in a power unit, part of john flannery s turnaround plan. this is stock down 44%. year to date, worse than 2008. is enough tothis encourage investors ahead. bitcoin is amazing. over the last two days, bitcoin taking out several round numbers. over0-13,000-14,000, now 15,000. that, david. bitcoin continues. futures trade next week. it.id: mini is one word for lisa: another work. [laughter] david: insanity, i don t know. morning brief. 8:30, we will get job claims. at 9:45, bloomberg consumer comfort data. 11:30 this morning, president trump will meet with republican senators. later in the afternoon, he will get together with members of the congressional leadership. that s all coming up later today. sign up for our daybreak first take, where we discuss the first stores of the morning. first up is tax reform. orrin hatch is saying :there is a drive to set the corporate tax rate of 22% instead of 20%. we will turn brexit with theresa .ay, another proposal wildfires raging in sou
ferro, alongside david westin. joining us for the hour is megan greene, the chief economist. coming up, we will break new highlights of that conversation vladimirian president putin and get to the commodity market as well. we want to get you up to speed on what is happening in financial markets worldwide. byures are softer, negative 1/10 of 1% on the s&p 500, down two points after a six-day winning streak on the benchmark in the united states, and in other record high close or tuesday. .25%,ollar up more than and we are down to 2.3 one on the 10 year, david. david: let s get a look at what is happening outside the business world. emma: the girlfriend of the shooter in the las vegas massacre has returned to the u.s.. she arrived in los angeles last night and was met by federal agents. she had been in the philippines. authorities have called her a person of interest. there are pictures showing the inside of stephen paddock s hotel room, rifles clearly visible. he meticulously p
let sthings first, quickly check on your markets. first of all, i wanted to have a look at the yuan, this is on the back of what we heard from china. stocks in europe in to be drifting sideways a touch. i think investors are trying to figure out what the next catalyst is. draghi is due to speak today. and then, the independence claim is tomorrow.n, that that s the bloomberg dollar index, up a touch. here s nejra cehic. reporter: donald trump claims tax reforms would be worth $4000 a year for the average american household. he asked for help so he could give the country the best christmas president of all. today are business tax rate is 50% higher than our average economic competitor. this is a giant self-inflicted economic wound. reporter: the u.s. president has said he plans to choose from amongst five finalists to be the next federal reserve chairman and will make his choice soon, before he leaves for his 11 day trip on november 1. with canadawound up and mexico rejecti
jonathan: it was better with cable down and the euro at 1.17. alix: talking about cable, take a look at the gilt market. in the gilt market you are seeing yields up about four basis points. after thetively flat data out of the u.k. unemployment and wages. dollar-mex down slightly. aluminum missed, down 1%. david: it is time for your morning brief. we will start out here in from two fed presidents, bill dudley and robert kaplan in a discussion. u.s.nutes later we get housing starts and building permits for september, and the senate finance committee will meet with president trump. jonathan: china s president xi jinping laid out a roadmap to turn the country into a leading country by 2050. he warns there may still be a bumpy road ahead to success. our development is due within a great situation. slight but our challenge is tough. jonathan: opening china s doors to foreign businesses and monetary policy. joining us are tom mackenzie and enda curran. just run us through the hig
dropping as the british prime minister found herself under renewed pressure as brexit talks also in a very crucial moment. what also i am looking at is a little bit of subdued ftse. the overall european indices moving sideways, a little bit on the lower side. i don t often look at bitcoin, but slumping significantly after the cancellation of a technology upgrade, prompting some users to switch. first, let s get to the bloomberg first word news. nejra: u.s. president donald trump has said he has a great little restaurant just a great relationship with the president of the philippines as he ignored questions about narcotics. in saudi arabia, a senior official has said king salman is not looking to abdicate in favor of his son. wasaid abdication unthinkable, especially because the king enjoys perfect health. haslebanese prime minister dismissed speculation he is being held against his will in saudi arabia and plans to return home within days. he made his first public comments si