1 00:00:02,320 --> 00:00:05,720 Speaker 1: Global business news twenty four hours a day at Bloomberg 2 00:00:05,760 --> 00:00:08,800 Speaker 1: dot com, the Radio plus Mobile Act and on your radio. 3 00:00:09,119 --> 00:00:13,600 Speaker 1: This is a Bloomberg Business Flash from Bloomberg World Headquarters. 4 00:00:13,640 --> 00:00:17,800 Speaker 1: I'm Charlie. Public of Brexit selling continues on this Monday, 5 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:21,440 Speaker 1: the Dow, the SMP, NASDAK all declining. Let's head right 6 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:25,320 Speaker 1: over the first word Breaking Views Desk four, Today's afternoon call, 7 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 1: and here he is Bill Maloney. Good afternoon, Charlie. That's right. 8 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:32,120 Speaker 1: The breaks that followed continues, with it DAL currently down 9 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:35,680 Speaker 1: two hundred nine points, SMDs dropped forty one and NAZAC 10 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:39,120 Speaker 1: declines a hundred and twenty three. The SMP five hundred 11 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 1: dropped back below the two hungine moving average for the 12 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:44,479 Speaker 1: first time since March over in New York. Germany and 13 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:48,960 Speaker 1: France each fell three percent. Italy slipped three point nine percent. 14 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:52,280 Speaker 1: The United Kingdom was cut to double A from triple 15 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:54,880 Speaker 1: A by s MP back In the US A small 16 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 1: cap six hundred falls twenty two points, and the US 17 00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 1: ten YELL dropped to one point for six percent. Eight 18 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:03,080 Speaker 1: out of tennants to be sectors are lowered, led by 19 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 1: losses in financials, materials and energy utilities and Telecom gained down, 20 00:01:08,959 --> 00:01:11,720 Speaker 1: transports fall three point two percent, and as a biotech 21 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:15,120 Speaker 1: dropped eighty points, and the vix is down by nine 22 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 1: point four percent. Leaders to the downside of the down 23 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:21,720 Speaker 1: included American Express, DuPont and JP Morgan, Small Games for 24 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:26,120 Speaker 1: Verizon and J and J. Western Digital sank twelve percent. 25 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:31,080 Speaker 1: Seagate dropped ten percent, while Dr Pepper Snapple outperformed, gaining 26 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:33,600 Speaker 1: four percent. Live from the First Bacon News to de 27 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:36,120 Speaker 1: Scot Bill Maloney, Charlottean, all right, thank you very much, Bill, 28 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:38,720 Speaker 1: And do hear live breaking news over your Bloomberg type 29 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:42,840 Speaker 1: squawk el sq you a w K on your terminal. 30 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:47,840 Speaker 1: I'm Charlie howled. That's a Bloomberg business flash you're listening 31 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 1: to taking stock with Kathleen Hay and pin box on 32 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:55,000 Speaker 1: Bloomberg radio stocks selling off the United Stays around the 33 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:57,760 Speaker 1: world for that matter, second day in a row. The 34 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 1: bond market is on fire, certainly with the US Treasury 35 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 1: market with the third year bond up about three points today, 36 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:07,880 Speaker 1: the yell down below two point three per cent. I 37 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 1: could go on and on about the big moves in 38 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:14,400 Speaker 1: these markets. Is this going to last? Our markets overreacting 39 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:17,720 Speaker 1: or are we heading for some kind of crisis that 40 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:21,560 Speaker 1: could keep markets up ended for a while and economies 41 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 1: as well. Joining me now right here in our New 42 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:28,200 Speaker 1: York studio is Brendan Brown. He's chief economist at m 43 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:31,160 Speaker 1: u f G in London, that's ground zero for the 44 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 1: bregsit vote. But he's here in New York with us today. Brendan, 45 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 1: welcome to the show. Thank you. So, uh, let's start 46 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 1: with the market reaction. Is it overdone? It's difficult to 47 