Surveillance. What a week we had on the markets last week. This is the tension as we get onto monday. This is what im looking at in terms of stocks. They are gaining some 1. 6 . We are also seeing futures in the u. S. Pointing to a higher open. Things can reverse quite quickly and change quite quickly. Downan see the vix index some 10 and eurodollar, 1. 2276. If there is an infection beyond equities and the vix, it would be in credit markets. Also coming up, we talk markets and last weeks correction with Morgan Stanley. Later on, we talked to eric nielsen, chief economist at unicredit. Plus, we talk ecb and brexit. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Is readye u. S. Says it to engage in Nuclear Talks with north korea. Vice president mike pence dubbed the new strategy maximum pressure and engagement at the same time. The comments signal a shift in policy after they agreed to pursue a dialogue with pyongyang at the winter olympics. Budget director Mick Mulvaney has warned
President. All types of stuff going on katie, i walk out this morning, hopefully i wont regret it later on. It end up being a very mild day here and yesterday was already above average, it is still chilly but for february standard used to hugging a winter coat and needing, hats, gloves, mittens and all that stuff. It will warm up substantially here. While is there a chill in the air this morning. Im not saying you can walk outside with the shorts and tshirt later today we will see people doing just that. Let look at what is happening here on storm scan which is more than anything just cloudy skies. We have allude todd this yesterday. Some could still see lingering sprinkle as primarily far north of philadelphia. Right now no umbrellas required certainly. With time any cloud cover will , break, for more and more sunshine. Our current temperature readings in the the lower 40s here, very calm wind overall, and it the is more than anything turning southerly. Even though it stays calm that
Economic symposium in jackson hole is officially underway. Markets around the world can set their clock for the first keynote speech from fed chair janet yellen. Yesterday, Michael Mckee caught up with Kansas City Fed chair after george. Esther george. He asked her about the International Impacts of Monetary Policy. We live in the global world, obviously, and the connections are growing between our countries as the fed thinks about Monetary Policy. It is focused on the u. S. And its mandate, but we talk about the geopolitical risk, we talk about what is happening in the economies of other countries because w we affect each other. Has mario draghi called . Mario draghi has it well in hand, i am sure. Draghi, our next guest says that the ecb president could steal the spotlight at jackson hole. Thank you for coming in. Draghi could steal the limelight. We have heard a couple of voices telling us in the studio and again the conversation in jackson hole about whether or would be theeuro bes
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