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First time in years. And the fed the ecb cuts funding costs. Boris johnson pledges a lockdown exit plan. Welcome to daybreak era. As we head into may, how about these markets . 1987. St month since u. S. Equities. U. S. Jobless claims yesterday, the you want to focus on the unemployed or the fact that the claims have been decelerating for four weeks. We saw a red on the screen yesterday. More than 1 . Own a lot of markets closed. In asia, japan is open. Read on the screen for japan. Many are clo...

Markets are struggling for direction. Stocks in the u. S. Are looking at record highs in markets around the world are trying to figure out how to put that against the fact the chinese economy is slowing. Andpean stocks getting 0. 2 you can see the 10 year yield at 1. 74. A good day to talk policy. Coming up, we speak to the Incoming European Commission her team of commissioners faces a confirmation vote in parliament. Lets its rate to new york with first word news. A worldbeating brexit trade de...

At 110. 18. Asian markets were volatile or a little mixed mother has to do with the trade war and how markets interpret whether we are closer to the deal. 1. 7u. S. 10 year yield at flat. Coming up we speak to jim oneill, former commercial secretary of the treasury, that kingdom conversation in just a couple of minutes. Lets get to the first word news in new york city. U. K. , the chief rabbi suggest people avoid voting for the labour party due to antisemitism, he says sanctions from the top. He...

Nejra welcome to bloomberg surveillance. Francine lacqua is in helsinki at the nordic business form. First, lets check in on the markets. European equities turning negative of the stoxx 600. The 10 year yield moves lower after jumping ive basis points yesterday. So a little bit of risk off in terms of equities and yield. But the weaker dollar suggests there might still be optimism out there. Conflicting headlines ahead of the trade talks. Francine lacqua is at the Nordic Business Forum. Do not m...

Prompted widespread fears and borrowing has prompted collapse. Fears of and, information sought on accounts involved in the elections. We have struggled to hold onto the gains we saw earlier this morning. Today, the u. S. In the red. The only sector still up was technology, but barely. We had that rally, but tech lost ground based on some of the details on the tax reform bill. , want to pull up this chart 879. It shows you how investors have been anticipating the tax bill will be bearish for tec...

For a first look at what the republican sales pitch will look like, we welcome kevin cirilli. He has been reporting right through this. Now to how they will sell this to the American People. What do we know . Ago, i was moments speaking with some senior republican aides who tell me that at 5 00 tonight, they will have this house Conference Meeting behind closed doors, and they will have to hash out the details of the continuing resolution. They will have to rebrand their pitch to the American Pe...

Im haidi lun. This is daybreak australia. We are one hour out from the open of asias major markets. It is 5 p. M. In new york. Im betty liu. It was a holiday today on wall street commemorating Martin Luther king it is 5 p. M. In new. Jr. So there were no equity bond trading at all. The dollar continues to trade in the Foreign Exchangethe dollar n the Foreign Exchange market. That is really what has dominated the trade today. We saw the dollar continue that slide coming off a five week decline. T...

This morning could be more crucial than most. The Federal Reserve will decide whether to raise Interest Rates. No change is expected in the Unemployment Rate, now 5. 3 . We will break down the numbers on bloomberg tv as soon as they are released. The first republican president ial debate could be revealed, that the party is a house divided. The top 10 candidates in the latest polls skirmished last night for a National Tv Audience on fox. Is there anyone on stage who is unwilling tonight to pledg...

They talked about anything public in syria and discussed iran and the violence in ukraine. The president said the firing of director comey did not have any effect on the meeting. Of. May see one last wave job seekers from poland before brexit. A recruiting company says that the u. K. Beat out germany and in more than calls surveymore surveyed the poles said they want to get the u. K. Before brexit and what may be tighter rules on immigration. Global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 ...

Im Francine Lacqua in london. A lot of news to get through. It is ecb. U. K. Election. We cannot talk about polling, anything to do with the various issues at play, but what we can tell you is polls open at 7 00 a. M. In the u. K. And will close at 10 00 p. M. You will have the first indication of who will be the Prime Minister of the u. K. Meantime, lets get on to data. Investors seem to be a little more at ease with some of the key events. We are not seeing huge moves. Financial markets mostly...