About air bridges out of heathrow nejra to me, the air bridge will be to france if i could get that holiday in the summer. It is about allowing travel to European Countries without having to quarantine for 14 days. We have been expecting this week to get that announcement from the government, including some countries like france and italy, but some would still be exempt from that. The other thing we are looking forward to is the july 4 reopening of the pubs. Some are calling it super saturday. Reallyat will be interesting after what we have seen in america, the virus story as we go into the long weekend here is really quite something. We will give you some coverage on that today as well. Right now with our news in new york city, here is ritika gupta. Time, u. S. The first daily coronavirus cases rose above 50,000. There are increases in big states including texas, florida, and california. Say the virus is increasingly becoming a disease of the young. In florida, the median age of infec
The stoxx 600 flat, u. S. 10 year yields back to a level beside couple weeks ago at 1. 85, on the back of an easing of tensions regarding the u. S. And the middle east. Looking at brent crude, wayside volatile week, but ending friday at 65 and . 23. Coming up later, we speak with mary kudlow after the u. S. Jobs numbers are released, and that time. 2 30 p. M. London lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news in new york city. Bill begin with a brexit that clears the u. K. House of commons. It puts an end to the parliamentary gridlock that caused theresa may her job. The bill passes to the house of lords. Johnson wants it to become law by the end of the month. Federal reserve Officials Say policy is appropriate amid solid u. S. Growth, but there is a risk inflation that continues to fall short of the 2 target. The vice chairman telling the council on policy is in a good place. The fed leaving rates on its final on hold at its final meeting in 2019, signaling policy is on pause.
Eurodollar at 1. 109. If you look at government bonds across the world, they are actually advancing. This is on the back of german and chinese data. The focus is now on trade. But there is one stock we needed to look at a little bit more. 6. 1 afterining interim results. They have a new partnership with tencent. Well have more on the sector with burberry gating 6. 1 . Gaining 6. 1 . Up next, we talked to the silver lake cofounder about investing in tech. But for now, lets get straight to first word news in new york city. Boris johnson is back in Campaign Mode after a difficult visit to floodhit areas of Northern England where his response was criticized by local residents. In a speech at a factory which makes london taxis, the Prime Minister said getting brexit done would trigger a wave of investment. Jeremy corbyn, meanwhile, said he would not allow a referendum on Scottish Independence in his first term. Bloombergs latest poll average puts johnsons conservatives 11 11 points ahead of
There is quite a lot going on. If you look at btps, this is the one thing we need to look at. Stocks, climbing, treasuries, slipping. Retreating. Carmakers leading the gains. Contracts also advancing after the s p 500 index close lower. Lower. Ed towe we speak to the German Economy minister and get his take on the slowing economy. Dont miss that interview at 3 p. M. London time. We are also getting some details from norways Sovereign Wealth Fund about the secondquarter performance. Dani burger has details. Not as bright as we saw last quarter. Fundss sovereign wealth 8 , they hadpoint a gain of about 3 . Comparing that to last quarters return of 9. 1 . I have been digging through some of this report and see exactly what the layout looks like. In terms of how different investments did, Equity Investments returned nearly 70 . Equity, 2. 7 , mirroring what we saw last year. The issue was the global uncertainty we saw. Keep in mind, this was the Second Quarter. This was not even before we
Surveillance. Goodning orbit more afternoon or good morning. We saw a bit of a lift in asian stocks. Now, the stocks europe 600 down. 27 . It always honest President Trump and xi jinping can find a solution. They will sit down and we will see if we have something at the g20. The u. S. 10 year yield, the story of the day, actually, the year. The nymex at 54. 12. We understand opec may have found a date with a could meet, the first of july. Coming up, we have an allstar guest lineup. At 930, we have an excuse of interview exclusive talking luxury and the chinese of watching. At 11 30, we are joined by blackstones chief executive Steve Schwarzman. And later on, we speak to the facebook coo sheryl sandberg. But first, lets get straight to bloomberg first word news. A bloomberg scoop. President donald trump asked white house lawyers to explore his options for removing Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell. Happened earlier in the year, less than two months after trump discussed firing him.