Them. Nordstrom all lower. At to a clock p. M. Eastern, we get the fomc at 2 00 p. M. Eastern, we get the fomc minutes as well. Guy stocks in europe a little softer than they are in the United States, which is interesting. The trade story certainly front and center for most people. We are also watching whats happening with the hound with the pound. Dropped first thing this morning, still north of 1. 29. A little bit of a bid for the bond market. We are moving, as you can see, down by two basis points on the german tenyear. Prices rising just a touch. We are now joined by viktor hjort, bnp paribas global head of credit strategy and desks analyst. Good afternoon. Credit markets and equity markets seem to be taking a different view about what is happening when it comes to the trade narrative. Credit markets, particularly when it comes to primary issuance, continued for k very optimistic view of the world. Why does credit stand out as having a much better view of what is happening . Viktor
I think it will be a pretty polished sort of thoughtful speech as opposed to just offthecuff. There is a lot of anxiety. You may have detected it already about the kind of tone that the president is going to strike. What kind of tone would you like to hear from him . I think hes basically economically focused. With theconsistent World Economic forum. He has spent a lot of time in that area whether its on tax reform which was successfully and whether its getting rid of regulations and other things to boost economic growth. I dont know what is in this speech. I would assume there will be a bunch of time spent on those and the goodness that can happen when you get an economy growing at a much faster rate than we did for the previous eight years. Erik blackstone is a global investor. You travel the globe almost incessantly. Is there a risk to the president and the United States if he were to beat the America First drum too loudly . I think it has been pretty loud. I dont know that you coul
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