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People dead. Apple is reClosing Stores and pepsi is shutting a food plant in beijing. The reserve bank of australia shifting its yield curve policy into Cruise Control, saying it is functioning better now than when the qe program began. Shery u. S. Futures under pressure. We are seeing it down. 6 . This after u. S. Stocks dropped the most in more than a week. Stocks are feeding on the record levels fading on the record levels of coronavirus in florida. Industrials and energy leading. The weekeek ended in the green for u. S. Stocks. China will accelerate purchases of u. S. Farm products. It was a slightly in the green sixth session of gains. Oil is under pressure heading towards the 39 a barrel, after it at one point surpassed four dollars a barrel. 40 a barrel. Theres optimism we could see global fuel demand and we had more reassurance from the opecplus groupon output cuts la ....
Industrial data out of germany. Desha back to that euro. Within back to that euro. We have seen Christine Lagarde speak for the first time. She has been talking about the impact that the coronavirus has had. She said that the policymakers that the ecb have done what is justified but she continues to push for this idea that we do need this fiscal pop package to come through. The european commissions proposal for a revised financial train work and the next he generation eu are decided in this regard. It it is association it is associated with the proposal and could have an impact on the International Role of the euro. It will important to adopt that package quickly. Christine lagarde speaking a little earlier today. She will speak at the bottom of this hour as well. Speaking to us from washington is adam pozen. Banks,alk about central particularly the ecb given the fact ....
Bitcoin is also said to be in a bubble. The price has gone up 20 fold. Betty forget about the equity markets and bond markets, which is going to be focused on bitcoin, right . That is the big distraction for traders right now. Bitcoin futures are for the first time trading on the cboe global index them a big milestone for the financial markets. I dont see a whole lot of movement at this point. Be an appears perhaps to opening price, but i cant confirm that right now. We are watching as these traits start coming in. , brokersthe traders are saying dont expect huge movements. This may be a slow burn coming thewhere we finally for first time, have these derivatives traded on bitcoin. Yvonne it could be a welcome slow burn given the volatility in bitcoin for much of this year. Levoss mentioned, the wink twins banking on this, they are saying it could have 24 growth in the future. Morehat it has become mainstream, it could provide perhaps more stability in cryptocurrency. On the other hand, ....
Sustain a strong labor market and stabilize inflation around our 2 longer run objective. Striking gold. Lonmin shares spike after sibanyestillwater makes an offer to buy the platinum minor miner at a 35 premium gemalto gets an offer that it says fails to support the company and address shareholder interests. Good morning ecb and bank of england, busy day today. First eurozone numbers, the december numbers, the flash estimate crossed at 58 this is higher than forecast, 57. 3 the november buy comparison was just a fraction lower at 5 7. 5 a beat on the numbers. When it comes to manufacturing numbers, the flash level crossed at 60. 6. We used to take about 50 being the crucial tipping point. Now were in expansion territory on the manufacturing numbers the Services Side not as strong as the manufacturing level, 56. 5 but also better than forecast. Better than the previous month some of this from germany you think . It appears as though ....
Have a European Union as opposed to not having one in as many as our relationship with europe was good in both context. Ill take a swing at it. First of all, the e. U. Whatever the current problems may be is a Major Economic problem in the world and a Major Trading partner. Is that good for us or bad for us. Good for us. As they negotiation trade agreements with the United States. But as prosperity is growing and one that american investors can send their products and send their money and make investment. Do you have any proof that it was growing slower before or after the e. U. In the 1990s it grew quite well as did we. It has had propped since 2008. Weve recovered more quickly than europe has. This is outside of the framework of this hearing but do you have any data ....