Contraction for the australian economy. Worse than anticipated, but investors with a moment shrugging that off. Chinese markets under pressure. Quickly moving it along, having a look at what else is going on out there and doing that, of yvonne. With yvonne lets start with that aussie gdp number. The second consecutive quarter for the three months through june. And thee first first technical recession in 30 years for us trail you Australian Household spending well by 12 as lockdowns and restrictions shut out consumers. The aussie dollar against its u. S. Peers. Theres a new warning about the u. S. Economy with a fed governor ating there is uncertainty head. She told the Brookings Institution that america will be to depend on the fed and policymakers in d. C. As the economy continues to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. She says Monetary Policy must pivot from stabilization to accommodation. Treasury secretary seems to agree with the fed governor, saying the u. S. Economy urgently n
Traders are concerned about the swelling global glut and the lack of storage. The skies are darkening over japan as the coronavirus bomb the dimmest view on the economy for a decade. We have that this hour. Shery breaking news at the moment. We are hearing from treasury secretary mnuchin saying the u. S. Has no current plans to create a Federal Reserve facility to inject funding into nonbank or gauge servicers. This of course as we have seen recent government moves to help the firms get through the risk of borrowers missing their mortgage payments. Again, treasury secretary mnuchin saying he has no plans for lifeline. Lets now bring in our congressional government reporter, emily wilkins, on the line for more on what we heard from President Trump as well as Vice President pence on the latest efforts when it comes to handling the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Emily, so secretary mnuchin saying that he has no plans for mortgage servicer lifeline. He says the steps are taken by agen
Up 2. 5 . T 28. 44, guy basically saying banks need to open get on with lending to firms. You want some of these firms to still be around to be able to start the economy. At the moment, there still seems to be a certain amount of difficulty in getting money out the door to the businesses that actually require it. Andrew bailey also indicating he sees nothing implausible in a drop,st for a 35 q2 gdp a massive economic hit coming for the United Kingdom. Yesterday, it be and confirmed that we will see another three weeks of lockdown in the u. K. Economy. We will talk about the input agents for the pound when it comes to that story in just a few minutes. European stocks are up on the week. Main markets up on the week as well, except for the spanish and italian markets, which are we getting. It is, as somebody put it a little earlier on, a day for dumpster diving, particularly on the ftse 100. Stocks. Ld is one of the we are positive on the day, negative on the week. As you highlighted, i t
Seeing. Sarah you look at equities in japan right now. The nikkei 225 of more than five percent, trading below 20,000 for the first time in over a year. What is already been very rough price action is only getting worse as time goes on. You look at s p 500 futures trading at the 5 limit from the friday reference price. 28. 1 nine. At futures continue to trade. They just cannot jump although it or fall below it. That is the first time we have seen a limit down since donald trump did win the presidency in 2016. The asx having its worst day since 2008. Msi market watch, the asiapacific region is having its worst day since june of 2016. What is really pulling lower is the energy stuck. Off by 8 . That is the worst day since 2008. It is your upstream energy companies. Your producers that are weighing. The worst day since 1988. Also some of your worst performers coming out of hong kong. The legs of oil fields having its worst day ever, off 15 anything. Energy related really all 15 . Anything
Youre watching daybreak. Asia coming to you live from new york, sydney and hong kong. Were counting down to asias major market opens the top stories this hour. Asian stocks set to follow wall street lower as strong us retail sales signal rates may be higher for longer. Dollar strength sinking apac currencies to this years low decision day for the reserve bank of new zealand. With cooler inflation and higher unemployment supporting another hold. Plus, china said to mull cutting stamp duty on stock trades as defensive reaction to a surprise rate cut shows president xi facing more tough choices. Lets take a look at us. Futures now down. The stock market had kind of a tough day today. Were seeing now some green on the screen. However, just basically still pretty much unchanged. And in fact, the the feeling here was that retail sales in the us stronger than expected. Why wasnt that good for stocks . Because Neel Kashkari, part of it at least, president minneapolis fed says he doesnt think t