We were effectively at the lower bound already, so that is coming in at 25 basis points. The Canadian Dollar was already weaker before this. It is weaker now by 1. 5 versus the u. S. Dollar. Lets take a look at where we stand markets wise. We knew after the retail sales data we would like to down, and we are. Awn 2. 4 for the s p 500, and move for the 10 year yield is well back down to 66 basis points. Crude oil has recovered ever so slightly. We were at the 19 handle for most of the morning. 42. Vix is back up to what is happening in europe, guy . Btp spread is widening out. It seems every nation for themselves. It seems there will be no mutualization of debt. Every sector is a negative territory right now. The banks and the oil stocks are the worst performers. You got a pound on offer, the dollar generally bid today. The market is looking for a little bit of safety today. Vonnie arent we all . Lets get you our first guest. We are delighted to be joined by joseph stiglitz, Columbia Un
Today, along with utilities. The dollar index weaker. Lets get to the markets now. Joining us in studio is Dennis Debusschere, evercore isi head of portfolio strategy. We have a great piece on the bloomberg today talking about the decade beginning with everything crumbling and a lot of panic, and now we are heading into a new year when apparently nothing can go wrong. Dennis i think part of the reasons the market is acting like that is because people think everything is going to go wrong. That has created what we call the silent melt up. This is actually related to the fire and ice title, which i think is excellent, because there has been a complete change in the relationship between bonds and equities. Bonds are longer duration assets as they had against lung equity exposure globally. That is usually a deflation hedge. Deflation was not something that existed preGlobal Financial crisis. There areist now, and only three Asset Classes you can hedge for deflation. That has anchored 10 ye
Out of congress. Europeanarkets stock markets under a little bit of pressure today, down 0. 5 . The senate bill regarding hong kong seems to have cast a little bit of a shadow over markets today. That is certainly keeping people awake at night as we approach december 15. The pound down earlier on, rallying a bit over the last hour or so, back to flat, 1. 29. Two basis points to the good on the german tenyear. We did see some quite disappointing ppi data out of germany, but i think betray narrative is generally more risk off i think the trade narrative is generally more risk off. Vonnie key testimony underway in the house impeachment inquiry , and major Market Energy a political reaction to a just atsed senate bill aimed supporting protesters in hong kong. We are joined by our chief correspondent on capitol hill. We saw life pictures a moment ago. Im curious as to what kind of reaction there is in washington today from the testimony so far. Surely whats been said doesnt help the republi
Some are saying it is a series of management missteps catching up to fedex right now. Guy i think the fact that the president is going down the sanctions route rather than taking a route which could become a little more connected is probably why we are seeing oil come off a little bit. Doesnt mean saudi wont go down that route, but brent crude, as youve indicated, well markets are lower. We are down by 0. 8 . A reversal when it comes up to the market from a sector point of view. We are just waiting for the fomc. We are barely budging. Eurodollar just a little lower. Will today be dollar positive or negative . Saying, it iswere Federal Reserve decision today. The committee is expected to cut rates 25 points. Carl riccadonna is with us now. Will be first question to the fed chair today be about repo markets . Carl i think theres a good chance of that. I dont think we should look for anything on the repo facility or what they are doing to try to contain the situation in the official meeti
plenty of earnings stories in there as well. we have crude oil bouncing and 4% now, but nevertheless, still at $51.52. as you can see come of the dollar index is strengthening today as well. guy: brent bouncing over here as well. we are up by around 4%. european stocks near session highs right now. traders seeming to latch onto reports that maybe the chinese are getting close to some kind of a cure. the who pouring a little bit of cold water on that story. $1.30 is so b-$1.30. countries are quarantining those arriving from mainland china. for more on the outbreak and the impact on geopolitics, we are joined by chris meekins, raymond james associate and research analyst. i want to start with the state of the election campaign at the moment, if you don t mind, and ask you, is it possible to quantify how the president chances of reelection have changed in the past week? chris: i think there s no question this is probably the best week of president trump s presidency, which is