Quarter of 1 . The backdrop to this is the Republican National convention that kicks off today. We are going to have more on that later on today. Ags investments will be joining us. I want to stick with the president and politics. We know the virus is related. Yesterday, President Trump making an announcement on a has to tracking of convalescent plasma treatment. Listen to what he said yesterday. Pres. Trump through this study, over 100,000 americans have already enrolled to receive this treatment. It is proven true tease to reduce mortality by 35 . Joining us is tobias levkovich. Thank you for joining us. How should the market price of vaccine and a treatment differently . I think the market is looking for both, in many respects. In other words, vaccines that are being discussed are more about protecting the person from getting the infection, but not transmitting the infection. On the other hand, therapeutics are treating the actual infection. We need a mixture of both results in orde
Surveillance today on television, on radio. We welcome all of you worldwide, across this nation, where the linkage, the urgency that we see within our politics and our economics is truly front and center. Get out the calendar. I believe it is 23 july, and this is a nation staggering to the first week of august. Jonathan what urgency . It is sunshine and rainbows in the equity market. In washington, d. C. , we havent seen the urgency we actually need. There are a lot of people still out of work. This market is in a lot of pain, and it is not going to heal as quickly as we needed to. In about 30 minutes, initial jobless claims set to come in at around 1. 3 million again. We need to see much bigger improvement. Tom that will be a key statistic of the week. Rule number one in the equity market is follow bonds. I continue to see yield compression, lower yields and flatter curves. Jonathan sunshine and rainbows lisa sunshine and rainbows very much funded by real yield that is negative by the
Reopening. We will speak with a Lieutenant Governor. She will be joining us. Partner chairman per perspective on the company front. We are getting some data right now. Existing home sales, monthtomonth on month, 9. 7 , that is significantly worse than the market was anticipating. This is the month on month number. The Economist Survey suggested the number could be 5. 6 . Set ofgnificantly worse data coming out of the u. S. Housing market. U. S. Sales coming through at 3. 91 in totality. So, the u. S. Housing market is in a word place. In some ways because of government assistance. We have not seen a collapse in prices. This is transaction. Prices are fairly buoyant. Later on this year, things could get trickier. At the moment, looking at the monthtomonth, that number worse than anticipated. Alix it raises the question, where do people want to live as areas reopen. New york, as we mentioned, and during the second phase. 300,000 more people returning to work today. Outdoor dining, and pe
Of the Oil Companies hire today. Out, it isto pointed holding onto most of its gains of the last few sessions, trading at 1729. Guy you bring up the fact it is friday. Friday is generally not good for these equity markets. European stocks are lower. We are tracking lower as we speak. We have the trouble another shifter the travel and leisure sector seeing some downside in the european markets today. We are down by 0. 7s present i 0. 7 . We are also seeing a bid today for btp yields. Weve got a rating review from s p coming up, plus the story surrounding where europe goes next in terms of the recovery funding. Pretty and conclusive that front. With got a 1. 90 yield btps coming in, so the periphery looking a little better today. Crude up by 2. 3 . Vonnie lets get some context for all of this economic data. Mckee,joined by Michael Bloomberg International Economics and policy correspondent. What is useful in the data weve got today . Michael well, im not really sure. The confidence number
Im Francine Lacqua in london. These are your markets. 0. 4 . An markets down a lot of the market put a position that the economy and a lot of the earnings would go through the coronavirus. Not so after the apple news yesterday. There is more concern about the deadly coronavirus trade looking at treasuries, they are rising. Americans reopening after a holiday. Yesterday was president s day. Jumping as much as 24 after unsuccessful bid for the small arrival. This may be the kickoff of banking consolidation in italy and then further into europe. Coming up on bloomberg surveillance, our exclusive conversation with the hsbc Financial Officer on the banks job cuts. First word news. Viviana hsbc is set to slash 80 of its workforce. The lender taking more than 7 billion of charges and suspending buybacks as part of a restructuring plan. Plans to exit some businesses and cut costs. Hsbc still hunting for a permanent chief executive. We also spoke to the lender cfo about the coronavirus outbreak