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:42,679 Speaker 1: say it's overdone, because there are all some really bad 48 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 1: scenarios out there, um and one in particular we see 49 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 1: focused on is a possibility of some sort of Italian 50 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:54,160 Speaker 1: banking meltdown. And of course, given the possibility with the 51 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:57,000 Speaker 1: euro or EU may not even be here in a 52 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:00,040 Speaker 1: few years time, it's reasonable euro falls in value, a 53 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:03,400 Speaker 1: dollar stronger, and a big spike in the dollar is 54 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:06,079 Speaker 1: not such great news for US corporate profits. So there 55 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:11,239 Speaker 1: is some there is some rhythm behind this. You wrote 56 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 1: quite quite markedly, quite impressively, something I think everyone's been 57 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:20,520 Speaker 1: wondering about in a recent note actually on Friday, that 58 00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 1: the UK referendum result is not a Leman moment. It's 59 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:26,919 Speaker 1: not two thousand eight all over again. If I may 60 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:28,400 Speaker 1: put some words in your mouth, but it is is 61 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:30,640 Speaker 1: the start of a European journey away from the failure 62 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:32,880 Speaker 1: of the EU. How do you know when something is 63 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:35,720 Speaker 1: a Leman moment or when it isn't well? A Leman 64 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:40,760 Speaker 1: moment would be characterized by terrific liquidity pressures, and what 65 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 1: we're not seeing UM today or Friday is a shortage 66 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 1: of liquidity. What we are seeing as a fairly I 67 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:55,240 Speaker 1: think judicious re pricing of assets UM to take account 68 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:58,560 Speaker 1: of some of the dangers ahead along a route which 69 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 1: may end up well for Europe and the world economy, 70 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:04,760 Speaker 1: but there are dangerous from getting here to that final destination. 71 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 1: If this is the beginning of a European journey away 72 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:10,880 Speaker 1: from the failure of the EU, is that your conclusion 73 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 1: is that your view that how are painful breaks? It 74 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:15,760 Speaker 1: may be it is the right path for the UK 75 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:19,240 Speaker 1: to take. I would put it this way that the 76 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:24,680 Speaker 1: the EU had failed in three or four fundamental respects. 77 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:30,719 Speaker 1: UM didn't deliver prosperity, it delivered monetary failure, it increased 78 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:35,840 Speaker 1: political geopolitical instability, and it didn't deliver political democracy. So 79 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:42,200 Speaker 1: the UK, in deciding to move away from that were 80 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:45,279 Speaker 1: there were very powerful grounds and and and reasons for 81 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 1: hoping that a better future would lie going along an 82 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:52,119 Speaker 1: independent route, and that that independence may in turn shock 83 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 1: Europe into something better. Now, none of this is for certain. 84 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 1: There are dangers, and ultimately people have to decide themselves 85 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 1: as to whether the risks worth the candle of the journey. 86 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:06,359 Speaker 1: But there were definite reasons for thinking along that way 87 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:08,840 Speaker 1: and and and hoping for a better future. You have 88 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:11,279 Speaker 1: spenttioned the possibility of banking meltdown in Italy, and of 89 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:13,760 Speaker 1: course the weakness of their banks has been an issue 90 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:17,600 Speaker 1: for some time. France has its own issues, strikes and 91 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:21,440 Speaker 1: you know, struggles with its economy. Uncle Merkel now is 92 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:26,279 Speaker 1: going to be left without the UK in the EU, 93 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:29,840 Speaker 1: two of major major partners within the EU with their 94 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:33,160 Speaker 1: own difficulties. How does she respond? What does all this 95 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:35,720 Speaker 1: mean for her future? Well? I think the pressures on 96 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:39,800 Speaker 1: on Angela Merkel are tremendous from inside the German political system. 