We are live in brussels. Manus warm welcome to daybreak europe, from london and abu dhabi. One thing we have to get our heads around, have we got a little overly exuberant about riskon a little too soon7the world bank comes out with their growth report. Looking into the depths of it, it is a world we havent seen since 1990. China, under 6 growth. Nejra good morning, and great to see you. We got factory numbers from germany causing some concern. The eurozone, another flashpoint. Going back to jim littell risk, geopolitical risk, it looks like for now we will not see further escalation between iran and the u. S. , but the risk of proxy war is still there, and as the investigation happens into the boeing crash as well, if that becomes a clinical headache for iran you wonder if they could feed into wider risk in the region as well. Manus yes. The question for markets here is whether there will be plentiful supply. Headlines,e, red well delve deeper shortly. Innate pharma, a big miss. The m
Situation is what President Trump sought to do. He saw a positive Market Reaction from a geopolitical standpoint. The president calling on the international community, on nato , on russia, on china to work with United States to further isolate iran. Lastly, the president taking aim at the jcpoa, which he said in a terms was paid for with missile strikes within the last 24 hours. The iranians paid for that with the cash they received from negotiating with the obama administration. That was clearly a political undertone and will clearly be dissected by the 2020 president ial contenders. David the important point is no u. S. Lives were lost. It looks like they are deescalating. There have to be political ramifications for the president and for the people who would like to take his job. Who might this benefit in iowa . Kevin in terms of where this goes and who it benefits, you have seen joe biden date in on the issue of the jcpoa and the Public Comments in the last several days has called
Into the terrorist attacks. This is bloomberg surveillance. I am Francine Lacqua in london. It seems pretty clear that there seems to be a risk off mood. The haven assets are getting quite a big bid. I want to start with the pound, but it is more of a dollar story with equities retreating in general and investors turning cautious following the sevenweek search, with oil fluctuating. On the oil story, we will talk about the saudi story. 2. 16. 0 year yields, lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Reporter we start in australia, where Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a hostagetaking in melbourne that left a gunman and one other dead and three Police Officers injured. 29yearoldt the after he fired a police with a shotgun. He had taken a woman hostage that he had arranged to meet from an Escort Agency and is believed to have killed the building receptionist. The white house has insisted that President Trump is not picking a fight with the london mayor. He criticize
Certainly in the u. S. We had payrolls numbers on friday. Lets look at how the markets closed in the u. S. A bit of a mixed day, shrugging off some of the geopolitical tensions rising in the region and shrugging off the worse than expected payroll figures. That was worth less than forecasted. S p 500 down almost two point. Dow jones and most seven points. Nasdaq down almost one point. Surprising resilience in the u. S. Equity market. We mentioned geopolitical tension. Other moves on friday gold, the traditional safe haven, was up. First lets look at u. S. Defense stocks. Those all rallied. Gold was up one third of a percentage point on the back of safe haven. Brent and wti posting pretty significant moves, their second week of games. Displaying the usual response to jim littell two geopolitical tensions in the middle east. I mentioned safe haven. Lets look at how that played out in the currency market. Upwardsthe yen moving one fourth of 1 . That was little gains. It pared 0. 6 earlier
Guests is headlined by bill and Melinda Gates. Mr. Gates you look down the road. Vonnie it is all straight ahead on bloomberg best. Vonnie hello, i am vonnie quinn, and welcome to bloomberg best. Us begin with a day by day look at the top headlines. With the june 23 date set for a u. K. Referendum on eu membership, Campaign Season on brexit began in earnest monday, and it was an immediate financial and economic impact. Cameron answering questions from lawmakers in the house of commons. These are live pictures you are watching. David cameron has made the case , buttaying in the union the campaign, is it all about volatility doesnt really matter how many people turnover to the Boris Johnsons fight . One of the most recognizable politicians in the u. K. And his decision to support brexit has had quite an effect on the pound. Jon we have a chart is the brexit risk premium exaggerated . Rob we have been arguing for many months, it is something investors need to take notice of. Events over t