1 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:06,840 Speaker 1: This is Bloomberg Surveillance. I suspect we're in one of 2 00:00:06,880 --> 00:00:10,120 Speaker 1: the darkest periods of central banking since the nineteen thirties. 3 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:13,640 Speaker 1: Right now, they're just grasping for solutions. There are an 4 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:16,720 Speaker 1: awful lot of antagonists who don't like the FETE, who 5 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:19,720 Speaker 1: want occur in the FATS authority. If demand doesn't respond 6 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:21,840 Speaker 1: to low prices were in the end of the rl 7 00:00:21,880 --> 00:00:25,079 Speaker 1: age by definition, then exactly the highlight. There's no terminal 8 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:28,520 Speaker 1: value and we're very worried about that. Bloomberg Surveillance your 9 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:32,199 Speaker 1: link to the world of economics, finance and investment on 10 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:36,440 Speaker 1: Bloomberg Radio. Good Morning I Bychael McKey along with Tom Keene. 11 00:00:36,479 --> 00:00:39,640 Speaker 1: It is seven am on Wall Street and seven am 12 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:44,440 Speaker 1: in Ottawa today on Surveillance of Bloomberg Exclusive, John Michael 13 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:48,159 Speaker 1: Faite sits down with the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau. 14 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:53,360 Speaker 1: Before that, central banks, the Swiss, the Norwegians have spoken, 15 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:56,960 Speaker 1: so have the Indonesians. The Swiss National Bank stands pat. 16 00:00:56,960 --> 00:00:59,680 Speaker 1: The Norangins Bank cuts a quarter point to fifty basis points. 17 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:04,240 Speaker 1: Next up the Bank of England. Not yet on summertime, 18 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:09,920 Speaker 1: so at eight am rather than now ahead of that decision. 19 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:13,640 Speaker 1: The Footsie is down twenty eight points half eight percent. 20 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:18,119 Speaker 1: The pound right now is trading higher one forty three 21 00:01:18,280 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 1: forty four fallout from yelling yesterday. We'll talk about that. 22 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 1: The Norwegian Corona weekends against the dollar eight point three 23 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:29,440 Speaker 1: nine five five right now. In terms of equities, the 24 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:32,440 Speaker 1: stock six hundred in Europe is down by five points, 25 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:36,600 Speaker 1: that's one and a half percent today. The Docks is 26 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:40,520 Speaker 1: off a hundred and eighty six points one point nine 27 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:45,120 Speaker 1: percent today. It may be all reaction to the FED 28 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:47,560 Speaker 1: here in the US, it certainly is. The SMP E 29 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 1: many features down eight points now. I wanna take that back. 30 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:54,240 Speaker 1: Caterpillar out with an interesting earning warning today, cutting first 31 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:57,440 Speaker 1: quarter earnings guidance but retaining full years. So they're sort 32 00:01:57,440 --> 00:02:00,640 Speaker 1: of moving money around, and we can talk about that 33 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:02,760 Speaker 1: later in the program. At SMP features down eight points, 34 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:05,120 Speaker 1: four tenths of a percent. Down Features down sixty five 35 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:08,240 Speaker 1: uh four tenths of a percent. Nasdaq features off by 36 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:11,839 Speaker 1: twenty that's half a percent on the day. The real 37 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:15,600 Speaker 1: move today in thick bonds, the tenure note yield all 38 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:18,119 Speaker 1: way down to one point eight six one point three 39 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:20,000 Speaker 1: three for your five year and the two year note. 40 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:24,320 Speaker 1: Remember this was trading at ninety nine yesterday, now a 41 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:29,240 Speaker 1: one basis points. Uh. The dollar index has fallen below 42 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:31,880 Speaker 1: ninety five. It was at ninety nine a couple of 43 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 1: days ago, ninety four point eight three seven this morning, 44 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:38,440 Speaker 1: and we are seeing that reflected in currency pairs, particularly 45 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 1: the majors the yen one eleven twenty nine. Uh. Kitchus 46 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:47,080 Speaker 1: from Sachen telling us this morning, this really really really 47 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:51,400 Speaker 1: hurtsomics and the euro Mario dragging getting no love from 48 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:54,280 Speaker 1: Janet yell In one thirteen twenty seven. This morning it 49 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 