Selloff and a dollar selloff at the same time . What does that actually mean . We will break that down as well. Guy and youve got bitcoin rocketing to a record high. Out of the United States, pending home sales month on month a little weaker than anticipated, 1. 1 . Expected at 1 . The prior number revised a little higher. These have absolutely rocketed. The year on your number now stands at plus 19. 5 , which is another incredible number to think about. Lets get back to the vaccine. Is monday, and every monday morning it seems we get some news. Moderna is planning to request clearance for its Coronavirus Vaccine in the u. S. And europe today. Ceo speaking earlier to bloomberg. We have millions of doses ready. We have more and more every couple of days. Joining us now is robert. He spoke a little earlier on. I think they have a review coming up on the 17th. After the potential clearance on that date, how quickly can we get things up and running . Robert they have been told in publicu.
Writtish capital is set to see tighter virus measures. Here in germany, new cases rise by a record amount. Goldmans golden earnings. The bank posts wall streets biggest jump in bond trading so far this season. Revenue at all four divisions is up on the year. And burriss johnson tells e. U. Leaders he is disappointed by progress in brexit talks. The city of London Corporation urges both sides to avoid an act of self harm. Just under an away away from the start of european and u. K. Trading. We are seeing futures down substantially across equity indexes. 66 . Futures down. In terms of u. S. Futures, we see losses of about a third after percent, a little more on dow ubledigit on the jones and s p contracts. Anna, what do you see on the gmm . Anna lets get to that and see what is happening over in the asian session. We are weaker. We have futures pointing lower in the u. S. And you were and weaker through the asian sector as well. Outh korean sector down by. 7 . A lot to think about. The v
Discussion this evening. Francine we are not brexit free, i have just been sparing you. We have actually been increasing the numbers of icu beds because people need them more. And brexit negotiations are ongoing. There is still the selfimposed deadline of october 15. ,om and i want to make clear the case dynamics in europe are extraordinary for the slopes of those curves are distressing. Its been an extraordinary thursday. Thank you to our team for an incredible news flow. It seems like we are doing the same thing today, we are waiting for washington to wake up and drive forward. Heres riddick group to with the first word news. With first word news. The Global Food Program was honored with the Nobel Peace Prize. They especially operate in conflict zones. To 100 millionse people in 88 countries last year. The white house is shifting its position in stimulus package, again. Steven mnuchin and told nancy pelosi that they want to in agreement on a largescale relief bill. Earlier this week
Singapore also in the red. Currency markets certainly, we have the sea and why in the frame at the moment. This is as we got the story today about beijing crossing gains in the yuan as it seeks to cheapen exports and bolster weak spending. That is a theory being compounded, saying a stronger yuan is ideal for beijing at a time when president xi is pushing for a more selfreliant economy. That is where we are with the currency markets. Yvonne yeah. Interesting call there. Thats more analysis with eddie cheung, e. M. Strategist. This all about shifting to more selfreliant economy in china. Given the gains we have seen in the renminbi, is it sustainable and how much tolerance is there for further yen strength . Eddie well, i think we certainly do believe there is more room for the cn wide to gain. First in terms of the dollar view, we think the dollar still has more room to go lower. We look at the indices, we are only at about three month highs. We are still below where we are in terms of
Tiktok is said to be making contingency plans for a u. S. Shutdown, joining microsoft to challenge a bid from oracle. Australia winds up turning season like never before with a recession and record government stimulus. Lets get you started with a quick check of the markets. We are seeing u. S. Futures opening slightly higher. This as we had another record high in the u. S. With the s p 500 soaring for a fifth consecutive session. We have financial and real estate sectors being the biggest gains. We have banks benefiting. Treasury yields were higher. We had the yield curve widening. Powell chair jerome speaking at jackson hole, conveying a dovish and more relaxed approach. Higher yields leading to the dollar rebounding. U. S. Weekly jobless claims remaining above one million. Not to mention the economic gdp numbers contracting slightly less than forecasted due to oil prices looking like this. About 43 ag barrel. We had oil declining through the new york session as laura barreled into lo