This is bloomberg surveillance. These are what the markets are doing. U. S. Stocks and bonds closed today too today due to president s day. We are edging up a bit with buoyancy on the market on the backs of investors taking encouragement from china. They will do more to support their economy which is why we in gold down and yen down. That is a good litmus that we are on a risk on. Spoke the yousef managing director of the imf about the outlook on the Global Economy and the active the coronavirus. All hear from the interview early. First, let leanne erin. Leanne japan is it possible for sex after taking another battery the sales tax hike in the last and that economy at the low end as the coronavirus it activity drunk 6. 3 in the final three months of the year. That would be the biggest slide since the previous tax increase in 2014. Tensions between the u. S. And europe over huawei ramped up another notch this weekend. The u. S. Ambassador to germany tweeted a warning to countries that u
World headquarters in new york. The other big news we are hearing from sources telling bloomberg that President Trump has signed off on that trade deal, phase one with china, and also avoiding that 160 billion of chinese goods being given more tariffs. The plan was for this sunday, the deal could include agricultural goods, purchases from china, not to mention perhaps those existing tariffs also being lifted. Thats get the Market Reaction right away because japan and south korea are coming online. David ingles is in hong kong. What are you seeing . David if you took that and went long in the cash market on sterling or any of these as well, certainly, 13 514 whats your session high on cable. One thing to note on this as 2 wouldthing beyond make this the biggest drop since 2009 so these are quite substantial moves you are seeing. Lets flip the boards and have a look at the open across the region right now. Overall, asia is back to the highest level since august of 2018. I am guessing wit
Westminster. Brexit, a pretty historic and tumultuous couple of hours we are expecting. The meantime, lets check on your markets. We are seeing market volatility, pound dropping lower today. Lets get the board up for you, pound at 1. 1981. There is a lot of debate in the newsroom over whether that has to do with Dollar Strength or markets realizing an early election could mean an alliance among the ones who wanted a hardline brexit and increasing the chance of a no deal, but we are seeing a tilt to the market overall, a little risk off mood. You can see a little higher than usual at 10 higher and gold at 1530. Coming up, we speak to sir Howard Davies, a chairman of rbs as the prospect of an election surges. We will talk about what that means for the banks. Dont miss that interview 11 00 a. M. London time. Lets get to the first word news with Sebastian Salek. U. S. Areand the struggling to agree on a schedule for the next round of talks after watching a rejection of allaying tariffs. A
We saw a little bit of volatility with stocks starting the day on a down note. Crude oil is the one to watch after this attack on oil tankers after the tanker incident in the gulf of oman. We will be speaking to reporters on the ground. This is the picture for the u. S. 10 year yield. Also looking at the pound but this is the first day were we have u. K. Lawmakers doing the first round of voting. Voting to choose the next Prime Minister want to choose the leader of the tory party. Minister and to choose the leader of the tory party. Coming up next, we speak to the chief executive of the Swiss National bank after their policy decision. But first, lets get bloomberg first word news. Hong kong lawmakers have scrapped a debate on controversial extradition legislation as tensions remain high between police and protesters. The question turns to what happens next and if this will become a prolonged protest. Some say hong kong is not a safe place to keep assets. If you are an investment banker
Funding deal, or have they kicked the immigration issue down the road . Value tops 100 billion. Shares surge in afterhours trading. We are less than half an hour till the start of cash trade. Lets take a look at where futures are indicating we could open this morning. Gains acrossg at the board and ftse futures are up. 4 . Ax futures indicated to open percent higher. The percent mispriced a little lower, but it looks like a positive day in europe this morning. Treasuries, ive got a threeday chart on my terminal. We have been hovering around the 2. 36 level. It looks like treasuries have been in a tight range the last three days of trading, but not low. 2. 63 is still a fairly high range. You can see the arrow there, the yield dropping a little today. Interesting action coming out of australia. Lets talk about that and the pound, which is on the move. The aussie market up. 7 , the s p pushing up 395 days without a five percent retracement. That is the longest run on record. Tells you a