Open. We are seeing curve flattening in the bond market, although btps moving earlier on out of coming from the ecb suggesting that stimulus may not be forthcoming in the near future. The cable rate also tracking lower as well, 1. 2911. Still north of 1. 29, but yesterday we were north of 1. 30. We are down by 0. 8 . Alix lets get back to the virus resurgence in europe. Italy reporting over 8800 new cases yesterday. Leaders from the u. K. , germany and france all weighing in. For londoners and to all who work in our great capital, i want to say thank you for what you have done to suppress the virus once. We now all need to play our part in getting the virus under control once again. I am convinced that what we do and dont do now in the weeks that are coming will determine how we get through this pandemic. We can see that the curves and the infection figures are pointing upward, and some cases quite quickly. A government which is absolutely committed to be divided, that is what the Busi
Be expected to make some marks around the top of the hour some remarks around the top of the hour. Forward, march. Ladies and gentlemen, the , Speaker Nancy Pelosi of the United States house of representatives. Rep. Pelosi it is with profound sorrow and deep sympathy to the haveurg family that i the high honor to welcome Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg to of in state in the capitol the United States. May she rest in peace. Ladies and gentlemen, ms. Denise graves, accompanied by miss laura ward. That was house Speaker Nancy Pelosi giving a few remarks at the casket of ruth bader ginsburg. It is not the statuary hall at the u. S. Capitol as she is lying in state, the first woman in history to do so. There is an ongoing battle as to who will be filling the seat and how the senate will vote on that. For more, we want to bring in bloomberg reporter emily wilkins, congressional and government leadership reporter. Where is the conversation on who might replace Justice Ginsburg on capitol hill . E
Lets get straight to steve liesman. Jay powell testimony before the House Services committee will note improvement in the economy saying Household Spending has recovered three quarters of the decline and say this is in part response to federal spending and higher Unemployment Benefits which is running down he said housing has rebounded and Business Investment showing signs of improvement but overall employment and Business Activity with well below the prepandemic levels an the out light is uncertain. He makes special mention of the feds main Street Lending program, a 600 billion program with a backstop from the troo z treasury hell be speaking tomorrow before the house financial Services Committee with treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin and this is required testimony about the cares act where they have to quarterly appear before congress and discuss progress with the lending programs. The terminology, highly uncertain, is that different from what the clair has used in the past. This is t
Right i mean, its not surprising given what the stock has done that insiders would want to monetize some of the extraordinary gains. I cant quite tell how much is insiders any Stock Associated with Insider Selling is fine. I dont know what price its going to get done exactly. Still, its just enormous from where it was it hit 80 and then went down to 40 its been a crazy ride i dont blame them for wanting to take money off the table but i wouldnt be a buyer on that offering. It allows insiders the sale of up to 53. 4 million shares so we knew this is happening in fact, some analysts said this is a ticking time bomb hanging over investors, yet we are seeing an outsize impact on the shares on a day when neo gets rated a sell over Goldman Sachs because of the run weve seen an enormous run over the entire space here. Yeah. Even within the auto, hydrogen fuel, the entire space has been a place where momentum traders have been chasing momentum theyll also be chasing on the way out. Weve said f
Increasing a little bit from that level. A line in the sand with a lot of money flowing in. Taking a look at the etf, its amazing, up 9 10 of 1 . Now,the pound right comments coming through from michel barnier, indicating he thinks a deal as possible. Thats the most positive ive heard him be for quite some time. The market certainly latching onto that. Coming up, we are talking cars. Joining uscitroen later on, releasing a new electric car. Hows that going to sell in the current environment . We will talk about that more broadly in the car market. As they say we are coming to the end of the second quarter, which is certainly something spending a little time worth thinking about. The first half of the year has been quite a roller coaster but one that has been defined in so many ways by unprecedented action by Central Banks responding to an unprecedented crisis. Joining us now to break down the genesis of the rally that we are seeing in risk assets right now, mike mckee. Mike, the crisis