Shortly. Onhave got hopes of progress a vaccine and signals that they are making progress in terms of the u. S. China trade tensions. Both of those really firmly supporting the risk rally that we are seeing. Let me show you the state of play with the stoxx story. The back ofming off record highs in u. S. Stocks. The good times might not last, according to morgan stanley. They are saying the market is vulnerable to shocks, especially rising rates. Treasuries are on the back foot as we speak. We are looking at a weaker greenback. 830. Dollar at 1. 1 yeah,ps a little bit of a strange one given the wider risk appetite. The folks at pimco saying the gold rally is it played out yet is not played out yet. They believe gold remains attractively valued, especially in the context of low Interest Rates. Here are some of the stories we are watching. Both of the u. S. And china are seeing progress under their phase one trade deal. They are committed to the success of that. Senior officials from the
People disappear from westminster and it is quiet. You have been reading about the problems, and that is something on the social scene i suppose, and the controversy over which songs should end the problems, a musical event that happens every year. Of course it is much scaledback. I am preoccupied by the latest comings and goings. Tom we have Economic Data on thursday, jobless claims. What is the trend of the economy that you see . Right now in america aims to be almost a two art economy, very separate. A twopart economy, very separate. Anna we are talking this morning about the kshaped recovery. Going to john olsens great piece this moaning about how tech stocks do well, value stocks, other left behind sectors not doing as well. Even as we look at the u. S. Right now. Also really dominating in the news overnight. Anna a recovery, kitd juckes writing on that as well. An unusual august. For our briefing with first word news, there is ritika gupta. Ritika President Trump and speakers at