The dollar gaining some ground after paring losses after that meeting. Fx sellinging asia off, especially the renminbi after reaching may 2019 highs. There are signs perhaps the currency is being overbought. Expecting boj, boe, and Bank Indonesia today. Those currencies and focus. Watching the bond market as well put it did not get adjustments on qe from the fed. We saw the 10 and 30 yield spike coming off a little now but that did lead to earlier the yield curve steepening and coming off a little. We are watching brent crude as well as wti. Also saw off some of the highs we saw overnight. There is optimism for demand but that is also losing some of those gains right now. Tom lets get you up to speed with some of the first word News Headlines and other stories. President trump says a Coronavirus Vaccine could be just tribute it widely as early as october, contradicting statements by some of his top health officials. The head of the centers for Disease Control and prevention told a Sena
As White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner defends President Trumps handling of the covid crisis some people have chosen to play politics with the pandemic President Trump opted not to politicize it and help people get whatever health they need. Jp morgan and Goldman Sachs dumping almost 13 billion worth of shares across sectors in total. So lets just talk a little bit about the headlines. Theres a key focus on renewed lock down risk in many European Countries and the fact that germany has stepped forward and said that its going to quarantine those arriving back from spain has added another level of complexity but when you look at the market, theres no evidence that that is holding back Risk Appetite this hour we see the ftse and the cac 40 all in positive territories. The impact of potential travel restrictions is royaling the Airline Stocks and those other stocks that are effected by limited travel opportunities you have other sectors also a little bit weaker. Having said that, look
3000 jobs will be cut under bains new ownership. Bain capital ownership, which in addition to these details relating to jobs, we are also expecting to hear about aircraft fleet and the future as well, this after bain bought Virgin Australia in what is a pretty bold that on an industry that has been shattered by the travel restrictions and the coronavirus pandemic. Virgin australia committed to regional and charter flying. Of targetsindication and priorities when they are restructured in addition to 3000 jobs being cut. Also getting data out of australia. Manufacturing pmi, services as well as composite index coming through. Dropping from that preliminary number for july. The composite number of 67. 8 also a little bit weaker. The performance of Construction Index coming in at 42. 7, higher than 39. 5. Lets take a look at the aussie dollar. Largely to do with the situation in victoria. We have that renewed lockdown, stricter stage four restrictions. At this time, later on today and tomo
Without question, the data, another remarkable day after the remark about turnaround we saw yesterday. Jonathan ferro will give you that data in a moment. Coming up, terrific sets of conversation on economics. Youve got the retail sales data coming out that will be most interesting and important as a sign of the american economy. Jay powell at 10 00. In moments, we are honored to bring you the secretary of labor of the United States after the history made yesterday at the Supreme Court. Jonathan, that was remarkable to see what the Supreme Court announced yesterday, the Immediate Impact of those for and those against. Jonathan making some serious progress on a whole range of issues in this labor market, particularly on discrimination. Weve heard about the social injustice of the last couple of weeks. But we are making progress, and i think that is key. Equity futures are positive 43 points on the s p 500. Treasury yields, the curve is steeper. ChairFederal Reserve navigates that with t
Zero, in an attempt to save the u. S. Economy from coronavirus fallout. But the markets are not impressed. Yields fall off a cliff and futures trade limit down. An historic slump in east asia. The Economic Impact of the virus is laid bare by the latest data from china. Retail sales, fixed investment, and industrial al output all plunge. And europe widens its lockdown. Cases across the continent surge as the government shuts down the borders in europe. One aviation consultant says the new no travel norm threatens to bankrupt most airlines by may. We are getting headlines out now from Fiat Chrysler, saying it is going to halt its facility, shut down factories in syria, italy, and poland. They said those factories will probably close this month. We already had headlines from ferrari saying they would shut down production. And maseratiysler, will suspend all production in europe. This is in response to the spread of the coronavirus. It is important to keep social distancing when you are wo