There is the thenwhat later in the week that will be interesting. Francine right. Depending on whether it is a contested election, that is what i keep hearing on the markets, that if it is contested we could see a lot of volatility in all sorts of asset classes. And of course, there is a bit of news on brexit, and coupled with news on restrictions in the u. K. Economy, it is giving us more neutral pound going forward. Lets get to first word news with ritika gupta. Ritika good morning. The president ial campaign is in its final full day. If there is of polls show joe biden leading President Trump nationally and in battleground states. Some of those states remain extremely close. Candidates will Campaign Today in pennsylvania. The state is vital bidens chances, and it could become almost a mustwin state for the president as well. The white house slammed Infectious Diseases chief Anthony Fauci after he ramped up criticism of the way the coronavirus pandemic was handled. He told the Washin
Equity futures lower on the ftse. The s p 500 went down. Bid into the bond market. Into the bond market we go, negative almost 60 basis points on a 10 year. Its like a throwback to our days together five years ago. There is some weight to this. Good morning. Annmarie certainly, it is. Were so excited to have you back. An absolute gladbac bloodbath, nymex dropping below 39 as the resurgence of cases in europe not going to bode well on the demand side. The supplyside worried about libyan oil barrels. Softer. A bit this is the prospect of fresh stimulus. That helped treasury yields rise. Jonathan thank you. Lets get the first word news this morning. We can do that with laura wright. Laura china is laying out a new plan for Economic Growth this week in beijing. President xi jinping is holding a meeting to decide on the next fiveyear plan. Its expected to focus on technological innovation, economic selfreliance, and the environment. But the event is closed to the press. Key decisions wont b
It aint over until its over. Weve got more on that and also now this. Cnn anchor who criticized hunter biden for cashing in on his fathers name. Plus former deputy independent counsel saul wise enberg, on the growing problems with james comey denying dozens of times under oath in testimony yesterday that he had any knowledge of the basic details of the fbi trumprussia probe that he ran. Tonight we debate this, how can government give a person who claims to have such a bad memory the power to approve devastating probes that ruin peoples lives and critics say for that matter, if comey has such a bad memory, why would you even want to buy his book . Former National Security council chief of staff fred fleitz, why the American People should demand to see all the documents about the allegations that the Hillary Clinton and her campaign signed off on the plan to make up the trumprussia collusion story to. Fbi and cia are bawling at releasing those documents. With with. Ford oconnell. Using d
Trading could be numbered. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to bloomberg surveillance. I am Francine Lacqua here in london. The markets are telling the story of three things we are watching. First of all, Central Banks, second, politics, number three, rising some kind of program, so trying to temper that with relief to companies with furloughs. We did have senator kamala , and what that means is the widening polls for joe biden seem to have been taken in stride when it comes to the markets. I am looking at dollars weakening, travel Companies Leading gains in europe on the stoxx 600, and i am looking at a couple of other things, treasury yields steady and gold getting a little boost. Coming up, looking at the decision from chairman lorenzo bini smaghi, we talk brexit and Central Banks. Now, lets get to the bloomberg first word news in london with leighann gerrans. Hi, leighann. Leighann good morning, francine. Record daily increases. National politicians are leading leaning on politi
As electric. One of teslas biggest goals straight ahead we start with the banks and the latest. Weve seen a flury of press conference from banks announcing plans for their dividends, one of those coming at a future date is wells fargo saying its third level will reduce from 51 cents a share, didnt mention what level it will reduce to, but that will come in with the announcement of july 14th earnings another company on the watch list for potential definitely dind watch is capital one with buffer of requirement of 5. 6 but no plan of what to do with its dividends in the press conference weve seen so far press release weve seen so far. Of the companies that have reaffirmed their dividends citi group Morgan Stanley golden Goldman Sachs bank of america. This based off the stress test last week. Jpmorgan have not issued a release yet. Not that weve seen, correct. Wells fargo started today up with an 8 yield so nobody thinks an 8 yield is what the ongoing yield is going to be for well to me t