viviana: coming up on "bloomberg best," the stories that shaped the week in business around the world. a trade truce at the g20 lifts the spirits of global markets. >> from an investor's point of view, i think this is very bullish. viviana: but tensions linger beyond hopeful headlines. >> we are talking $25 billion in tariffs, which starts to add up. >> protestors and police clash as unrest persists in hong kong. opec and allies extend curbs on oil production. eu leaders make a striking selection to lead the ecb.

>> it's breathtaking. it has the benefit of surprise. viviana: july is here. the fomc has signaled rate cuts may be coming. cleveland's fed president shares exclusive insights on the policy outlook. >> i think the fed funds rate is about at neutral right now. viviana: plus, expert perspective on what is ahead for the global economy. >> i think the market is getting a little bit greedy in terms of rate cuts. there will escalate, be a global recession. viviana: it is all straight ahead on "bloomberg best." hello and welcome. this is "bloomberg best," your weekly review of the most important business news, analysis, and interviews from bloomberg television around the world.

let's start with a day-by-day look at the top headlines. the week began on a note of optimism after presidents trump and xi met at the g20 summit and agreed to restart trade talks. francine: the u.s. and china have agreed to a trade truce and say they will revive stalled negotiations. this after talks on the sidelines of the g20 summit in japan. president trump says he will also scale back restrictions on chinese technology giant huawei. the president saying the u.s. is winning the trade war and that he will hold off additional tariffs. is it all kinetic, or is something going in the right direction? >> i think we are moving in a bit of a positive situation. trump could have walked out the meeting. francine: will it hold? that's the million-dollar question, right? >> more than $1 million. we've seen commentary in the

last week, steve mnuchin talking about 90% of the deal is done, it's always the last 10%. will it hold? who knows? tom: how successful was the weekend for president xi and all of china? >> the potential concession on huawei was more than a lot of people expected. the markets in china really like it. they are up the most in two months. tech shares are leading the way. he came out of it pretty good. did the president cave in osaka? >> there are some who think that. what he gave up is not known. those talks will drag on for weeks if not months before we know what the u.s. has given up. >> the u.s. has added more eu products to a list of goods that could be hit with tariffs as

part of the long-running dispute over subsidies paid to airbus. around $4 billion of goods could be affected. this is not a new story, of course. how significant are these potential tariffs, and why are they being identified now? >> they are quite significant, potentially. first of all, $4 billion now, but there has already been $21 billion the ustr has identified previously. we're talking $25 billion in tariffs, which starts to add up. this comes in retaliation for the european subsidies to airbus that the ustr says hurt the u.s. by $11 billion a year in trade. viviana: european union leaders have reached an agreement on some jobs at the european parliament. imf chief christine lagarde will

be nominated to the european central bank. we have -- what? about 20 hours of talks, no decision. finally, we have more clarity. >> a record 20 hours and three days of trying to figure out who will do what. christine lagarde, the head of the imf, will be nominated to replace mario draghi at the european central bank. this is really the big job that investors had kept an eye on. implicationsl the when it comes to monetary policy. shery: the top of the european commission, which is the other holy grail of european politics, is a german, who currently serves as defense minister in the angela merkel government. >> it is breathtaking. it has the benefit of surprise, and it elevates the ecb sweepstakes above these issues of -- well, does he support qe or not, and where does the finnish guy stand? should a bank of france governor

again be given the role again? all these go away. for those who think decision-making in the eu has become hopelessly sporadic, it's a really great set. [bell tolls] >> dow jones at a record close. s&p at a record close. nasdaq composite and nasdaq 100 at a record close. >> all these records -- the s&p, the dow, the nasdaq. are they vindicated? >> i'm usually not so focused on the technical aspect of the market, but the issue right here is confidence. that consumer confidence report that came out late last week showed a continued rollover in some of the key conference board measures. my concern is that a setback in the market -- that could be enough to crush confidence for good. i think the stock market will have a big say as to if this economy lapses into recession

over the next six to 12 months. >> u.s. president donald trump moving the euro and yuan a little bit after tweeting in part, "china and europe playing a big currency manipulation game and pumping money into their system in order to compete with the u.s." the president clearly has a bee in his bonnet about currencies. he clearly sees the dollar as overvalued. is it? do you think the currency market should expect more? >> donald trump is accusing everyone else of currency manipulation, but this is exactly what he is doing himself. in truth, everyone plays this game. the ecb claims it does not look at the fx rate, but absolutely they do. they must be worried. if dollar-euro rose to 1.25, the european economy, which is nearing recession would certainly tip into it. is the dollar overvalued? i think it probably is, and the

u.s. federal reserve are going to cut rates. we will get a weaker dollar which will result in all sorts of conditions at the ecb, which is why they are responding already with talk about cutting the bonds rate even further. david: u.s. employment has been the bedrock of the economy, but may numbers were disappointing, which puts more focus on what happened in june with expectations for a bounce back but still a somewhat slowing pace of jobs growth. >> here is a surprise. 224,000 jobs were created in june, well above consensus and a big rebound from may, which was revised even lower. 75,000.obs from >> it looks like rate cuts are off the table. 224,000. bond rate going up for quote, unquote, the right reasons. >> i don't think they are off

