Hour dow down by about 40 points, nasdaq up about four points. Watching the treasury market, youll see the yield for the 10year is at 1. 875 we have a big dip in the bri british pound. It fell more than 1 the government is looking to make it illegal to extended post brexit exit period theyll have to the end of 2020 for the transition period. Thats the time the eu will continue to apply if still a member Boris Johnson wants to cap that period to just one year to help fast track a trade deal with the eu looking past you phil to phyllis here boeing is down five, so it is flat again yesterday, we would have been up a lot more boeg is suspending production. Boeing plans to reassign workers and doesnt expect furloughs or layoffs but it will have ripple affects and impact thousands of jobs over a ripple across the supply chain it is not going to hike. Phil is on set with us it is better they can save some money. I cant believe you could build four of those in a month, which tells you the size
Cutting back production of the 737 max. Could announce a decision as soon as today. The board began a regularlyscheduled meeting yesterday that is set to continue today just last week the head of the faa told us right here on squawk box that the 737 max wouldnt be cleared to fly before the end of the year u. S. Regulars then warned boeing that it had been setting Unrealistic Expectations for the jet to return to service further Production Cuts would inflate boeings costs and take a toll on Financial Results as fixed expenses would be split among fewer planes the ability to effectively amoretize all of those costs and would also be a real pushback on the company and on the companys ceo. To me, if there really is a production halt, then theres going to be a succession story that i think we havent had yet. The Ripple Effects of what that means not only for boeing but all their suppliers along the way. Thats a much the reason you halt it, i mean, youre just blowing money if you keep making
Nasdaq off by 35 we have been thinking the new deal would be by december 15 the huge question is do those new tariffs come into effect the market has been punched in the mouth twice since yet yesterday, futures were up almost a full percent. The first china news yesterday that things werent looking great for december 15. These new comments imply phase one is not nowhere but if people are still thinking december 15, thats hard to believe yesterday, the pull back was the worst day weve seen in months but still talking about a decline. The dow up 4. 2, s p up by 5. 5. Well see today while the move yesterday wasnt too significant, volatility spikes more dramatically that implies that todays move was not unexpected we may see bigger moves in the days ahead we have the sound bite. Getting to the comments from willem marx in london. The president arrived here late last night. Stayed at the u. S. Ambassadors residence. He gave some Public Comments including on china saying he wants to wait unt
Historically it may end up being more and more of an an oration that his experience was the whole yield curve Interest Rate environment. We had a misery index back then where you add unemployment and inflation together. It was up in the low 20s. We may never see that again i hope we never see that again unless we do if we do, that means something is very wrong. A man and his moment can you imagine a fed being so taking really the world on in terms of im going to break the back of inflation, i dont care what happens to go to 21. 5 on the prime. What year is it now, 2019. He dies at a pretty old age. 92 years old. 92 years old and struggling to get to 2 because he harnessed or vanquished it so effectively when he did. He will be remembered. He was a very tall man and nice man. I know you spent some time with him. He was on the show a lot he was. The same day, you are dealing with cookie monster or what was it, oscar the grouch you are oscar the grouch. The puppetear behind big bird passe
House Economic Advisor larry kudlow someone we know and love worked here a long time. Saying that the u. S. And china are getting close to an agreement. He described the talks being very constructive in his words saying the mood music is very nice that has not always been so in these things. He sded that the president is not ready to sign the deal just yet. Also getting word in china, vice premier lu will be holding principal level calls today we are up 60 points about all it is worth, i would say. Right now, hong kong confirming overnight that they have plunged into the first recession in a decade. That marks the second straight quarterly decline. The Financial Hub has been suffering from violent protests, the u. S. china trade war the week of rage continues to boil over. Well get over to matt bradley for more on that andrew, yes you are right. This has been six months of protests this started with the extra diction bill that started over the summer that has been drawn. You can see un