Sonali welcome to bloomberg markets. Lets look at the markets quickly. We have a lot of red on the screen. We have the s p 500 now down about one half of 1 . The nasdaq 100 is seeing bigger can kleins. The russell 2000 even more than that. Its now down about 1. 5 on the day, quickening its losses and thats on the back of higher yields. The twoyear yield just flying higher. Its above 4. 67 on the day. Thats a three basis point move. You have to remember how far weve come. We will dive into the Economic Data we had this morning that is driving the yields higher. Michael mckee joins us now to bring us up mike mike to date. This is a nerd indicator. Business inventories are just out at the moment. Its not a really good number. 0. 0 after a 0. 3 increase the month before. That is down from 0. 4 . It suggests the u. S. Is not building inventories as much as people might have thought. There was a feeling that because gdp has shown inventories declining for the last months that we would see fa
Good morning, good morning. This is bloomberg surveillance. Your equity market of the s p positive. 5 . Upside surprise on cpi, upside surprise on ppi arguably pushing back rate calls even more. Bank of america talking about goldy shops saying we have gone from goldilocks to stagflation. Lisa right now it is hard to see stagflation priced in. We have gotten two straight hot inflation reads at the same time retail sales are causing concern it may be the consumer getting too stretched. Jonathan it has been weird when you think about the equity market reaction. We were down about one third of 1 on the s p 500 yesterday on hot ppi. Even that we have had the reaction in bond yields up equities have been pretty steady. Lisa ultimately if the fed cuts rates more because of this idea of stagflation, the idea of weaker growth, that will be positive for equities. A resilient economy will be positive for equities. If it is stagflation shock that will be a massive problem. A lot of people are not
Lizzy good morning. This is bloomberg daybreak europe. Im lizzy burden in london and these are the stories that set your agenda. Rebound in china and hong kong healthstream losses but contagion fears mount over chinas property sector and sluggish economy. Divisions over a decision most fed officials see significant upside risk to u. S. Inflation, but two favored leaving rates unchanged. Plus, the one falls, shrugging off beijings most forceful guidance since october. The yen tumbles through prior intervention levels to near its weakest this year. Welcome to thursday. The two stories of the week have only gathered pace. First the fed looks like it will keep rates higher for longer, that narrative strengthened by the latest fed minutes and strong u. S. Seco data. November pricing picked up slightly and investors are selling treasures. The Market Outlook for 2024 is its most hawkish yet. Twoyear yields hovering around 5 . The 10year at levels last seen in october. Yields continuing the ri
Haidi welcome to daybreak australia. I am haidi stroudwatts in sydney where markets have just come online. Annabelle i am Annabelle Droulers in hong kong and we are counting down to asias major market opens and the top stories this hour. Wall street shrugs of another harder than expected u. S. Inflation reading, the data doing little to alter bets that the fed will cut rates this year. Haidi japan is set to unveil which negotiations. Annabelle australias Wine Industry is cautiously optimistic amid reports that china has proposed lifting tariffs on the countrys wine. Kicking off with some breaking data, south korea releasing its jobless figures for the month of february. That reading has come in lower than what economists had been expecting. The reading is 2. 6 . We are below the postpandemic averageyear of 3. 3 sort of seen as the National Rate of unemployment at least by, our Bloomberg Economics team. Importantly, the reading of 2. 6 is below the average for economists and even the ra
It is in the athletic, for our reporting has reached an agreement. Tom this is a big deal. How does a franchise pick it up . This is a seismic deal for english football. Explain for our audience in america that doesnt understand. Jonathan accepted a 100 million euro offer. Lets see if he accepts that. He wants to win trophies and it looks like he has to buy munich to do it. I think he is Something Like 51 goals behind a phenomenal goalscorer to become the top scoring stryker of premier League History and he is going to leave potentially before he reaches that. Tom one quick question. Explain Bayern Munich compared to ac milan compared to paris. Jonathan delete. Delete. Elite. Tottenham does not come close to that. Tom i will call you back. Bye. Lisa i am surprised it was not a bigger reaction. Jonathan i thought it would be, too. Lisa you said you are going to break something. I knew that henry kane must have left. Jonathan let me try that again. From new york city, good morning. This