97 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:42,359 Speaker 1: Even ahead of this, we saw support for the anti 98 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:45,120 Speaker 1: euro Party rising where they were getting fifteen percent of 99 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:48,640 Speaker 1: the vote in recent regional elections. And given Philip now 100 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:52,000 Speaker 1: of seeing the UK having voted for Brexit. Um one 101 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:55,480 Speaker 1: can only imagine that support is going to rise, particularly 102 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 1: as without the UK budgetary contributions and as you say, 103 00:05:58,839 --> 00:06:01,320 Speaker 1: Germany on its own, the prospects are Germany is going 104 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:04,400 Speaker 1: to be having to finance this much more than previously 105 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:07,960 Speaker 1: relative to the other partners. So as the anti euro 106 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:11,279 Speaker 1: vote grows, I would imagine that the precious within Merkel's 107 00:06:11,279 --> 00:06:14,040 Speaker 1: own party c DU for Merkel to take a harder 108 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:18,000 Speaker 1: line on European bailouts and on immigration is going to increase. 109 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:20,920 Speaker 1: So ultimately, because the CDU does not want to see 110 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:23,160 Speaker 1: more and more support being taken away by the far right, 111 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:24,800 Speaker 1: we have to get some of that support back ahead 112 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:27,520 Speaker 1: of elections next year. So the Mirkel's going to either 113 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:31,520 Speaker 1: have to go along with this mood of harder line 114 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:35,560 Speaker 1: towards easy being not too many bailouts, more more control 115 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:39,560 Speaker 1: of immigration or or or yield power. And I think 116 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 1: that's what we're going to see. And that does open up, 117 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:45,039 Speaker 1: of course, a conflict with the rest of the EU 118 00:06:45,279 --> 00:06:49,480 Speaker 1: and with France, and I would imagine retentions are going 119 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:52,320 Speaker 1: to grow on that critical access between France and Germany. 120 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:54,839 Speaker 1: Let get one more quick question before we continue this 121 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:57,440 Speaker 1: conversation just a moment. What's the worst outcome in all 122 00:06:57,480 --> 00:07:01,120 Speaker 1: of this for the financial markets right now? The worst 123 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 1: outcome I could imagine in the in terms of the 124 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:08,640 Speaker 1: next few weeks would be an Italian type um banking 125 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:14,040 Speaker 1: meltdown and concern that because of the German situation we described, 126 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:16,200 Speaker 1: where isn't going to be for support for them. We're 127 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:20,120 Speaker 1: gonna continue this fascinating conversation with Brendan Brown, chief economist 128 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:22,760 Speaker 1: at m uf G in London, joining me in our 129 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:26,800 Speaker 1: New York studios today here at Bloomberg World Headquarters, Italy, 130 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:30,120 Speaker 1: the Spanish elections, the Bank of Japan trying to cope 131 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:34,880 Speaker 1: with a sergeant Yen that causes great difficulties for them 132 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:37,360 Speaker 1: as they try to stimulate the Japanese economy. All this 133 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:40,480 Speaker 1: and more coming up. I'm Kathleen Hayes taking Stock on 134 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:47,280 Speaker 1: Bloomberg Radio. Bloomberg Taking Stock is brought to you by 135 00:07:47,320 --> 00:07:50,160 Speaker 1: Bentley University. 