1: is up by about a percentage point. Soccer blue so blue, 50 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:01,960 Speaker 1: as they would say, Oh, he's Italian. I don't know 51 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:06,680 Speaker 1: what the Italian version of S blue is French. I'm 52 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 1: sure many of our our listeners speaking Italiancoln Stephen Freeman 53 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:13,760 Speaker 1: is our first guest. He's senior investment strategist with BNP 54 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:18,079 Speaker 1: Parrybout Investment Partners, most recently director of market Analysis at 55 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:21,639 Speaker 1: the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. So Stephen analyzed 56 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:24,800 Speaker 1: this for us. What was the FED thinking? If you 57 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:30,000 Speaker 1: look at US indicators based on the Fed's forecast, you 58 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,720 Speaker 1: could say they should have raised rates. Instead, they stand 59 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 1: pat and cut their forecasts for rates going forward exactly. 60 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:37,720 Speaker 1: So yeah, I think that's one of the key takeaways 61 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 1: from yesterday's FOMC events. First of all, I think we're 62 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 1: getting even more confirmation at the global economy matters more 63 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:47,040 Speaker 1: and more to the Fed, more than it ever has, 64 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 1: and they are clearly a little bit more concerned about 65 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:52,560 Speaker 1: downside risks posed by the global environment. I think that's 66 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:54,840 Speaker 1: the first takeaway from me. The second takeaway from me 67 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:58,040 Speaker 1: is that their concerns about these downside of us must 68 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 1: must actually be fairly significant at present, if they are 69 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:04,120 Speaker 1: willing to delay raising rates, if they're willing to signal 70 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 1: a flatter path of interest rates at a time when 71 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:08,680 Speaker 1: inflation has actually been firming for a few months now 72 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:10,880 Speaker 1: and the labor market is doing quite well. It's kind 73 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:13,560 Speaker 1: of interesting, is even leaving aside the fall of the 74 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 1: dollar from the decision time yesterday, the dollar had in 75 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:21,719 Speaker 1: recent weeks fallen back to lower based on the Dollar 76 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:23,919 Speaker 1: index and the trade weighted dollar lower than it was 77 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:28,840 Speaker 1: before they raised rates. So what exactly is she afraid of? Well, 78 00:04:28,839 --> 00:04:31,160 Speaker 1: I think, and she was actually very clear about this 79 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:33,360 Speaker 1: and in the press, breathing more so than she's been 80 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:36,400 Speaker 1: in the past, rattling off a number of countries where 81 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 1: there are signs that growth is slowing, from I m 82 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:42,800 Speaker 1: broadly to China, to the Eurozone, to Japan, and she's 83 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 1: very worried that this is going to rebound back on 84 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 1: the US in terms of overall consumption and investment. Our 85 00:04:49,279 --> 00:04:51,480 Speaker 1: team is so good at getting the right person at 86 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:53,800 Speaker 1: the right time. I am thrilled you're here this morning. 87 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:57,000 Speaker 1: You worked at Bank of International Settlements, as Mike mentions 88 00:04:57,600 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 1: The New York said, you have the most eclectic eco 89 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:04,800 Speaker 1: remics to be looking at monetary economics Wesleyan and in 90 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:09,440 Speaker 1: Russian studies and and such. Are we losing our degrees 91 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:12,640 Speaker 1: of freedom? Is what we really heard in the Central 92 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:17,880 Speaker 1: Bank Derby, Norway, Indonesia today. Uh the chair yelling, we've 93 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 1: got Governor Karney this morning. Are we losing our optionality 94 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:26,280 Speaker 1: and our degrees of freedom because of dampened economic growth? 95 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:30,400 Speaker 1: I think to some degree that that is correct. I 96 00:05:30,440 --> 00:05:33,600 Speaker 1: think what the committee is coming to terms with is 97 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:36,279 Speaker 1: the fact that the US is a smaller part of 98 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:39,320 Speaker 1: global growth and than it has ever been. Uh, that 99 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 1: it is difficult for the FED to be raising rates 100 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 1: when global growth is low, when other central banks are 101 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 1: are easing policy. So in some sense, I think that's correct. 