We have been covering the economy, bringing you live coverage from beijing. In the meantime, this is what is happening in europe. Euro area november services pmi falling to 51. 5. Anything above 50 is expansionary but below forecasts. Again, this is for yourarea manufacturing for the month of november. Quite a lot going on in the markets. It is all about the ecb speech and Christine Lagarde. How she means new policies will be taking place. Stocks overall on the up. We had a similar rally when it came to asia. Pointing towards a marginally strong open in the u. S. As investors try to figure out headlines on the trade dispute. Say, a lot of the talk in beijing was on that. The dollar is mostly steady. Lets get first word news in newark city. New york city. I fear this was all going to blow up. Those were the exact words spoken by fiona hill in the impeachment hearings, that is what she told fellow diplomats but that she now understands why he was not involved in security or Foreign Polic
I am Francine Lacqua in london. And little optimism seems to be fading away. We have the 600 opening unchanged. A lot of focus is on the economy. We had a little macro risk out there for now but they seem to be in check. We are getting euro area september manufacturing pmi, 45. 7 is a touch above estimates. We expected a 45. 6. It is below 50, but 0. 1 percentage point higher. The u. S. 10 year yield at 1. 72. Coming up, we speak to david herro on the fallout from the Credit Suisse scandal. That interview at 10 30 a. M. London time. Herros is the biggest shareholder for Credit Suisse. A jinping has kicked off massive military parade to mark 70 years of communist rule and pledged complete National Unity as democracy protesters rally in hong kong. Lets go to hong kong with Stephen Engle. What is the latest . Stephen tens of thousands of protesters are defying a police fromand they are marching the eastern part of Hong Kong Island to central and beyond, perhaps even as far as the Liaison
finance minister of saudi arabia and france. good afternoon, this is bloomberg surveillance. into our davos coverage. turning into our davos coverage. we have great interviews. first, let s check on the markets. up as you look at u.s. equity futures, they are gaining a little traction. concrete steps to contain the deadly virus. this get to the bloomberg first word news. with the respiratory virus in china that is spreading, a hospitalized man was infected after a trip to china. the nation is starting nationwide screening. the cases in china have climbed to more than 400. nine other countries are confirming cases. the u.s. senate sets the rules for the impeachment trial and voted along the lines. it rejected bids to subpoena white house emails, but mitch mcconnell did agree to alter the timeline getting the prosecution and defense to make the cases rather than the initial two. governments cannot tackle climate change alone, according to blackrock s larry fink. he says it