Entered a new wave of cases. Europes twin battles. E. U. Leaders make no progress. Chancellor merkel says finding compromise will be difficult as france and belgium are said to have urged e. U. Leaders to step up contingency plans for a nodeal brexit. Very good morning to you and happy friday. What a week it has been. Witharted the week off optimism and euphoria with markets on a high into vaccine news and we will be ending the week on a much more sobering tone. The news coming out in the United States, california imposing a new curfew, with pressure on officials. We wake up to a public clash between Steven Mnuchin and jay powell on unused lending funds and we saw that hit the futures market. S p 500 futures paring some of those losses. We have nasdaq futures relatively flat this morning. Treasury yields steady. In the pound, north of 132. We do have sources telling bloombergs that Emmanuel Macron is urging his e. U. Counterparts to start drawing up contingency plans for a nodeal brexi
Political backlash. To rule ea is said himself out of the running for hsbcs top job. Berkley Ceo Jes Staley is expected to leave by the end of 2021. Manus a warm welcome to daybreak europe. The official of unicredit says mustier is staying at the italian banks. That is the headline. You have the jes staley story this morning, a little banking stories. For me it is about the conversation i had with axel weber on the weekend on the sidelines of the g20. Very clear, equity markets are underpricing the gravity, longevity of the potential risk from the coronavirus. That sums it up. And mustier is staying at the italian bank, good news contin. Nejra absolutely. Who would want to take the top row at hsbc with so many challenges . In terms of the coronavirus, seems like investors are trying to find the bottom of this crisis. I think it is pretty fair to now, even ifright some of the rhetoric coming out of the g20 was a little more contained than what markets are reflecting. I think that was do
Prices are. It does not mean that the market will down tomorrow but it does mean that the odds are not, in my opinion, in the investors behavior. Jp morgan hoping that revenue will benefit. Hit today. S also manus it is daybreak europe. The theme is rip it up and start again. They say growth will be 1 . 2. 3 this year. Against the going consensus of the march of the market. I quite like what they say, between bond traders and equity traders, apparently they say that bond traders might be more right but of course they are not infallible. It is a really interesting bearish call. What i would say about the equity market, both of us have observed the fact that that rally has been led by the mega caps, so you can question whether you look low the surface, if the equity market has that much conviction in growth. Caps did, maybe the small would not be lagging as much. Manus one sentiment, that it is no longer a currency manipulator, that moniker is gone. Break 6. 8 . , willie will it break 6.
Production capacity of chinas immense. The logistics capability of chinas superb and its hard to replicate that anywhere in the world. Nejra and her lagarde enter lagarde. The german deputy finance minister tells us there should be progress on a Banking Union by december. Think its a question whether we will have something definitively agreed in the next two or three weeks. I think the key thing is that there will be progress soon. We aim to see first results in december. Nejra new pickup line. Entice newooks to buyers as he unveils a cyber truck in los angeles. We are live from the event. Manus a warm welcome to beijing. We are wrapping up a couple of days of great conversation. For me, the defining moment was Henry Kissinger when he sat on that stage yesterday and said we are on the foothills of a new cold war. If things are left unchecked, this could be as bad as world war i. The phrase that really caught my mind was, this is a minor crisis but needs to be mastered. Those are the wo
Welcome to daybreak europe. Investments slowed in china and gdp hit 6 . That is below the forecast of 6. 1 . Industrialy Strong Production data was a bright spot, but the chinese economy is likely to lose momentum. In terms of market momentum, we move to the downside on the shanghai composite. It has been a mixed picture overall. We will dig into the trade war. We saw gains on the s p 500 yesterday in the u. S. Euro stoxx 50 futures into the red. The 10 year yield tips to a 174 handle. The bloomberg dollar index near a july low. Prices givingairy the kiwi dollar a lift. The worst performer, the pound. Pulling back from a five month high. Yesterday, risk reversals. Volatility still near that 2016 hi, talking about one week volatility on cable. 12849. Back to the brexit story. After frantic negotiations just days from a deadline, Boris Johnson has reached a brexit deal. This is how he described it. This is a great deal for our country, i also believe it is a very good deal for our friend