All the fast moving developments. The back to improving trend here but the markets are chewing on that, i guess assessing not improving fluff. What is your take . I agree with you. If you look at continuing claims, they have fallen pretty dramatically. The weekly claims there is sense by the market to keep the momentum going. Maybe that is a stimulus package. We dont know. Obviously the market takes it as a slight negative. We have had in the economy last couple months is housing boom, explosion in building. It has driven up commodity prices. Lumber prices. Multiyear highs. Multidecade highs. There is a concern that may cool off a little bit. Housing starts slowed down a little bit in august. There is a little bit of concern, that maybe that bright spot in the economy is starting to go down a little bit but not so much if you look at the oil market. Look at the oil market it is kind of signaling Better Things ahead. Weve seen a big jump up in oil prices, the last couple of days, a big
From hong kong to tokyo, frankfurt, and washington, our bloomberg voices are on the ground with todays top stories. We begin with the escalating tension in the middle east after the u. S. Killed errani and general soleimani killed iranian general soleimani. Irans president Hassan Rouhani warned of retaliation. They will see the consequent as of their mistake not only today, but in the years to come. Our for the latest, bloomberg correspondent joins us from doha. Telus the latest from iraq and iran. Reporter in iran today, it was an emotional scene, with the Ayatollah Khomeini openly weeping as there were speeches around the burial ceremony for qasem soleimani. He was also joined by palestinian leaders in giving those speeches. In addition to vowing revenge, irans Hassan Rouhani said the country would leave the remaining drags of the nuclear accord. Also, a new Interesting Development with his iraqi counterpart. Of thesehat the blood commanders, also referring to the leader that was tra
President trump talking about trade gave us an insight into the u. S. And china in terms of negotiations. A lot of focus is on what is happening in hong kong with heightened tensions playing their part in a selloff. The u. S. 10 year yield is at 1. 1010. Eurodollar at coming up, we speak to a bank chief executive a little bit later on. Lets get straight to bloomberg first word news here in london. 3g capital is said to have submitted a bid for an elevator business. That comes as a surprise with 3g having made a name for itself buying food giants. They understand the elevator unit could fetch more than 15 billion euros. They are still debating a minority or majority stake. Hong kong has announced a suspension of all schools in the city. This as the security chief warns of unthinkable consequences if violence continues. Early commuters packed on to the first trains amidst calls to impede rushhour traffic. The International Energy agency says Global Oil Demand will likely plateau around t
Many many markets in a decade but it falls short. , saudier the attack arabia attempt to move beyond the worst oil shortage of bloomberghe ceo tells will be back online soon. Ofas i said, by the end september, we will be a capacity. Manus it is daybreak europe. We had an irruption in overnight funding. We touched on it yesterday, nejra. Up she went, double bang. Back inpean market came and quelled the market. Was it all to do in paying taxes are paying the auction, or is there a tightness in the dollar market that we are underestimating . But is the debate. Nejra absolutely. This is crazy, was one quote from one of the traders on wall street. It also raises questions about the fed meeting today. The timing couldnt be worse. They are likely to be asked questions about it in the News Conference. On fxs the interest reserves and whether we will see some Balance Sheet expansion to do with this, because we also saw the fed fund rate being pushed toward the higherend. Manus yes, one analyst
Sharply. Have buyers reached their limit on how much theyre willing to pay for a home but we begin with the market john, bottom line, were just off the lows for the day, down about 0. 9 for the s p and Dow Jones Industrial average weve been down 9 out of 11 days on the s p 500 if we close lower today. So that is very noticeable the dow industrials, being held up largely by defensive names. Some of the other sectors like banks and energy are on the weak side the nasdaq down there, 0. 8 . Were down about 5 off of the recent 52week highs of the nasdaq when you get more than 5 , the technicians start noticing tech has been an underperformer. The dow movers here, take a look the good news is Johnson Johnson holding up wells, defensive names merck, proctor and gamble holding up. Caterpillar has been weak, Energy Stocks coming off of their highs after a terrific run. Take a look. I think a key chart is the bank stock. Theyre starting to exhibit negative patterns, what we call head and shoulde