102 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:51,240 Speaker 1: I gotta ask if you think the move in the 103 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:54,119 Speaker 1: dollar is going to be sustained, because if you're Janet 104 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:56,279 Speaker 1: yelling and you're worried about and the rest of the 105 00:05:56,279 --> 00:05:59,520 Speaker 1: world and you're pushing the dollar down, it's not going 106 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:02,320 Speaker 1: to be hell helping exactly. And I think this is 107 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:06,120 Speaker 1: something that we're seeing a lot more UH discussion and 108 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:09,840 Speaker 1: UH across central banks about. I think there's been a 109 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:14,360 Speaker 1: UH an informal understanding across central banks that they need 110 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:17,640 Speaker 1: to be very careful in how they set policy, how 111 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:20,640 Speaker 1: they communicate policy in a way that is indstabilizing two 112 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:22,480 Speaker 1: currency markets. And I think this has been saying that's 113 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:25,880 Speaker 1: actually been a source of concern for investors over the 114 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:28,320 Speaker 1: last few months, that central banks might actually be acting 115 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 1: in destabilizing ways. UH. Some of the terms to the 116 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:34,160 Speaker 1: currency war, I think that term is probably a bit 117 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:37,000 Speaker 1: too strong. 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Investco dot com slash alts 125 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:07,120 Speaker 1: futures of negative nine my down futures negative sixties seven, 126 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:11,560 Speaker 1: yet has been stable after a huge yen strength over 127 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:14,840 Speaker 1: the last UH on a on a clock basis thirty 128 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:18,080 Speaker 1: or forty hours. Yeah, we're down to one eleven twenty four. 129 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:21,440 Speaker 1: That is not going to, as Mr Jukes said, not 130 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:25,680 Speaker 1: going to help. So is this an overreaction we're seeing 131 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 1: in the markets in the currency market Stephen to what 132 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:32,280 Speaker 1: the Fed is actually doing since they didn't do anything 133 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 1: uh or is this going to be sustained? Well, I'm 134 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:39,480 Speaker 1: not sure if the movement in currencies will be sustained 135 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:42,040 Speaker 1: too much. I think what we're seeing is a sensible 136 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 1: reaction to the fact that the Committee seems less willing 137 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:49,520 Speaker 1: to plow ahead with with a steady diet of of 138 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:52,160 Speaker 1: rate increases going forward. So they are signaling a more 139 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:55,480 Speaker 1: calmninative stance of policy, which I think should be positive 140 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:58,000 Speaker 1: for risk assets UM and I think that's one of 141 00:07:58,040 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 1: the reasons why we're seeing some dollar weakness now, is 142 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:02,840 Speaker 1: is that is that their goal? Do they want to 143 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:07,480 Speaker 1: keep forcing people into risk? Well, I think they do 144 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 1: want financial conditions, not just in the US but abroad 145 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:14,800 Speaker 1: to remain relatively accommodative. And with that comes um a 146 00:08:14,880 --> 00:08:17,400 Speaker 1: desire to see at least ability in the stock market, 147 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:19,720 Speaker 1: see stability and credit spreads. And to the extent that 148 00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:21,400 Speaker 1: we do have a rally and risk ass thatt s 149 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:24,760 Speaker 1: that can actually help their posicles. We have a word 150 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:27,680 Speaker 1: I heard yesterday David blanche Flower up at Dartmouth mention 151 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:30,200 Speaker 1: is the same word this morning. There's a lot of 152 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:33,760 Speaker 1: hoping going on. Hoping to me, I usually circle it 153 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:37,120 Speaker 1: in any finance reading. His hoping is usually hold onto 154 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:39,920 Speaker 1: your wallet, you're gonna lose money, prepared to lose money. 