Bond purchases in Something Like 88 months. The ecb can buy up to 1 3 of the countrys debt. In the u. S. , still about 3000 on the s p. Yields being moved higher by yields in europe. Crude down 2. 6 . The renminbi is being whipsawed a little bit as well. We were down to 7. 05 and change a bit ago, and now back up to 7. 07. Ecb president mario draghi spoke after the rate and policy decision today. Here are some of his thoughts from the news conference. Mr. Draghi the risks surrounding the euro area Growth Outlook remain tilted to the downside. We still think the probability of recession for the euro area is small, but it has gone up in view of the weakening Economic Outlook and the continued prominence of downside risk. Governments with fiscal space should act in an effective and timely manner. We have a mandate. We pursue price stability, and we dont target exchange rates, period. Vonnie this was the big final one for mario draghi. He has another press conference in october, but this w
Lower on concerns about the health of the u. S. Economy and a number of new bearish notes from new wall street firms hurts the sentiment further. Lets check in on the biggest losers in the dow, which as morgan just said, is down sharply, near session lows, which were 462 points. Its currently down 410 points, as you can see, pfizer down 4 Goldman Sachs down 2. 7 cat down healthily 2. 56. The 30year just hit a yeartodate low of 2. 117 t the. Joining us for the full hour, victoria fernandez at cross mark global investment. Thanks for joining us. My pleasure when you see yields slip like they have done, like they did last week, does it make you want to press the sell button for broader u. S. Equities . We dont want to sell we have that longer term outlook. We think theres a lot of volatility going on and thats going to continue to play out. We are looking at these treasury buys, not just from Short Coverings but outright buying as well but i think you stay invested at this point there we
We are looking at industrial metals, the first down day in nine sessions. The emerging markets index climbed for the highest and about three weeks. Euro strengthening against the u. S. Dollar despite the likely passage of the tax reform plan. Gold gaining. 1 . David lets find out whats going on outside the Business World and for that we turn to emma chandra. Emma today, Congress Begins the final step toward the biggest inrite of u. S. Tax laws three decades. House republicans are expected to easily pass the tax bill and the senate is likely to follow later today or tomorrow. The measure permanently slashes the top rate of tax for business to 20 1 . O 31 35 in washington state, federal investigators say an amtrak train was speeding before a fatal the realm and. According to the data, it was going 80 Miles Per Hour in a 30 mile per hour zone. At least 30 people three people were killed and several others treated at the hospital. The train was making its first run along a new route. A tou
The s p 500 is on pace for its best year since 2013 so investors seem to be on the sidelines. Where we have a bigger move is the bloomberg commodity index. The longest such winning streak since 2005. Natural gas up nearly 7 on the day. Of 2016,since october the frigid weather here in the northeast one of the drivers plus tight inventories for natural gas. Copper also higher for a 16th day in a row. Behind that, Strong Demand out of china, this helping some of the related stocks. Some real strength here for the bloomberg commodity index. Where we are seeing less strength, bitcoin. A very volatile ride, recently. The 7. 5 , taking some of related stock in companies down with it. And companies down with it. Time will tell but if we take a look at the technicals on bitcoin and hop into the bloomberg, this is a sixmonth chart and we have bitcoin, an extraordinary ride higher despite recent volatility. See in the recent volatility, the congestion. If the buyers proved to be stronger, it mean
We are printing, following higher euro markets as well. You have killer pmi data coming out across the board. Services are stronger in europe. That leads to a selloff in all the major developed markets, and courtonds developed bonds in europe as well. The curve is moderately steeper, and crude, only 4 10 of 1 , but almost 52 a barrel. What does that mean for production . David the saudis do not mind. Alix and at the top of Global Growth is copper, up 1. 3 , at 7,200 a ton, a big move for copper. We will discuss that Global Growth story. David lets find out what is going on outside of the Business World with emma chandra. Scott it has emma it has been a dramatic split between President Trump and one of the former architects of his campaign. He says steve bannon has lost bannond, after insulted his family in his book. Congressional leaders have signaled progress on a budget agreement needed to avert a Government Shutdown this month. There is no deal yet. Among the deals being discussed,