Live from bloombergs u. S. And asian headquarters. I am betty liu in new york, it is after 7 00 p. M. Shery it is after 7 00 a. M. In hong kong. I am shery ahn. Injured aftermore a van hit pedestrians in one of barcelonas most popular streets. Two have been arrested in Los Angeles Las ramblas. Spain has a history of terrorism. Passengers were killed by bombers in madrid in 2004. There are rumors gary cohn would be resigning as President Trumps top advisor and not to mention the political scandal going on. That is leading the markets. They took a big hit overnight. Betty they absolutely did, as you point out. It was interesting to see the terror attack rattled investors. But it was gary cohn and his possible departure that hit the markets. I want to pull up a chart g btv 360. It really tells the story. We saw the second worst day in terms of the drop of the s p, down 1. 5 today. The second time it has dropped more than 1 since last thursday. We thought north korea would continue to domi
Is authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time come in all members will have five legislative days within which to his extraneous materials for inclusion in the record. The hearing is for the purpose of receiving the semiannual testimony of the chair of the board of governorboard of govere Federal Reserve system. On the conduct of Monetary Policy and the state of the economy i now recognize myself for three minutes to give an opening statement. After eight years in the largest Monetary Policy stimulus in the history and the most unconventional Monetary Policy in our history, americans recently received disappointing Economic News yet again. It is official, the economy grew at a measly 1. 6 in 201 2,016thn our historic norm is twice that. That takes eight years of subpar growth in eight years of stagnant paychecks and eight years of him replenish savings. Notwithstandinnotwithstanding tn that the fed to come and notwithstanding the personnel. After eight years, there is a
Is authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time come in all members will have five legislative days within which to his extraneous materials for inclusion in the record. The hearing is for the purpose of receiving the semiannual testimony of the chair of the board of governorboard of govere Federal Reserve system. On the conduct of Monetary Policy and the state of the economy i now recognize myself for three minutes to give an opening statement. After eight years in the largest Monetary Policy stimulus in the history and the most unconventional Monetary Policy in our history, americans recently received disappointing Economic News yet again. It is official, the economy grew at a measly 1. 6 in 201 2,016thn our historic norm is twice that. That takes eight years of subpar growth in eight years of stagnant paychecks and eight years of him replenish savings. Notwithstandinnotwithstanding tn that the fed to come and notwithstanding the personnel. After eight years, there is a
Whitbread falls to the bottom of the stoxx 600 after the costa coffee owner says it expects the consumer environment to worsen in 2017. Ericsson promises to continue with cost cuts to improve profitability as the swedish firm posts a wider loss than expected in the First Quarter. We will speak to the ceo at 11 20. Good morning, everyone. Glad youre with us on street signs. One of our main stories, lvmh and its majority shareholder, arnault, are set to completely take over the Christian Dior brand. Claire is at the lvmh press conference in paris. I cant get over this 12 billion euro deal. When looking at history and how Christian Dior started selling sketches for pence back in the 20s. Yes. And this is a move that is appreciated by the market. You were talking about the performance of the stock, because it has been requesting that lvmh simplify its capital structure for a while so in a move to do that, the number one luxury Group Announced a public offer by the arnault family on Christi
Pushback. Jay has been critical of governor carnie and his campaigning ahead of the bricks referendum. Brexit referendum. David he thought he had his thumb on the scale a little bit. And the possess schism coming ut of the f. C. S. Fx market. David love it when bears capitulate. And we will talk about the feds next move with Mohamed Elerian. He will join us in just a moment. But first, john, youre taking a look at those markets. Jonathan i am, thank you very much. Lets get straight to it. In the equity market, the ftse 100, a touch firmer at 1 . Futures coming back a little bit. In the last 24 hours, the real story has been in the fx market. Its been a story of dollar softness and sterling strength. Five Straight Days of sterling strength. We come back with a touch with a cable rate. Coming in about. 4 of 1 . The move yesterday in the bond market, fascinating. Across the treasury curve, yields come in at the front end specifically. 734 . Down from 80 to weve had u. S. Manufacturing in