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I'm Kathleen Hayes, my close pim Fox 144 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:30,120 Speaker 1: on vacation, the Brexit vote, a political earthquakes, sending reverberations 145 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 1: across Europe, around the world. We're gonna be looking at Italy, 146 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 1: Japan and more right here on Bloomberg Radio. Now we're 147 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:40,520 Speaker 1: gonna toss that over to Charlie Pellett. He's in the 148 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:44,679 Speaker 1: newsroom with a Bloomberg Business flash. Thank you very much, 149 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:49,760 Speaker 1: Kathleen Hayes. Those aftershocks include continues selling in the US 150 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:52,800 Speaker 1: equity market, with the DAL, the SMP and nastac Hall 151 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:56,640 Speaker 1: extending Friday's declines. Right now, the SMP pine hunted in 152 00:08:56,720 --> 00:09:00,120 Speaker 1: text down forty three points of n a drop of 153 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:05,559 Speaker 1: two point one percent. Those aftershocks reverberating across financial markets 154 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 1: after a weekend of political turmoil, the pound extending its 155 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:13,679 Speaker 1: record sell off right now, we've got the NASDA Compositive 156 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:17,480 Speaker 1: Index down one eight declining two point seven percent down, 157 00:09:17,559 --> 00:09:20,439 Speaker 1: industriels down three oh two, a drop of one point 158 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:24,080 Speaker 1: seven percent, sm D down two point one percent, the 159 00:09:24,120 --> 00:09:26,480 Speaker 1: ten year up thirty one thirty seconds, looking at the 160 00:09:26,559 --> 00:09:29,920 Speaker 1: yield now of one point four or five percent, Gold 161 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:32,960 Speaker 1: up nine eighty ounce now to thirteen thirty two again 162 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:37,000 Speaker 1: there of seven tenths of one percent. A Bloomberg exclusive 163 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:39,240 Speaker 1: this morning, as we sat down with the former Chairman 164 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:43,480 Speaker 1: of the Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan, he was on Bloomberg surveillance. 165 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:46,560 Speaker 1: He talked at length about last week's UK for referendum 166 00:09:46,559 --> 00:09:51,840 Speaker 1: and what it means for the future of the United Kingdom, 167 00:09:52,480 --> 00:10:01,679 Speaker 1: significant renewals, Scotland and I'm almost certain school. It was 168 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:05,679 Speaker 1: part of a Bloomberg Breakfast conversation hosted by Bloomberg N 169 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:09,920 Speaker 1: one in Washington, d C. So again, taking a look 170 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:12,400 Speaker 1: at what's happening with US markets, we've got crude oil 171 00:10:12,520 --> 00:10:15,319 Speaker 1: slumping two point three percent, down one ten of arrol 172 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:19,080 Speaker 1: forty six fifty five right now. On West Texas intermediate 173 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:22,640 Speaker 1: crude grant is at thirty two, a drop there of 174 00:10:22,840 --> 00:10:26,640 Speaker 1: two point three percent, and the SMP five hundred index 175 00:10:26,679 --> 00:10:31,720 Speaker 1: down forty one to a drop of two. Tow industrials 176 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:34,920 Speaker 1: now down to a decline of one point seven percent 177 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:38,280 Speaker 1: at three thirty two on Wall Street. Now, let's take 178 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:41,200 Speaker 1: a look at other news from around the world right 179 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:46,679 Speaker 1: here on Bloomberg Radio. Thank you, Charlie from the Bloomberg 180 00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:49,360 Speaker 1: News Room. I'm Jill Schneider. This news update is brought 181 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:52,079 Speaker 1: to you by the Jeep Grand Cherokee, the most awarded 182 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:55,480 Speaker 1: suv ever. The Grand Cherokee continues to raise the bar 183 00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:59,280 Speaker 1: with its luxurious interior and legendary four by four capability. 