You had greeks being able to sell bonds for the first time a negative yields, so there is still search for demand in that negative yield world. Time now for global exchange. We bring you todays market moving news from all around the world. Current is in the is in the current is enda ant, anna edwards, and Kevin Cirilli. Reportedly, china is still open to a partial trade deal with the u. S. As long as no more tariffs are imposed. Enda currannt joins me from hong kong. Enda the fact that the hong kong delegation is still heading to washington speaks to the idea that china is in the market for some kind of agreement on the trade front. Colleagues in beijing are reporting today that china is willing to do more, perhaps step up its purchase of agricultural goods in the hope that at the y least, the u. S. Doesnt that the u. S. Withholds additional tariff increases. At the very least, it seems that there is some kind of play to get a partial agreement. Alix thank you very much. The National B
Exchange, where we bring you todays market moving news from all around the world. Joining us from brussels, bloombergs maria tadeo, from london, ed evans, from the white house, Kevin Cirilli, and Michael Mckee joins me here in new york. First we want to start in brusselss maria tadeo. We are taking a look at euro area confidence falling to the weakest level since 2017. Maria tadeo joins us for more. Maria thats right. The numbers were particularly bad when it comes to industry. Trade uncertainty really weighing on prospects on the outlook. This is particularly bad for germany. This is a very export oriented economy. In europe, germany is coming under huge pressure to engage in fiscal stimulus to drop that black zero, no deficit policy. We are looking for any signs this is going to happen anytime soon. We are just not there yet. Has got to be, brexit. We are just four weeks away from what is supposed to be a hard deadline for a no deal brexit. Officials in brussels tell you the situatio
What we have seen a few days ago. Aude up by over 1 despite cut in the outlook for global oil demand, yet still see i still seeing some kind of rally in place. We bring you this mornings market moving news from all around the world. Joining us is bloombergs enda leon, emmanando good chandra, and michael mckee. Walk us through what we learned from the inflation front. Enda we had refractory data that should inflation in threed, the first years. It suggests factories in china are heading into deflationary territory. That is a clear negative for profits, and it will make it much harder to repay debt. To take away from the inflation numbers, even if there was a bit of a tick higher in the consumer side, the ppi was the one to watch. All indications are that the central bank of china has more work to do and will probably have to bring down Interest Rates over the coming months. Alix and tricky work, too. On the flipside, we have the next tit for tat in the u. S. China trade war. How is the
Listen to the exchange. Sen. Harris i do not believe you are a racist. It was hurtful to hear you talk about the reputational two ors whostates senat built their career on the segregation of race in this country. This campaignhave litigated on who supports civil rights, im happy to do that. David number one, you dont want to be saying im not a racist. Number two, the thing that struck me as i think a lot of democratic voters in the primaries are saying, who can beat President Trump . Joe biden did not come across as someone who can beat donald trump on the debate stage. Alix it is the optics of a split screen like that. It just shows how much the Democratic Party has really changed in the last 30 years. David that was pointed out very explicitly, saying it is time to pass the torch. Alix which they kind of already said it some point before. In the markets, nothing is happening. Wait till sunday, when markets start opening for trading. Maybe a little volatility because the russell rebal
Morning. This bloomberg surveillance. More than a decade since the last one, s p Global Rating the gene the top rating for u. S. Of america. Fitch follows up after the close yesterday with this quote, the written downgrade of u. S. Reflects the expected physical deterioration over the next three years. The erosion of governance relative to aa and aaa rated peers. Whether it is justified, and if it matters, are two different questions. Lisa i would agree as this is the second Major Company to downgrade u. S. From aaa rating. The response arbitrary and based on outdated data. That is janet yellen. Larry summers the idea that it is a decreased default risk is absurd. Here is the question, is there Something Real behind this in terms of how much Interest Rate expenses are going up and like a convention there is on capitol hill . Jonathan theres governance issues u. S. Has that is inconsistent with other aaa rated peers like germany. Lisa i would agree because we were talking about u. S. Po