Bad session like we saw in the u. S. , snapping out of gains. New york futures are slightly higher. The dollar is stronger. We saw quite a bit of steepening in the Treasury Curve. Youre seeing the threeyear at around 24 basis points. We did see the spike in yields, slightly off that now in the Asian Session after the treasury unexpectedly announced that refounding announcement. Boosting that issuance on the long end of the 10 year and 20 year with the auction so markets are bracing for that surge in supplies. Were also watching currencies, remedy still very much in focus here today. The message the last couple of days has been calm down, we have slightly stronger fixings here. Were seeing the renminbi slightly down. We are continuing the rally of brent crude, slightly higher by half of one percent, just below 30 bucks for brent. Looking ahead to the data now. China set to rae release trade figures later today. Exports likely dropped 11 from a year earlier compared with a 6 decline in m
The forecast was 48. We are seeing a little bit of a gain, practically unchanged, but up by 0. 05 . A lot of stock markets are looking at Decisive Action from Central Banks around the world, signaling more dovishness and putting to one side concerns for iran. Crude oil jumping and stabilizing 57. 48. We are just getting the june the manufacturing forecast coming in at 47. 8, a touch below estimates. Anything below 50 indicates a contraction. Speak shortly with the International Rescue Committee Executive and former foreign secretary of the u. K. Later in surveillance, two days after the fed got rid of patients language, we speak to the vicechairman. The day, we are joined exclusively by the former fbi director james comey. Hong kong headquarters are closed again today after demonstrators gathered to show opposition. Despite a public apology from executive carrie lam, protest leaders are calling for her to resign. They also want the controversial proposal to be completely withdrawn. , a
the death toll rises. the government expands its lockdown to 30 million people. plus, the chief executive with power. good morning, good afternoon, and good evening, everyone. this is bloomberg surveillance . i am francine lacqua at the world economic forum in davos. july,s for the month of actually, the month of january, services following the 52.2, the forecast pretty much in line with expectations. are your go, there markets, these dog gaining, you re a 10 year yield at 1.75 the euro 10-year yield at 1.75. christine lagarde spoke to me earlier this morning. ms. lagarde: if markets are interested in what is happening in the next 12 months, we should not pay too much attention to the strategies, because we are conducting two different exercises here. we will have our monetary policy access met and review, as usual, every six weeks, we all get together, we look at the numbers, we look at the markets, we look at the views of the citizens, in terms of inflation expectations
Dubai. Breaking news. Anna from the clothing retail sector, lets get straight to those numbers. Better than estimates the best way to summarize in terms of q1, 705 million euros, better than the estimate of net profit, firstquarter sales just a touch ahead of the estimate for the first quarter. They are saying that sales in 1 to juneose 15 may 13. And looking at the number, that is coming above estimate as well. Many, thene of the Global Presence is perhaps insulating the company from tougher sales backdrops that they might been seeing in various individual countries. But i would not stop some negative fx implication, we performance of weak performance that they cannot but better numbers, than estimated. Let us turn to the brexit question, manus. The Eu Referendum on the 23rd is just eight days away, marking them off as my calendar goes. We have a series of charts illustrate how the market is looking at the story right now. Manus we have. Look, no doubt about it. Let us talk about a po
This would of course slow that samsung has been powering ahead. Its been a difficult couple of quarters for the tech giant as apple introduced new products and samsung raced to catch up. It did so in march introducing the flashy new s 6 and other mobile devices. Other divisions we cant ig new york the chip, Semiconductor Segment of the business doing quite well. Very profitable area and then the Consumer Electronics ands mobile business. Rishaad, all these results out tomorrow. Well be covering them from top to bottom but today, investors very optimistic. Seeing samsung perhaps returning to some of its old glory. Rishaad in record regard to that s 6 you told me about, and as it tries to take on apple, not just on the high streets but in the courthouses as well mblings. Well, apple could actually benefit . Zeb yes, samsung and apple are competitors but in many ways customers of each other. In this latest leg battle. Separate from their fouryear battle with Patent Technology a texasbased