The nikkei 2251. 9 down. Have a look at those currencies. Ave a look at the yen. The situation with regards to the japanese currency. A quarter of 1 up there for the dollar against the japanese currency. On friday there was a warning there would be excessive volatility on Exchange Rates and stock markets as well. Bloomberg u. S. Dollar pretty much flat, after that fix. We head over to new york for a look at the news. We start with the heads of the feds. The last four heads of the Federal Reserve are joining the calling for independence for the u. S. Central bank. They together penned an oped in the wall street journal. They also criticized recent threats to remove fed officials for political reasons. The latest escalation in the ade war has pushed a key treasury indicator to its highest warning levels since 2007. Almost erased the surge that followed President Trumps election. At one point they yielded 32 basis points. The most extreme yield curve inversion since the leadup to the 2008
A potentially more realistic view about how possible all of this is look hes promised price johnson to take britain out of the e. U. By the 31st deal or no deal well on the deal side of things the only way to do it is by resuscitating somehow to raise a maize deal 3 times and failed to pass through parliament he would have to do away with the hated Northern Ireland backstop of what hes promised to do at least thats the one thing that European Union has absolutely said it will not do that leaves the idea of no deal there is an established majority in the house of commons against no deal assuming of course that given the opportunity to vote on it at all the opposition is marshalling itself senior cabinet ministers preparing to resign in the next couple of hours rather than be pushed by Boris Johnson people like for the common the chancellor david gold the justice secretary for rory stewart his former. Opponent in the leadership race the International Development secretary they will go to
David if they could get the pay equal to the americans we would have all would be all set. Finals on sunday, right . Scarlet yes, it should be a great match. Cant wait. David neither can i. Scarlet looks like were going to have a higher day on wall street, building on gains after the s p set two record highs the last two days. A lot of data coming up over the next hour and a half. Weve got factory orders, durable goods, i. S. M. Services and euros, slightly firmer against the dollar. P. M. I. Improved in june. But all the growth is really in service, not in manufacturing and the demand for havens continues. You can see the green color showing buying and treasuries, bringing the yield down. 1. 95 . And with that demand for havens, extending. G gold euros sixyear highs. David its time for the morning brief. This was coming up today. Were going to get u. S. Trade balance data for may may. Around 9 15 this morning, ford will be releasing its latest sales for america. And we get june Market
Top stories from the past 7 days and right after the moment. This is a weekly on our Team International hello and welcome to our top story tensions between the United States and iran this week after washington accused tehran of attacking 2 oil tankers in the gulf. The u. S. Claims no one else in the region have the capacity to carry out u. S. Central command. Which it claims shows a reunion special forces removing an exploded mine from one of the vessels though the owner of the tanker say yes the crew reported being hit by flying projectiles iran for its part has accused the u. S. Of attempting to undermine peace and stability in the region and say its rival is engaging in quote sabotage the. Caught fire in one of the worlds key oil routes thats close to the strait of hormuz its the only way in and of the persian gulf now the incident immediately elicited worldwide reaction in fact triggering a surge in oil prices too with russia saying the situation could pose a threat to the Global E
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