He c. E. O. Of verizon, Hans Vestberg as we proceed throughout the hour. Francine european economies are starting to claw their way out of recession and we had encouraging p. P. I. Physician and the confident p. M. I. Jumped to 54. 8 with the services and manufacturing sectors expanding. Joining us now from paris is william, the Bnp Paribas Group chief economist. It feels like this was a good week for europe. We have the p. M. I. More than expected and the Recovery Fund. If you look at job losses theyre going to get ugly in europe. William that is a concern i have if you look at the p. M. I. Data today. What strike is that yes, manufacturing significantly and new export levels in germany are just flying but the employment series is showing that companies are under no intention whatsoever to increase hiring and on the contrary. Thats a concern. Its a concern because the recovery will depend on what households do, how much they spend and they need confidence. Alix what is going to give t
Cash trade is less than an hour away. Here are your top headlines. Republicans unveil a 1 trillion aid package to bolster the u. S. Economy. More direct payments to americans and Liability Protection for businesses. Keeping the borders close. Bloomberg learns the eu is set barriers to travelers outside the block amid rising virus infection rates in spain and germany. Plus, better than bad expectations. Michelin reports operating profit at the highend of estimates despite swinging to a net loss. The delivery here was one of the big delivery hero is one of the big winners. Dont miss our interviews in this program today. We are seeing the ecb, breaking news. The ecb asking european banks to freeze dividends. You can always get the latest ecb headlines on your terminal. Type ecb go for a great dashboard. The ecb is saying it wants european banks to freeze dividends for the rest of 2020. The remaining four months of the is saying ite ecb least not pay at dividends until january 2021. There
Exists, goes. Meeting,he big fed take a look at the 10 year we are down to 58 basis points, going back with that handle. Earlier in march when the 10 year dipped below 50, a strategist said, i am no longer writing about the 10 year because it is nonsense at this point. I push this story forward to see what the fed has to say about this. Caroline lets push it forward to next week and get jonathans perspective. How are you looking at a week where we headed bloomberg . Next week, we get big earnings. Where are the areas of the market that are unloved that could be opportunities . Jonathan if you look at one area that is interesting, it is going to be the financials. If the economy is better, if we get a vaccine earlier, it is going to be that group that is going to either continue to anchor the market lower or if this does relieved to the upside , that is a group that could do better and there is a disparity between credit spreads, which are saying, no one is defaulting on a loan, everyth
33 points and nasdaq is up 92 and the s p is up 8 points. Yesterday the dow industrials snapping a 4session winning streak with decline of the session with 135 points and nasdaq down 76 and s p lower by 11. Warning on china that i reported here first, attorney general bill barr calling out American Companies for caving into the pressure from beijing. Bombshell allegation, 15 employees of the Washington Redskins said they were harassed for years. Mornings with maria is live right now. Maria in europe mixed moves, the ftse 100 is up 21 but cac quarante is down 15 and dax higher by 42. In asia overnight markets mostly higher with the exception of japan, nikkei average overnight down a third of a percent and the other fractionally moving across the board. Some of the top stories we are watching right now, John Hopkins University reporting over 77,000 new cases yesterday. 10,000 higher than the previous high. 969 deaths were also reported. Florida, South Carolina and texas all reporting the
Together. If you think the increased interest in europe over the last six weeks of so is off the back of the e. U. Recovery fund. Details are pretty good. It means to us that europe is maturing. It is looking a lot more sophisticated. To us, this is something that can run a little further. The market is getting ahead of itself. People are saying this would d to more this is because of the pandemic. Are we going to be back to square one . Or is this Real Progress . I would say it is a little bit of both. Ultimately, this is the first up towards all the things we have been asking that was put into construction mode. Think there is a fundamental improvement. Terms of the long term in terms of a longterm, we still there were still a lot of focus on the old economy sectors, which means it is likely to struggle for a while and you have to remember demographics. The ecb looks more credible than it did a year ago. Plus, as you said, europe is managing the pandemic pretty well. By the time bein