Couple of things. They are looking at numbers of infected across the world, but also the fed decision. Stocks are struggling for direction. Treasuries pretty steady. It is all about the fed, the policy meeting, and what they will give us in indications. In asia, modest gains in hong kong and south korea. They outperformed in china but low volumes. 1957. 157 lets get straight to the first word news in london with laura wright. James the uks looking at ways to loosen its coronavirus quarantine rules after restrictions on trips prompted backlash. One possibility is abandoning blanket restrictions in favor of regional bands and another is reducing the time passengers arriving in britain need to stay in quarantine. The u. K. And u. S. Voiced concern about hong kongs election after a flurry of media reports the government is considering postponing the vote maybe for a whole year. Hong kongs opposition argues the coronavirus outbreak is being used as an excuse to push off the pivotal election
We have a show full of chief executives and experts when it comes to treasuries. We will have a conversation with scott f. Thiel shortly. This is what markets are doing. Charts withuple everything from s p to growth versus value stock. Oil is pretty much study. Decline in banks. That is pulling stoxx 600 index down. Crude, i look at it every day because of what we are seeing. Around 32 a barrel in new york day rally. Four we will have market checks every 15 minutes. Lets get to the bloomberg first word news. President trump is hoping reopening the economy will dampen the need for another round of stimulus. That is shared by republican leaders, with Mitch Mcconnell sang the only way out of the crisis is for america to grow again. President trump is predicting a great thirdquarter. Talks have soured with the u. K. Negotiator accusing the eu of offering a low quality deal. David frost says it is unworthy of the fair trade agreement. Michel barnier a says they want to keep the benefits of
Meeting to tackle the threat today. Nejra an emergency and shock move from the fed. Not just rate cuts but also 700 billion of asset purchases. The markets say its not enough. Take a look at the 10 year yields. We dropped as much as 30 basis points, down 27 right now on a 67 handle. Yields dropping across the curve and we are seeing flattening. The markets not responding well from what we have seen from powell. Dollar weakness. Morgan stanley saying markets are bottoming out so it is time to sell. You want to short the greenback versus the euro, the aussie, and the loonie. We are in the final part of a severe bear market. The bear market inequities that has been continuing in the asian session, a lot of red on the screen including japan. It is a lack of faith in centralbank ammunition. Have seen a lot of action throughout the night. The boj stopping short of a rate cut by talking about more stimulus in terms of etf purchases and a rate cut from the rbnz. Attention turns to the g7 call