I hope that you send him a dozen roses today because he will not be there to receive them. And you have the armani story. Everyone on global wall street must be focused this weekend on the soap opera going on. Banking is think left, right, and center. And i have a chart looking at the swiss franc. What it means for the further negative. But first, lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news with viviana hurtado. Begin with the coronavirus outbreak. It is getting tougher to gauge the true scope of it because china has provided the data that the death toll was lowered to less than 1400. Now there are more than 53,000 reported. U. S. Officials are stepping up criticism of chinas response. A stunning rebuke of President Trump from one of his most trusted cabinet numbers. William barr saying that tweets and remarks about going ongoing cases make his job impossible. Already vowed to veto a resolution to restrict his ability to wage war against iran. To be passed by the u. S. House, it
Im Francine Lacqua in london. We have a lot to get through today. We have quite a lot of news. Mark carney and Philip Hammond, and we will get on to brexit. First, let me show you your markets. A lot of the movement we saw in the last hour reports to what we heard from the chancellor and the boe governor. I would suggest it is really what is happening in the u. K. That many to look at. 675. Can see the pound, 1. 2 when it says market matrix, it is basically the difference between the two year gilt yield and the 30 year gilt yield. That curve is kind of flat. The u. S. Dollar, pretty much unchanged at 1197. The two year u. S. Yield, 1. 36. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Fourter barclays and former executives have been charged with conspiracy to commit fraud. The u. K. Fraud office said john varley and roger jenkins, and oth faced charges, along with the bank. Barclays says it is closed considering his position in relation to the allegations. U. K. , a 47yearold man