U. S. Commerce Department Suspends regulations allowing special treatment to hong kong. Boris johnson will channel fdr in a midlands speech, touting a new deal. He is expected to push Infrastructure Spending and hold off on balancing the books until recovery is certain. 6 00 a. M. Int gone london. The narrative i think from two very powerful local points, the health organization, the worst is yet to come and extraordinary uncertainty coming down the pipe. Which market is incorrectly priced . U. S. Equities or the bond market . You like a little bit of belly in the bond curve, dont you . Tell the truth. Nejra i absolutely do. We are seeing ourselves are all the time and ask our guests this. With all the Central Bank Stimulus out there, its sort of makes sense that you have equities and bonds gaining in tandem. Data track did some research and investors absolutely split down the middle on whether we see gains or losses of 10 for the second half. There is a lot of cash sitting on the side
U. S. Took preemptive action in terms of export controls for the city. Yvonne the one thing the chief executive has said is u. S. Sanctions will not scare us. That is the latest response from carrie lam. Given what weve heard from the u. S. Recently when sanctioned chinese officials over the security law, and also now as you mentioned, paring back trading benefits that hong kong has enjoyed with the u. S. As well. The market seems to be overshadowed by better data. Pretty early when it comes to pmi data in china that came out at the top of the hour. It seems like at this point its really about the fundamentals more than the politics that is driving this rebound we are seeing in risk assets today. Look at the asiapacific benchmark, up 1 . Set for the best quarter since 2009. Still, asian stocks have not really recouped most of the losses we saw in the First Quarter, but certainly u. S. Futures pointing positive as well. The hang seng still up 194 points despite what we have been hearing
The markets are focusing on what jay powell said yesterday. The market is also focusing on what we are seeing across the globe. The number of infections being weighed compared to the extra Monetary Policy being put out there. Investors weighing better economic figures against the continued increase in virus cases. In other news, metals advance with copper climbing for the fourth day. Manufacturing and services in china. That adds to a bit of optimism. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news with leighann gerrans. China has approved Landmark National security legislation for hong kong at the end of a threeday meeting in beijing for the nations top legislative body. Representativee confirmed the vote. The u. S. Said it is suspending hong kongs special status, making it harder to export sensitive American Technology to the city. German chancellor Angela Merkel is throwing her support behind a radical Recovery Plan for europe. Packages include 750 billion euros of joint debt. Wh
Here are your top headlines from the bloomberg terminal. Angela merkel, the radical, the german chancellor throws her support behind the euro stimulus plan. She warns her fellow eu leaders that there is no time to lose and agreeing a deal. Is yet to come. The World Health Organization warns that a lack of International Cooperation means the virus pandemic is far from higher as aks push volatile first half comes to a close. Controversiales a security law after the u. S. Commerce Department Suspends regulation allowing special treatment for the city. As i said, just under an hour away. We are looking at futures pointing lower for the ftse right now. Andttle higher for the dax the cac. See euro stoxx 50 futures and ftse 100 futures are down. S p down just slightly as nasdaq futures edge a little higher. Lets talk about anna lets talk about breaking news. ,hell seeing volume guidance 3. 5 million to four point 5 Million Barrels per day. That is substantially weaker. Weakve seen extremely d
That has been totally unpredictable and has led to this word going on forward, which is uncertainty. Uncertainty and economics, uncertainty across investment. Says it isnuchin across finance as well. To me, the hard question here, forget about hong kong, about Boris Johnson talking about the fdr new deal for your united kingdom. Windows thehing is next round of fiscal stimulus appear. Jonathan there will be huge pressure to deploy yet. The message from chairman powell is we will not fully recover until we control this virus in this country. And the radical uncertainty being expressed by policymakers by fed chair jay powell as well as Steven Mnuchin gives people certainty that we are going to get more stimulus both on the fiscal and Monetary Policy front. Among the things i am watching today, we are getting a further read on the Housing Market after the pending home sounds data pending home sales data. We are taking a look at where prices are increasing the most. We will be hearing from