To see a two year yield come in and a 10 year bond coming in with a vengeance. Coming in is that signal slowdown, massive curve flattening. Jonathan 10year yield breaking down. We are down eight points on the s p 500. Lisa, phase one was about access to capital and drawing down credit lines. Phase two is about the permanent decisions, cuts and layoffs. That is what has been building this week. Lisa we have seen those cuts and layoffs likely to be ongoing with a number of cfos studies pointing at Bigger Companies looking to shrink their workforce further through the end of the year. The thing im watching is how much can we plug the gap, the deficit of production with regards to fiscal stimulus . As we wait for that, we will be waiting for the data coming out today. We get the u. S. June Producer Price index, measure of inflation. 1 00 p. M. , this will be interesting in light of the fact that you seek shale producers bringing rigs back online due to higher oil prices. Later today, Presi
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Senior fellow of the john l. China center at brookings. Its my pleasure to welcome you to this important event on chinas longterm Economic Outlook and its global implications. This event is unusual in present day washington for at least three reasons. First, as it has been widely perceived, people here have been preoccupied with Current Issues and the immediate challenges. As the year 2020 has barely begun, there are already several pressing geopolitical dilemmas on which our policymakers must focus. As we cross into the new decade, it will be important to look ahead toward chinas economic progress and the challenges it will present, both for china and for the world. Chinas Rapid Economic Development has arguably been and will continue to be the most consequential global story of the 21st century, and its ramificatio ramifications surely go far beyond the economic domain. It is important to note that traditionally and perhaps even today, china tends to take a longterm perspective and t
Yeah, please be seated. Good morning. Im chang lee, director and the senior fellow of the john l. China center at brookings. Its my pleasure to welcome you to this important event on chinas longterm Economic Outlook and its global implications. This event is unusual in present day washington for at least three reasons. First, as it has been widely perceived, people here have been preoccupied with Current Issues and the immediate challenges. As the year 2020 has barely begun, there are already several pressing geopolitical dilemmas on which our policymakers must focus. As we cross into the new decade, it will be important to look ahead toward chinas economic progress and the challenges it will present, both for china and for the world. Chinas Rapid Economic Development has arguably been and will continue to be the most consequential global story of the 21st century, and its ramifications ramifications surely go far beyond the economic domain. It is important to note that traditionally a
The main u. S. Indices. Then we got a tweet from the u. S. President basically indicating that he think say trade deal could be possible. Hes going to meet with the vice premier tomorrow. Who knows . Youre getting 0. 8 up on the s p 500. Similar moves on the nasdaq. Even your small caps higher on the day. We talked to Alan Knuckman in the previous hour. He talked about a market that was to go up. We are seeing that kneejerk reaction with regards to any situation improving on china. 1. 35 . 1. 3 5 now your 10 year yield. We are seeing a tick up. Whether that will continue, we will have to wait and see. Dollar weakness for another day. We havent seen too many backtoback days of dollar weakness, but getting it here, down about 0. 2 on the bloomberg spot dollar index. We will talk about that more. Keep an eye on crude. Not just a big read on supply issues, but really on demand and what is going on in the Global Economy, whether that slowdown is to be believed. 0. 24 . Rude wti up about guy