184 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:02,560 Speaker 1: Drive on at your local Jeep dealer today. British Prime 185 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:06,000 Speaker 1: Minister David Cameron says the UK will not trigger formal 186 00:11:06,080 --> 00:11:09,040 Speaker 1: EU EXITOX at this stage. He says the RAF random 187 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:11,640 Speaker 1: result is quote not the outcome I think is best 188 00:11:11,640 --> 00:11:14,440 Speaker 1: for Britain, but says the result must be respected and 189 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:17,360 Speaker 1: implemented in the best possible way. Britain is leaving the 190 00:11:17,360 --> 00:11:19,640 Speaker 1: European Union, but we must not turn our back on 191 00:11:19,720 --> 00:11:23,559 Speaker 1: Europe or on the rest of the world. The nature 192 00:11:23,679 --> 00:11:26,000 Speaker 1: of the relationship we secure with the EU will be 193 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:28,679 Speaker 1: determined by the next government, but I think everyone has 194 00:11:28,679 --> 00:11:31,640 Speaker 1: agreed that we will want the strongest possible economic links 195 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:34,319 Speaker 1: with our European neighbors, as well as with our close 196 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:37,520 Speaker 1: friends in North America, the Commonwealth and important partners like 197 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:40,800 Speaker 1: India and China. Cameron says there will be no immediate 198 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:44,480 Speaker 1: changes for EU citizens now living in the UK. Hillary Clinton, 199 00:11:44,520 --> 00:11:47,199 Speaker 1: on the campaign trail in Cincinnati today, took the stage 200 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:50,760 Speaker 1: in a first joint appearance with Elizabeth Warren. Clinton praised 201 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:54,200 Speaker 1: the Massachusetts senator law, offering a harsh critique of Donald Trump. 202 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:58,800 Speaker 1: She exposes him for what he is, temperamentally unfit and 203 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:03,079 Speaker 1: totally unqualified by to be president of the United States. 204 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:09,280 Speaker 1: Senator Warren called Clinton a fighter who has never backed down. 205 00:12:09,679 --> 00:12:12,120 Speaker 1: The Stone Wall in has officially claimed its spot in 206 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:15,080 Speaker 1: American history, The site of the nineteen sixty nine riots 207 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:17,679 Speaker 1: that launched the gay rights movement, was recognized as a 208 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:21,040 Speaker 1: national monument in a ceremony today. Global News twenty four 209 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:24,080 Speaker 1: hours a day, powered by more than twenty hundred journalists 210 00:12:24,080 --> 00:12:27,040 Speaker 1: and analysts in more than one twenty countries. From the 211 00:12:27,040 --> 00:12:30,200 Speaker 1: Bloomberg News Room, I'm Jill Schneider. This is Bloomberg, Charlie, 212 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:33,880 Speaker 1: and we thank you and again recapping a forty point 213 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:37,040 Speaker 1: loss now for the SMP five hundred index at nine 214 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:43,480 Speaker 1: down two. I'm Charlie Pellett. That's a Bloomberg business flash. 215 00:12:44,120 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 1: You're listening stock with kath on Bloomberg Radio. Problem with 216 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:54,080 Speaker 1: any kind of big move in markets, particularly when you 217 00:12:54,160 --> 00:12:57,000 Speaker 1: see a move like the British pound where it fell. 218 00:12:57,600 --> 00:13:02,599 Speaker 1: Uh had his biggest drop on Friday since the Japanese 219 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:05,160 Speaker 1: yen on Friday, also coming within six n of the 220 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:08,000 Speaker 1: point where Prime Minister Amy jumped in with his three 221 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:10,600 Speaker 1: pronged stimulus plan three years ago. The problem is that 222 00:13:10,640 --> 00:13:12,920 Speaker 1: you really don't know what one move can mean for 223 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:16,080 Speaker 1: the markets more broadly, and is the Brexit vote reverberates 224 00:13:16,280 --> 00:13:19,240 Speaker 1: across Europe. I'm continuing my conversation with Brendan Brown. He's 225 00:13:19,280 --> 00:13:22,240 Speaker 1: chief economist at m u f G. Brendan, you just 226 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:26,480 Speaker 1: mentioned Italy and it's banks. This has been a festering problem, 227 00:13:26,559 --> 00:13:28,120 Speaker 1: but it seemed like it like it kind of float 228 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:30,800 Speaker 1: along right with the rest of the EU. But the 229 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:34,880 Speaker 1: bank stocks in many countries, but particularly Europe, have gotten hammered. 