Sunday. Meanwhile we should note that this comes as joe biden is going to be attending a town hall on abc this evening. That is set to begin at 9 00 eastern. It comes as President Trump will also have a town hall at the 8 00 eastern our, and they will be on abc and nbc respectively. This is supposed to be the night of the debate, but that has been canceled. David dueling town meetings on two rival networks. Is there any reason to believe this information will interfere with that town hall meeting from joe biden tonight or with Kamala Harris being back on the campaign trail monday . Kevin no. They are saying theyre having rapid tests throughout several days, they test both of the candidates and staffers. President trump weighing in earlier today, saying he takes frequent tests but did not specify how many tests. David thank you so much to our chief washington correspondent. Every day bring some new development that may or may not affect the election. What are the markets telling us abou
Bank of england gave the clearest signal that they might be cutting Interest Rates below their own peer the first time in history. The economy struggling in the u. K. Amongst a surge in infections. And the dreaded word, four years later, brexit. Yes, it is still going. Has moved britain several steps further to a chaotic and bitter separation from the european union. Talking all about europe in the next halfhour. Where do we start when it comes to the u. K. . In particular, probability and negative rates. Joe they are still dealing with man. T there, negative rates, this is one of the more controversial strategies in Central Banks around the world may or may not employ. Around the world, you can see lots of Central Banks are already close to zero, or in europe, close to negative rates. Today we got the news that the blake bank of england was exploring that possibility. People seem to like this. Its not clear what they do but nonetheless, thats the direction it seems to ghosn. Romaine t
Intends to bring a deal to the white house by september 20, the official deadline date. Joining now to break down the week that was is abigail doolittle. Volatility volatility volatility. Walk us through the week that was and how might next week be different . Volatileeek was very and choppy. Up and down, a real roller coaster. At the end, it was a down week and today was especially choppy. Earlier, it felt as though the bulls were trying to take it away then the bears stepped in. The s p 500 up slightly. The nasdaq down. Continues to be newtons third law what goes up must come down. We are seeing a bit of a reversal. On the day and the week, even though we had the nasdaq down, we also had the nasdaq 100 fix down. Next week, maybe some of this choppiness will leave. You see apple down again on the day. Pointing to the idea that next week maybe in the near term, some of the choppiness will leave. If we go to the terminal, we have a great heart. Over the longterm, this probably suggests
Woodward in march this was terribly deadly and contagious at the same time he was saying to the rest of us do not worry so much. Jeanne this is not the conversation the president wants to be having. Any top of the pandemic does not work for him politically. This is not what the campaign wants to be talking about. More importantly, we have a president on the record admitting he knows how devastating and deadly this is, and many months later you have 190,000 americans dead, many of whom have been sick and ill as a result of this, and you had the president , months after he told bob woodward how bad this was inviting people to places like tulsa and saying you do not have to worry about safety protocol, you do not have to worry about masking, you do not have to worry about social distancing. This is being drummed up by people who want to get me. When he is on the record with bob woodward he is saying the opposite. The president and his team have to explain why he is saying one thing privat
Signaling that it may need to do more to the boe, signaling that it may need to do more to combat lower growth. Bloombergs Francine Lacqua spoke to andrew bailey, the bank of england governor, following that policy decision. Gov. Bailey we are keeping options open on that. Im very clear on that. Other members of the committee thought it was a sensible decision to take in our next meeting, when we may have more information. Francine are we any closer to negative rates, or is that not an option right now . Gov. Bailey we are not ruling anything out because it would be unwise of us to rule anything out in terms of responses. I dont want to say we are nearer to negative rates, but we are not ruling anything out. Francine under what circumstances will we get negative rates . Gov. Bailey its a complicated question. You have to view it in the context of the times, also in the context of the financial structure we have, and what are the consequences of it. I just want to caution, we are nowher