That this morning. There are people that have gloom, there are people in in the middle, and there is a sizable group saying forget about it, there is sizable momentum in the economy. We will have to see. Francine lets get straight to first word news in new york city with ritika gupta. Ritika President Donald Trump is moving to ban tiktok and we chat in the u. S. He signed executive order residents barring people from doing business with them. It does not amount to a broader ban of dealing with its owner, tencent. Tiktok says it is shocked by the order and will pursue all available remedies. The u. S. Is looking to tighten workinga president s group on Financial Markets is recommending the sec strengthen auditors, bout in hong kong, plans to offer free virus tests to all residents. The move reflects a boost in Testing Capacity with help from mainland china. There has been no headway between white house and democrats over new virus relief package. The main sticking point, both sides accu
Unemployment rate over 10 , and that is nothing like what we see this morning. The mystery of what we see with this is absolutely extraordinary. Weve got the voices lined up to talk about it. The market standpoint, economic standpoint. What is missing, maybe we will get that from mr. Kudlow later, what is the view of washington on the American Labor economy . Jonathan and will the view change with jobs numbers falling apart . I never thought i would sit here and say it could be positive one million, could be one million. Quite simply, no one knows million. Negative one quite simply, nobody knows. Tom Bernie Sanders of vermont talking about the inequalities out there. This jobs report will show the start discerns between the stark difference between the haves and havenots. Lisa that has really been the hallmark of the crisis that has ensued. Theres a question of looking at the granular month we data, and the belief that looking at some of the corporate reports and the earnings that thin
World, from vienna to london, frankfurt to washington come our bloomberg roses are on the ground with all the top stories. In vienna, opec is said to reduce its target as a rock promises to comply. Joining me for more is bloombergs annmarie hordern. But do we know so far . Annmarie good morning. What we know is theyve agreed at the opec allies meeting today to cut by the hundred thousand barrels a day, but the devil is in the details. Brent and wti are both lower. This cut is basically cosmetic. We are still waiting for more details because it just brings the figures on paper to what theyve been producing throughout the year. Some members, including saudi arabia, have been cutting well below their target. That was the message from ben salman thisfrom bin morning, and his first meeting is energy minister. He said further compliance is needed. Everyone in the room knew he was talking about, even though he didnt name and shame. The message was simple. Stop cheating. Alix indeed. Thank you
We went to a bull steepener from a bear steepener. Time never global exchange. We bring you todays market moving news from all around the world. Joining us from hong kongs frombergs karen leigh, mumbai are bloomberg executive producer, and Michael Mckee is in washington. We want to kick it off in hong kong, where chief executive carrie lam invoked Emergency Powers and banned facemasks as protests continue. Not an easyis decision to legislate to ban the masks, but given the Current Situation in hong kong, this is a necessary decision. Alix karen leigh has more. Whats been the response . Not a great response from protesters. People are gathering in the city center as we speak. They started gathering while carrie lam was still speaking. People worried this would give police power to go and arrest people, search without a warrant , and in an extreme situation, shut down the internet. It has a huge potential to impact life here. It is something people are upset about. It could fuel proteste
Anticipating a reacceleration in inflation. Im just happy tightening is over. The economy is on a cooling path but it is a gradual path. This is bloomberg surveillance with jonathan ferro, lisa abramowicz, and annmarie hordern. Jonathan the most important hour of this morning begins right now. Good morning, good morning. Your equity market on the s p 500 positive one third of 1 . 30 minutes away from ppi, jobless claims, and retail sales. Lisa will it change anything . Ultimately i want to see if the market cares. How much people start to realize theres something greater under the hood then we are pricing in. Jonathan they can have a conversation about a Balance Sheet doing something about qt. The risk event for a lot of economists is whether those three cuts implied by the median dot drops down to two. Which would track the market in the direction the market did not want to go. Lisa and if jay powell does not sound as rosy about everything, it may be is concerned financial conditions