230 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 1: What does this mean totally? What's going to happen well 231 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:40,959 Speaker 1: Italy in many ways is the most exposed banking system 232 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:46,400 Speaker 1: to sovereign debt and also to bad loans, and Italy 233 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:50,040 Speaker 1: has been gaining from the fact that of the QI 234 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:54,720 Speaker 1: operations by the ECB and all a cheap funding. In fact, 235 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:59,120 Speaker 1: many German voters are sort of cynco draggy in his 236 00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:02,120 Speaker 1: position is ec BE chief has been using the e 237 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:06,720 Speaker 1: c B basically to help Italy, and and that's true 238 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:08,720 Speaker 1: to a considerable extent. When when when you look at 239 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:12,600 Speaker 1: the numbers, so now, with the pressures being very much 240 00:14:12,640 --> 00:14:16,120 Speaker 1: towards EU disintegration and possibly a harder German line as 241 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:19,640 Speaker 1: we've been discussing a few minutes ago on ECB funding, 242 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:23,359 Speaker 1: the question really does rise as to whether this Italian 243 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:28,840 Speaker 1: situation is sustainable or whether the banks are going to 244 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:31,760 Speaker 1: have to face a much harder environment. Look at that 245 00:14:31,760 --> 00:14:33,280 Speaker 1: mean for Italy? What could it mean for the EU? 246 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:34,920 Speaker 1: Is this what you're going to see? Are these are 247 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:37,280 Speaker 1: kind of stresses that pull the E together because somehow 248 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:39,240 Speaker 1: they all come together and help Italy? Are these are 249 00:14:39,280 --> 00:14:41,280 Speaker 1: kind of things that pull up further apart? I think 250 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:44,960 Speaker 1: in the present climate it would pull apart because the 251 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:49,840 Speaker 1: German electorate is all very already very intense and upset 252 00:14:49,840 --> 00:14:52,600 Speaker 1: about the amount of funds which have gone onto this project, 253 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:54,760 Speaker 1: and seeing British example of being able to walk away 254 00:14:54,800 --> 00:14:56,960 Speaker 1: with it, walk away from it, the question is whether 255 00:14:57,040 --> 00:14:58,760 Speaker 1: why shouldn't Germany be able to do the same thing. 256 00:14:59,760 --> 00:15:02,040 Speaker 1: Now certainly allowed voice in Germany over the year saying 257 00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:04,600 Speaker 1: just that. Let's look at the Bank of Japan. Last 258 00:15:04,720 --> 00:15:08,240 Speaker 1: night in the New York early in the morning in Asia, 259 00:15:08,760 --> 00:15:11,000 Speaker 1: we learned that there was an emergency meeting being held 260 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:12,920 Speaker 1: with the Bank of Japan Prime Minister Abby and his 261 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:15,800 Speaker 1: many of his members of his cabinet to look at 262 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:18,760 Speaker 1: this distress on the end and what it could mean 263 00:15:18,760 --> 00:15:22,280 Speaker 1: for their markets, What does this surge in the end 264 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:25,800 Speaker 1: mean for their economy, for their policy going ahead. Well, 265 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:27,400 Speaker 1: what one has to realize first of all is that 266 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:32,640 Speaker 1: Japan has a huge net investment position in European bonds, 267 00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:35,400 Speaker 1: with Japanese investors over the last ten years or more 268 00:15:35,720 --> 00:15:38,400 Speaker 1: have basically been piling into the so called high coupon 269 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:41,920 Speaker 1: European bond markets. So when they see anything like this 270 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:44,360 Speaker 1: happened and the unknowns as to how the brexits going 271 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:47,720 Speaker 1: to emerge, they all rushed to hedge. And so you 272 00:15:47,800 --> 00:15:52,600 Speaker 1: seem tremendous upward pressure on the yen dutifous hedging by 273 00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:56,480 Speaker 1: japan UM institutions. Now on top of that, when you 274 00:15:56,520 --> 00:15:59,360 Speaker 1: get for yen rising, this is bad news with Japanese 275 00:15:59,360 --> 00:16:03,560 Speaker 1: stock market. In the stock market for in turn increases 276 00:16:03,760 --> 00:16:08,080 Speaker 1: risk aversion, and in turn that means less capital leaving Japan. 277 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:10,840 Speaker 1: So a sort of a sort of a whole vicious 278 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:14,920 Speaker 1: circle here developing. UM. And of course our be economics 279 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:18,120 Speaker 1: is founded on the two principles of using monetary policy 280 00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:20,920 Speaker 1: to boost the stock market and to appreciation to appreciate en, 281 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:25,120 Speaker 1: both of which now have gone completely into reverse. UM. 282 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:27,760 Speaker 1: I don't I if you ask me what's going to happen. 