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Anna edwards is in for jon ferro and lisa abramowicz. Ferro taking the entire month off. Lisa only taking half the month off. We are thrilled anna edwards could join us today as well. Remember when augusts were boring . August is no longer boring, is it . Anna i remember when all of europe went on holiday in august, but no longer. We got alltime highs on u. S. Stocks. Is that really out of kilter with the underlying u. S. Economy comes with the underlying global ok . Omic story, and is that tom the persistency across yields is amazing. Yields come up 4, 5, 6 days, and they roll over and come back down. We are not through to new lows in the last number of weeks on yield, but nevertheless, watching that very closely. We will get to that with an important guest any moment. David malpass with us later in the hour. I want to go to a story which we have been covering the last number of days. For me in america, it has gone radio silent. That is belarus. This is between poland and russia, with ....
Francine, but this is really extraordinary and really, really important. We have consulates in china. Clearly the chinese have said they are going to act rapidly on this. The backstory of this is intellectual property, which is nothing more than the stealing of trade secrets. Ellen not a shema in the Washington Post in recent days writing up the trial in houston phone that holds oil platform in the water. Where there is literally a court case going on about the intellectual Property Value of the foam that holds up big pieces of steel in the water. Just one example around this breaking story. Francine this also comes on the back of what we heard yesterday, right, tom . The u. S. And other countries accusing china of hacking and Getting Research information regarding covid19. Tom no question about that. Let me get a dat ....
I believe we are wrangling about waiting a week or two to do it. Dialogue, itest seems, in the United Kingdom. British way ofry approaching things, isnt it, tom, trying to do with all. Ventualities finally you come to a decision and you are concerned if it is the correct one. It is the correct one at this point in time. We are watching with great hasrest how the debate become so politicized. We are scratching our heads, trying to figure out whether it is the right thing to do, but it is not politicized the same way as in the states. You mentioned in the headlines, the president finally wearing a mask to walter reed. That is may be a big step in the right direction. One angles certainly there. Us with an will join update, leading the way, the effect on the economy and of course across the different markets. With news in new york city, here is ritika gupta. Ritika good morning. 15,300 newed record coronavirus cases in florida, the b ....
Way to the indian border. Theres tangible issues. No question they are flexing their muscle right now. What i would notice in this market on a quiet wednesday, i know you will do the data check here. Publishing moments ago this bullish consumer view, and that was a game changer yesterday with the retail sales report. Jonathan we will catch up on the geopolitics a little later in the hour. Equity futures up 19 on the s p 500, focusing a move higher over the last several weeks, up by 0. 6 . Just surprise after positive surprise. The economic surprise index in the United States is absolutely flying. And it is at a record high searching higher after yesterdays retail sales beat. It was just an absolute trout. Today absolute trounce. Today i am going to be watching the u. S. May building and housing permits starts to get a taste of what we may expect. U. S. Loan purchase applications hit an 11 year high last week, so that should be some ....