the Alabama Senate election, falling today. Down by about 0. 2 . Crude rising ahead of key stockpile data. Marketsp, we will talk with christian nolting. With lapos elkann and Dennis Gartman. Sebastian the European Union againsted the u. K. Rollback on the agreement they have made last week. Michel barnier says britain cannot try to unpick the deals they made on friday. Still, europes leaders are planning to hand the u. K. A carrot for future relations. Former french president Francois Hollande says hes is a possibility for britain to strike a trade deal, but speaking exclusively to manus cranny, he cautioned that there are certain red lines. Eresident hollande a trad agreement is always possible, but it needs to be clear that it cant happen at any cost
Crudes the january brent prices. Will we see another cut . Days, in the next two donald trump will speak to the assembl ons General Assembly. And we have janet yellen, fed chair speaking. Jonathan we are focusing on the annual u. N. Assembly where President Trump will make his first and biggest address to leaders around the world. President trump has already condemned the u. N. For its bureaucracy and management. President trump in recent years, the United Nations has not reached its full potential because of bureaucracy and mismanagement. While the United Nations on a regular budget has increased by 140 , and its staff has more than doubled since 2000, we are not seeing results in line with this investment. Jonathan im pleased to welcome a special guest, tony blair, former Prime Minister serving as leader of the labour party until 2007. Great to have you with us on the program. Tony thank you. Specific you have a knowledge of the workings of the u. N. Security council. How best to nav
And russia yesterday deciding to extend the production cuts and the iaea saying the demand outlook is slightly downgraded on lower first half estimates. Non opec increased in 600,000 barrels per day. You can see brent is up on the back of that, 52. 19. It was around 51. 7 when i looked at that. Oil is climbing a little bit more. Reminder yesterday, we found out audi plan to extend production cuts for another six months. Watch oil. We will bring you those trump headlines. That is giving a nice risk to the euro dollar, the dollar weakening for a fifth straight day. The euro is soaring amidst classified information donald trump made or may not have given to a russian diplomat. We are looking for the mexican peso strengthening and the south korean yuan strengthening. We will get more on your markets, but lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Reporter we start with europe. Angela merkel has vowed to work with macron. That as the german chancellor hosted the newly elected frenc