Gulf. Earnings reports first since the u. S. Blacklist. Warnings of difficulties ahead. We speak to the companys chairman. Im matt miller, in for Francine Lacqua in berlin. Lets check on markets. Gains in london, drops across europe. Stoxx 600 down a half a percent. Bp holding it back from bigger losses. To pound continues to weaken see thes, and you japanese yen strengthening. By 108. Dollar can only. 6 of yen. The fed is expected to cut rates tomorrow. Yield and coming up we speak to the ceo of cap gemini, 9 30 a. M. London time. A lot to catch up on today as we have a slew of exclusive interviews. Lets get the first word news from new york. Ratesa mexicos interest are too high for the slowing economy according to the president. The central bank has cap the key high,t 8. 25 , a decade and this makes it one of the strongest currencies this year. The mexican economy may be in mild recession. [speaking foreign language] they are more cautious about inflation. ,his is not a bad thing, no
Thank you for watching bloomberg surveillance. The stocks europe 600 down a touch. A lot of the focus is on the jay powell. You can see the u. S. 10 year yield at 2. 10. And we are looking at the pound. Boris johnson is the person who will probably become the Prime Minister and keep saying no deal brexit should still be on the table. We seeing Market Movement with the pound extending. You can see cable at 1. 2458. Coming up, we talk commodities with blackrock at 10 30 a. M. London time. But first, lets get straight to bloomberg first word news. China are. And holding the first highlevel talks since a truce was called in the trade war. Top trade officials are speaking on the phone. Larry kudlow says the initial talks were positive. There was headway last winter and spring, then it stopped. Hopefully, we can pick up where we left off. Ambassador lighthizer and secretary mnuchin are exploring all that. Discussions today went constructively. But its too soon for details. Factories and bare
Leaked that were very frank about his assessment of the president , and it was not very flattering. It was business as usual, but five hours later that proves not to be the case. David but President Trump really had gone after him, even calling him stupid and things like that. At the same time, the British Government backed him. But it is hard to do your job if they are not going to talk to you. Alix for sure. But also the leaking. He was supposed to report back. That was the point. In the markets, we are seeing a bond selloff headed into the fed , particularly on the long end and in europe. German bund yields are at their highest level since three weeks ago. You have persistent weakness in the equity markets, down 2 10 of 1 . It is a mixed dollar story. Some industrial output from europe. Eurodollar goes nowhere. Yields up by about three basis points, 2. 1 . We havent seen that in about a month. Crude, lots of things boosting crew today. Russian production is down. More harsh words fr
Considers a further delay on china tariffs. Shares and micron despite the ban. H2os liquidity problem. Woes deepen as more than 5. 6 billion euros of assets evaporate. The money manager says outflows have slowed since monday. Manus its daybreak europe. Welcome to the show. It is rocking higher, oil that is. A war of words from the white house to iran. You have inventories being squeezed aggressively. Up 10 in the past five trading sessions. The driving season is on. Theres a number of calls out there. City is saying if theres an escalation to conflict, adding another 10 to this price. Versus bank of america which is wrong, thet all goes chinese go to devalue the yuan, the chinese will buy oil from iran. You will see implosion in price. Down by 50 . Thats your risk. Lets look at the rest of the market. Bullard said the timing was right for an insurance cut. The market was essentially disappointed that powell did not go further in his rhetoric. He warned on the downside on the economy. L
Anna good morning, everybody. Bloomberg it is bloomberg daybreak europe. The market choosing to focus on the positive around level growth. The chinese growth story we covered in detail yesterday. The risk of a shutdown in the united states. Senate democrats may be in the steering seat for that one. Inflation, inflation, inflation is the big talking point this week, in particular today. Mex in here moving in the other direction, down one point 22 . Down 1. 2 . That is on a meeting taking place, opec and Friends Meeting in moscow over the weekend. Getting news there. The story around the bond markets and inflation, u. S. 10year yields at two points at 2. 6 . Trump thes shutdown inflation jitters . It seems the other way around. This is the demand that is 10yearthe 30year breakeven spreads, and this is a gauge of Inflation Expectations. Subzero for the First Time Since 2013. What is in the backdrop to this . Bond traders were clamoring to buy inflation protection. There was an auction. At