Illian. Has joke at the end it reminded me of churchhill as well. Do you expect Boris Johnson to try to emulate his idol . Will he try to boil down the middle now that he has such a big church and keep all of these voters with the conservatives for longer . Christopher well, i thought that was a most interesting part of his speech. In my opinion, perhaps the most effective was his candid and disarming, even charming admission that a lot of the voters who put him back into power with a large majority have him on probation. A very nice parallel with his election as the mayor of london when a lot of traditional labour voters supported him and they have now supported a conservative party. That, i think is notice also in the rhetoric, one nation conservatives. He remindednation, himself that that is the formula. What does that remind you of . , not labour,labour but new labour. That was the slogan of tony blair. Clearly looking to put a very personal stamp, which arguably could be churchhil
That is after that lackluster session on wall street. Divisional benchmark stalling after a fourday the regional benchmark stalling after a fourday gain. The nikkei future five on the retreat. Front, had on the data japanese retail sales showed a presales tax hike boost in september. That may further encourage the boj to hold fire as domestic demand has been holding up. The hun sen is under pressure as investors have to consider this. The hang seng is under pressure after investors have to consider a weak economic future. Checking on the aussie. Third quarter inflation met estimates. The yuan is holding losses. The chile trade deal being signed. The pound is going nowhere. That continued delay on the traderexit and picture, that has pushed volatility near an alltime low. Pricing markets are seemingly and into the shocks. Lets go to first word news. Kongsstart with hong chief executive carrie lam. She says the nearterm outlook for trade and dismal. She says the economy grew. 5 percent.
Conference calls later this hour fire sale. Sharps at nordstrom down almost 10 today. The traders assess the damage. Plus would you rather . Home depot getting the downgrade after lowes gets the upgrade whether they nailed it or not. In taste you hadnt heard foam is fed day steve leastman lays out the big picture from the fed survey. Wall street expects the Federal Reserve to cut Interest Rates tomorrow amid growing concern about economic weakness recession fierce and the trade war. 100 of respondents to the cnbc fed survey see the fed cutting rates by afare quarter point after announcing results of the september meeting, nearly all expect another quarter point cut by year end. The problem is that forecast for lower rates come with a reduced outrook for u. S. Growth and increased probltd of recession the schans of a recession in the next 12 months soared to 11year high of 32 of are according to the survey below 20 most of the year forecast growth is forecasted to 2. 2 this year and sin
Lets get a check in on the markets. European equities are pretty flat. The stoxx 600 struggling for direction. You heard and the headlines, three key things we heard. The dovish message from Jerome Powell reiterated and we got better than expected data in terms of retail sales and factory output, pushing the 10 year yield up. It also pushed the dollar higher and we hold on to those gains. The question as whether President Trump can have the weaker dollar at the same time as a strong economy. And can he have gains in stocks as the same time as a trade war continues . As you made those comments, the s p 500 took a hit, dropping for the first time in six sessions. Coming up, we speak to the oecd secretarygeneral. Dont miss that interview live. Lets get bloomberg first workers. Word news. The u. S. House voted to condemn comments from donald trump that are racist. Week, he tweeted for congresswoman should quote go back to where they came from. Trump says he is not racist and does not have
Factors them out, and either way the markets continue to advance. Weve got market watcher heather with us and dow jones news wire editor glenn holm. Heather, lets begin with this expectation that were going the see the big tax cuts, and corporations particularly are going to be the biggest beneficiaries of the biggest tax cuts;s that is, taking the existing rate from 35 presumably to 20 . I guess the only detail is when it would take effect. What if they dont do what theyre expected to do . What if they dont pour it into equipment and jobs, etc. , but just into boosting their dividend . Things they can do, its their money sure. Neil what would fallout be of that . That would be very good for the stock market. If it doesnt invest in plant, property and equipment, but if youre still buying back shares and increasing dividends. But if you dont own stocks, it may take some time for the economic effects to play out because you Want Companies to use that cash to hire more workers and for dom