Optimism come around the trade deal. I feel like i have said that before. We will continue to monitor. Tom we are going to monitor all day. The news flow is extraordinary. Kevin cirilli is ready to travel to nashville for that debate. That is tomorrow with all sorts of news overnight in the United States and frankly around the world. Just one data point we will talk about in a moment. Renminbi out to new strength. Right now in new york city with first word news, here is ritika gupta. Ritika nancy pelosi and Steven Mnuchin are moving closer to a deal on a new stemless package. Alysia hope she can get an agreement this week. That is crucial to getting a bill passed by pull losey hope she can get an agreement this week. Theh mcconnell is warning white house against a pelosi led deal by the end of the month. Trumps campaign has burned through almost all of its money through september. His campaign cut back on advertising in some key battleground states for a while. Department antitrust law
Up to the top of lafayette park, but really it is a nation that awaits the next step from the president. He was out tweeting in the vicinity of 12 00 midnight on general powell. We will talk about that today. It was an eventful weekend and it continues right into this monday. Francine thank you, tom. We will have more on that and now we will get straight to first word news in new york city with ritika gupta. Ritika the u. S. City hit the hardest by coronavirus starts to reopen today. New york city will allow construction and manufacturing at wholesale trade to start operating again. Rios Retail Stores can offer instore pickup. If all goes well, new york and reexpand the can expand the reopening in two weeks. Theggressive proposal from minneapolis city council. Majority of its members say they do this they support disbanding the city police department. That comes as the state launched an investigation following the death of george floyd. One city councilmember says she wants to end poli
The economy in the next 3, 6, 18 months. Tom it has been an extraordinary recharging of global recession. Germany looking at recession calls back to 2009, really no surprise there. But it has been the additive facts that we have seen over the weekend measuring global slowdown. There is no place you see it more than thiss morning, not only in the price decline of oil, but specifically brent has had worldwide crude has an extremely difficult six hours. Francine yeah, we also have to look at currencies, dollar had quite a move, and dollar of course is now benefiting, or at least moving on the back of the Credit Rating downgrade from other countries. We look at pound, a lot a lot of volatility there. Thats get to first word news in new york city with viviana hurtado. Viviana President Donald Trump wants the public to continue practicing social distancing until at least the end of april and not by easter come as he previously suggested. Dr. Anthony fauci telling cnn if efforts to mitigate t
Francine lacqua here in london. U. S. Treasuries are closed for the day. A lot of markets will be thin. Stoxx 600 gaining 0. 1 . The other big Market Movement this was happening is what is happening to the pound. We will speak to the pollster that put this yougov hole putting the majorities ahead. It always a good idea to look at yen. Gives us a good litmus test for risk out there. Coming up on bloomberg, we speak to the football legend Rio Ferdinand 30 minutes from now. Well ask him about what business can learn from sports and why he is working with the u. K. Property market. The Hong Kong Hong kong has found themselves at the center of tensions after President Trump signed a bill supporting city protesters. Requires special review of the trade status as well as sanctions against officials deemed responsible for human rights abuses. It threatens to copper gate trade talks at the two sides get close to a deal. Lets get the latest from jodi schneider. First of all, trumps action is exp
Coming up later on the program prepares to mark the 25th anniversary of black wednesday. That is Norman Lamont at 9 30. Lets get straight to your data check. Quite a lot going on in the markets. We are seeing a little bit of risk off. Stocks are mixed in europe. Edging lower and then going higher. What investors are nervous about is north koreas latest Missile Launch, raising geopolitical risks. Gold and yen showing markets are becoming immune to the provocation and diplomatic reaction. There is not much of an impact on yen. We are seeing pound, the 25th anniversary of, of course, what we saw in 1. 34w31. There is a little bit of movement on treasury. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Sebastian President Trump says he likes and respects janet yellen not made a decision on whether he will re nominate the Federal Reserve chair for another term. Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin sets janet yellen is among those being considered to run the central bank. In the u. K. That