Zero, in an attempt to save the u. S. Economy from coronavirus fallout. But the markets are not impressed. Yields fall off a cliff and futures trade limit down. An historic slump in east asia. The Economic Impact of the virus is laid bare by the latest data from china. Retail sales, fixed investment, and industrial al output all plunge. And europe widens its lockdown. Cases across the continent surge as the government shuts down the borders in europe. One aviation consultant says the new no travel norm threatens to bankrupt most airlines by may. We are getting headlines out now from Fiat Chrysler, saying it is going to halt its facility, shut down factories in syria, italy, and poland. They said those factories will probably close this month. We already had headlines from ferrari saying they would shut down production. And maseratiysler, will suspend all production in europe. This is in response to the spread of the coronavirus. It is important to keep social distancing when you are wo
To work out what the future relationship looks like between the United Kingdom and European Union. Tom we welcome all of you. Good morning on Bloomberg Radio in boston, new york, and washington. Very Early Morning in san francisco. I would suggest to our sirius xm audience, as well as all worldwide tv, what is important in this changed United Kingdom, it can actually drift over to the 2020 election. Jonathan i think you are wondering, imagine a republican president winning massachusetts, a republican president winning california. That is what happened basically, with the conservatives taking out. The red wall, so to speak. They made some big wins. Tom much to speak up today, but right now on television and radio, we need to go to 10 downing street and our nejra cehic. We just saw that door on 10 downing street open as Boris Johnson came back from his meeting with the queen. He entered 10 downing street, he was greeted with cheers from his staff inside. It was a landslide victory for hi
Welcome to daybreak europe. We will see a little bit of selling in the asian session. A lot of read on the screen. Rates of korea cut kept rates unchanged, but cut its Growth Outlook. The bloomberg dollar index, we have seen an eightday winning streak. The sixthweek high for the bloomberg dollar index. Steady as she goes. Taking a look at equity markets in terms of u. S. Futures. The markets were closed for thanksgiving yesterday. Stock and bond markets. Futures under pressure for a second day. We saw europe close lower, too. Oil, just a little weaker, but it is heading for a fourth weekly gain ahead of the opec plus meeting. Opec and its allies are expected to extend the current supply pack rather than deepen those reductions. Following president trumps signing of the hong kong bill, there is one big question left unanswered, how would china hit back . The Foreign Ministry has issued a threat of retaliation, but they have been vague on details. Beijing will set the future course of tr
Treasuries are up in the pound is strengthening. Eurodollar, you can see 1. 10 52. As the focus shifts to Central Banks, a lot is coming up with news this week. We also have to look at renminbi. At seven. 08 7. 08. Some breaking news, a new chief executive at the royal bank of scotland. Alison rose will start at the position from november 1. And makes her the first woman to become one of the big for the over to hong kong, thats where Amnesty International is alleging the police beat be prodemocracy protesters. They also accuse the police of committing acts that amount to torture they would not comment, but say they respect the rights of people in custody. This weekend, demonstrations are expected to continue. And allout war in the case of iran in the country, thats according to the foreign minister speaking to cnn. She denies irans involvement and says he hopes to avoid a conflict and adds iran is serious about defending itself. Benjamin netanyahus days as Prime Minister may be numbere
Italy at a record low. We will be going to italy in the next little bit to talk to maria tadeo about those talks. The lira down 6 10 of 1 . 8 10 of 1 germany lower. On a flurry of geopolitical headlines, we are joined by tom globalndstrat advisors head of research. Anything in the last couple of weeks to do with the fed, to do with earnings, that has changed your outlook fundamentally on yearend s p 500 . Tom i think theres been a lot of stresses to our base case. Our base case is assuming there is going to be china trade tensions and there isnt going a fed change. Vonnie how much is that a problem . Clearly we are seeing business spending cut back. We are also seeing businesses blame china, like autodesk, for example. How much is it actually impacting the economy . Tom i think the Downside Risk is really escalation. If we are talking about what was implement it even just in the past week, i think the levels of tariffs are still something businesses can work around. I think theyve prov