Of the trade war and turkey agrees to a temporary ceasefire in syria. Pencera jumped as mike said tariffs will be lifted if the truce remains in place. Liveeen im Kathleen Hays in washington, d. C. , at the Imf World Bank annual meeting. In this hour, i will be speaking with the secretary of finance from the philippines and the Bank Indonesia Deputy Governor about the impact of the trade war and more and what policymakers can do about it. Shery first, let us get you started with a check of the markets. We are seeing u. S. Futures unchanged after stocks climbed to an almost a record high in thursdays session. The s p 500 at one point topping 3000. We had health care and real estate leading gains. We had mostly positive Quarterly Earnings results. At the same time, we had more Risk Appetite as we saw that u. K. And the European Union struck a deal. The dow, though, underperforming after ibm disappointed with results. We are now looking forward to more data coming out of asia. Sophie we h
And Central Banks are stepping up calls for help amid fears that they are running out of options. We are live at the imf meetings in washington. Sophie checking on the start of trade in sydney. Little change, after the drop of 200, halting a fiveday advance. Broadly speaking, we are setting up for a mix start in the agion, but looking to have second weekly gain. Chinese thirdquarter gdp numbers come, as corporate numbers on the mainland have shown little improvement after a bleak first half. Japanese inflation remains subdued, giving the boj food for thought at the policy meeting. Able back below 1. 29 on brexit deal hopes, pushing it to a sixmonth low to position for a negative outcome. Aussie bonds under pressure this morning as the rba governor said the economy is improving. Offshore yuan 7. 8 against the 7. 08 against the dollar after fixing. Jessica acting white house chief of staff Mick Mulvaney denies saying that President Trump withheld military aid to ukraine to persuade key h
The big chief opens the door to rate cuts as he announces a new appetite for treasury and insists it is not the return of qe. Shery later in Bloomberg Technology global link, how washingtons latest salvo against chinese tech is the most lethal threat to beijings ai ambitions. Lets get you started with a quick check of the markets. U. S. Future slightly higher at the moment. This after the s p 500 fell for a second consecutive session, down 1. 6 . The dow also lost more than 300 point. Semiconductors taking the biggest hit. They fell the most in about six weeks. Weve had potential retaliation coming from china after the u. S. Blacklisted its tech firms. It was really another rush to safety. We had a treasury rally that sent the 10 year yield towards 1. 5 , the lowest in a month. Haven currencies rallying such as the swiss franc and japanese yen. We have the tech firms taking the biggest hit as well with the nasdaq falling 1. 7 . Lets see how things are shaping up for the asian market. S
There could be a muted start. Turkey battles the kurds in syria, washington ready to hit turkey with sanctions if it oversteps the line. Shery we are seeing u. S. Futures higher at the moment after major indices on the u. S. Markets closed higher by more than 1 on friday. There was a lot of trade optimism, but suffice it to say stocks pared back early gains late in the afternoon session. There was no real signed document between the u. S. And china. We saw the s p 500 jumped the most in a month. We had Semiconductors Index gaining the most in five weeks. The nasdaq closing at the twoest level in about weeks. We saw a lot of movement when it came to treasury markets. We saw yield gaining ground and the risk on move affecting other Asset Classes like the japanese yen and gold. Lets see how we are shaping up. Off for then is long weekend. Asian stocks closed. The first weekly we are setting up for a higher open in the region. The offshore yuan trading around 7. 09. Goldmans expecting a mo
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