155 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:45,720 Speaker 1: What are policymakers hoping for right now? What's the hope for? 156 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:50,120 Speaker 1: Cherry yelling? So, I think the hope at this point, 157 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:51,959 Speaker 1: and I think that's why I think you're you're wording 158 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:54,679 Speaker 1: is very appropriate one because I think uh as Kim 159 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:56,920 Speaker 1: Gaydner used to say, hope is not a strategy. We 160 00:08:56,960 --> 00:08:59,520 Speaker 1: have to thank you. We can't just be about hope. Um. 161 00:08:59,559 --> 00:09:01,600 Speaker 1: I think that what they're hoping for is that the 162 00:09:01,679 --> 00:09:04,559 Speaker 1: actions by central banks abroad will help to stabilize the 163 00:09:04,559 --> 00:09:08,240 Speaker 1: global economy, and that that means that the general resilience 164 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:11,319 Speaker 1: that we're seeing in the US economy can be sustained. 165 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:14,520 Speaker 1: Um So, I think while they're still uncertain about that, that 166 00:09:14,440 --> 00:09:16,679 Speaker 1: that means that they're going to be very very uh, 167 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:21,280 Speaker 1: cautious in raising rates. Does it work? Well? You know, 168 00:09:21,320 --> 00:09:23,679 Speaker 1: it's a good one to expect these questions this morning. 169 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:27,320 Speaker 1: Does it work? So? Um, I think it works more 170 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:28,959 Speaker 1: than raising rates. Let me put it to that way. 171 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 1: I don't think they have a choice but to go 172 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:33,280 Speaker 1: very very slowly. At this point. We have to keep 173 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:35,720 Speaker 1: in mind that the economy has been very resilient in 174 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:38,319 Speaker 1: recent years. Growth has been around two two and a 175 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:40,720 Speaker 1: half percent, which doesn't seem impressive, but it's actually above 176 00:09:40,760 --> 00:09:43,679 Speaker 1: trend in it just very quickly or on an initial basis. 177 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:47,920 Speaker 1: Kearney's way out front on slowing things down. If Yelling's 178 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:50,240 Speaker 1: catching up with Kearney, what's he say in an hour 179 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:57,199 Speaker 1: or so? Uh? I mean, so, what where are we going? 180 00:09:57,360 --> 00:09:59,360 Speaker 1: So this is a really interesting question because I think 181 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:02,000 Speaker 1: it gets down into the fact that, uh, there is 182 00:10:02,040 --> 00:10:05,320 Speaker 1: still this sense in the public and the investing community 183 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:09,040 Speaker 1: that central banks are working somewhat across purposes with one another. 184 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:11,760 Speaker 1: And I think this is what we're seeing central banks 185 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:13,800 Speaker 1: trying to combat more and more. And I think this 186 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:16,640 Speaker 1: is why we're seeing, for example, the Bank of Japan 187 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:20,280 Speaker 1: refraining from the time being, uh, from further stimulus. We're 188 00:10:20,280 --> 00:10:23,240 Speaker 1: seeing the ECB thinking about very creative ways to implement 189 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:26,680 Speaker 1: new stimulus that does not have much of an impact. 190 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:29,000 Speaker 1: We're gonna come back. Stephen Freeman was thrilled that he's 191 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:31,679 Speaker 1: with us some BMP perry. It's it's not like an 192 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:36,200 Speaker 1: historic day, It's just like it's it's a twisted sord day, 193 00:10:36,559 --> 00:10:40,880 Speaker 1: an international Yeah, very poetic. Care. I've had no sleep 194 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:43,080 Speaker 1: for three days. That is a little bit to do 195 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:46,400 Speaker 1: with it. Futures to negative eight down, futures negative the end. 196 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:52,840 Speaker 1: As we mentioned one eleven nine, Let's check in with 197 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:54,440 Speaker 1: like a bar and get the latest world of national 198 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:57,240 Speaker 1: headlines now Michael Mike time, thank you very much. President 199 00:10:57,280 --> 00:11:00,440 Speaker 1: Barack Obama's pick for the Supreme Court vacancy lands to 200 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:05,360 Speaker 1: visit two top Democrats today. Yesterday, President Obama nominated sixty 201 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:08,480 Speaker 1: three year old of Pellet Court Judge Merrick Garland. The 202 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:12,000 Speaker 1: White House says after a two week Senate recess, Garland 203 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:15,280 Speaker 1: will meet with the Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grasslett. 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