Bad session like we saw in the u. S. , snapping out of gains. New york futures are slightly higher. The dollar is stronger. We saw quite a bit of steepening in the Treasury Curve. Youre seeing the threeyear at around 24 basis points. We did see the spike in yields, slightly off that now in the Asian Session after the treasury unexpectedly announced that refounding announcement. Boosting that issuance on the long end of the 10 year and 20 year with the auction so markets are bracing for that surge in supplies. Were also watching currencies, remedy still very much in focus here today. The message the last couple of days has been calm down, we have slightly stronger fixings here. Were seeing the renminbi slightly down. We are continuing the rally of brent crude, slightly higher by half of one percent, just below 30 bucks for brent. Looking ahead to the data now. China set to rae release trade figures later today. Exports likely dropped 11 from a year earlier compared with a 6 decline in m
Time for todays market moving news from our washington and new york bureaus. President trump is pushing to reopen the economy, even if it leads to more deaths. Speaking in arizona in his first trip outside washington more than a month, the president is preparing for phase two of the u. S. Response to the coronavirus. Pres. Trump the people arent going to accept it. They wont accept it, and we shouldnt accept it. We have a great country. We cant keep it closed. Ive had doctors say, why dont we close it for a couple of years . This is the United States of america. Will some people be affected badly . Yes, but we have to get our country open, and we have to get it open soon. Alix Kevin Cirilli joins us with more. Good morning, kevin. Kevin good morning. The president returns from that trip to arizona, really signaling that he is going to be taking his message of reopening the economy back on the campaign trail in arizona, where polls have him trailing joe biden anywhere from 4 to 6 . Clea