283 00:16:27,760 --> 00:16:29,320 Speaker 1: I think at some stage it's going to be intervention 284 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:32,360 Speaker 1: by by the government of Japan. Currency market intervention. Currency 285 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:34,720 Speaker 1: market intervention. But it's so important to stop all of 286 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:37,800 Speaker 1: this andthing well at working the latterly if it's we 287 00:16:37,840 --> 00:16:40,920 Speaker 1: have to join them. I think ultimately their first intention 288 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:43,240 Speaker 1: would have been to do this jointly with the United States, 289 00:16:43,280 --> 00:16:45,200 Speaker 1: but there's really no prospect of the US joining in 290 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:50,880 Speaker 1: any intervention, so the Japan would do this unilaterally. Dollar 291 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:53,640 Speaker 1: gold What does all this mean? Keep buying into the 292 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:56,600 Speaker 1: paling into the gold. What about the dollar? Well, by 293 00:16:57,200 --> 00:16:59,120 Speaker 1: to go do you have to think that here the 294 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:03,720 Speaker 1: second biggest currency in the world, Euro is now now 295 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:06,480 Speaker 1: it's an EU currency, and yet we don't know where 296 00:17:06,480 --> 00:17:08,439 Speaker 1: the EU is headed or whether you will even be 297 00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:12,520 Speaker 1: here according to some extreme scenarios within a few years. 298 00:17:12,520 --> 00:17:14,840 Speaker 1: If we really see pressure between Germany and France building 299 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:19,840 Speaker 1: up so that that that means that investors should that 300 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:22,600 Speaker 1: there were no longer in a multi currency universe anymore. 301 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:26,359 Speaker 1: They have to think seriously, but from only alternative to 302 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:29,480 Speaker 1: the dollar is gold. So it makes sense that gold 303 00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:32,840 Speaker 1: is pushed up here as as a result of these happening, 304 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:35,480 Speaker 1: and the dollar of course gains as being the only 305 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:39,919 Speaker 1: fat money which is not negative interest rates and doesn't 306 00:17:39,960 --> 00:17:43,080 Speaker 1: face some sort of existential risk or exploding budget deficit 307 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:46,399 Speaker 1: risks such as we have in Japan. Brendan Brown for investors, 308 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:49,119 Speaker 1: are we gonna look back in five years and say, wow, 309 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:51,359 Speaker 1: that that's when it really all turned. That's one that 310 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:54,240 Speaker 1: was the beginning sort of the the end of the world, 311 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:58,119 Speaker 1: but still big, big negative moment for markets. Uh, you know, 312 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:01,760 Speaker 1: between the Brexit vote, between eight point seven trillion dollars 313 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:03,800 Speaker 1: worth of negative bond yields around the world. Is this 314 00:18:03,840 --> 00:18:07,040 Speaker 1: an ominous sign? I think the most ominous sign I 315 00:18:07,080 --> 00:18:11,360 Speaker 1: would look at in recent months has been this steady 316 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:14,080 Speaker 1: decline in Tokyo. I mean, Tokyo is the second biggest 317 00:18:14,119 --> 00:18:17,439 Speaker 1: equity market in the world, and it's it's crashed by 318 00:18:17,480 --> 00:18:21,440 Speaker 1: around That has to be a warning because very often 319 00:18:21,480 --> 00:18:24,639 Speaker 1: when you look at global asset price deflation, it's it 320 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:27,520 Speaker 1: doesn't all start at once everywhere. You normally get a lead, 321 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:30,399 Speaker 1: a leader at the same time as other markets may 322 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:32,680 Speaker 1: still be going up. And I think that's what we've 323 00:18:32,680 --> 00:18:34,240 Speaker 1: seen in the first six months of this year. But 324 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:36,600 Speaker 1: it does make one much more anxious. I think about 325 00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:39,320 Speaker 1: what follows Brendon Brown. But you know, you're less anxious 326 00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:41,359 Speaker 1: if you have a sense of white what might be coming, 327 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:43,359 Speaker 1: because you can prepare for Thank you so much for 328 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:46,600 Speaker 1: joining us. Brendon Brown is chief you as economist. Excuse me, 329 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:50,479 Speaker 1: he's chief economist at m u f G based in London. 330 00:18:50,920 --> 00:19:00,840 Speaker 1: Joining me. 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