the table yet. a lot of other data has been softening and even with this number as you look at the trend, it is still for slightly slower job growth. when you look at the pace of the economy, wages times the number of jobs times the amount of hours worked, that is still on a downward trajectory. i think the market will continue to price for cuts, but three this year not two. jonathan: what is the case for a rate cut after this labor market report? >> when 10-year treasury paper is trading well below the fed funds rate or the three-month treasury bill rate, i think that is a message to the fed that their target rate is too high, frankly. i think they are looking at that. i'm not sure that our views are much different than the fed's views. i do not know when they will act. they are an independent agency. that is my basic point. this is not so much about stimulus as putting more balance into the financial sector and the yield curve.

mr. trump: if we had a fed that would lower interest rates, it would be like a rocket ship, but we don't have a fed that knows what they are doing, so it is one of those little things. viviana: still ahead, as we review the week, trade talk with peter navarro, a key policy voice within the white house. plus, an exclusive conversation with cleveland's fed president. up next, more of the week's top business headlines. opec and its allies will keep oil outputs lower for longer as russia takes a leading role in the bloc. >> putin is the absolute energy czar now. viviana: this is bloomberg. ♪

viviana: this is "bloomberg best." let's continue our global twerp

tour of the week's top business stories. in hong kong, massive protest s against the government continued. tensions escalated. david: new protests hit hong kong today as chief executive carrie lam commemorated the anniversary of the handover to china. >> protesters have gained entry and are roaming the lobby and the main chamber with no police or security to be seen. on the periphery, we have observed protesters dismantling steel gates and taking construction materials to rush them through the crowd. >> demonstrators smashing their way into the legislative council building. what is the significance of this breach? >> protesters prepared for the police against a backdrop of increased activity. the organizers of the official july 1 rally in a joint

statement with 10 democrat lawmakers said they had reached out to chief executive carrie lam to engage in a dialogue, a request she had reportedly rejected, so they say she is responsible for the events today and she should be held in the public view to reach a conclusion when it comes to responding to the five demands that are key to the protest today. >> hong kong's embattled leader is condemning leaders who stormed the legislative building as protests against the government escalated rapidly. >> this is something that we should seriously condemn. nothing is more important than the rule of law in hong kong. >> we had two things going on in hong kong, a peaceful protest, yet at the same time, you had a much more aggressive group of protesters who were bashing down the windows of the legislative council.

then at around 9:00, police fell back, which allowed no test to protesters to actually flood inside the building where they ransacked this council, and they basically trashed the place. around midnight, the police came firedn force, and they tear gas and effectively cleared the area. final question, though, why did the police pullback? what were their tactics? it will be a couple of days we we find out what happens to public opinion. guy: opec plus agreeing to extend production cuts. saudis and russians once again pulling all the strings. >> this move was really baked into the markets, considering that even in june when they sat side by side, they talked about the need for further cooperation. he said to me a rollover is in

the bag, they just into workout logistics. the president in osaka saying a deal is coming, and they just need to work out logistics. these communications are coming from high levels, the leadership of these countries, and not even from an opec member. remember, russia is part of the opec plus group. as julian lee says, they have finished their takeover of opec and putin is the absolute energy czar now. >> we are down about 5% on wti now. that does not seem like an endorsement of what opec was attempting to pull off. >> the russian oil minister came out of that meeting saying their goal today was to avoid volatility. that goal was not achieved given this market reaction. it is probably one of the worst

days after an opec meeting we have seen for some time. i was looking at the numbers before i came over. the last two meetings have been up 2% or 3%, and we were wondering if this has been the worst reaction since the 2014 meeting when opec famously said, "go ahead and produce whatever you want, we don't care" in the face of lower oil prices. francine: there's growing concern the nuclear treaty with iran is about to collapse. president trump yesterday want want tehran not to step up in richmond. he told iran to be careful with threats because they can come back to bite you. the comments come after president rouhani said the islamic republic with step up enrichment if they did not receive economic aid by sunday. >> this is donald trump threatening iran in response to iran's threat.

clearly, tehran is seeing how far they can push things right now, being it attacks in the persian gulf or stepping up uranium enrichment, but even as donald trump goes from saying "i want to have talks" to threatening action, it is clear he does not want a conflict coming up. that said, iran is telling europe it needs to give economic guarantees, or it might start construction efforts on a reactor, so that is something to watch out for. >> a ship carrying iranian oil to syria in violation of european and u.s. sanctions was targeted off the coast of gibraltar. iran declared the action illegal. >> the british are saying this was seized because they were shipping this oil to syria in violation of sanctions from the u.s. and european countries. those sanctions have been ramping up over the past few years, particularly over the last year as the u.s. left that nuclear agreement, but at this

point, iran is not happy about this action. the british are standing by it . spain is also not happy as well, saying that that is actually an area they control. >> president trump became the first sitting u.s. leader to set foot in north korea. he met kim jong-un at the demilitarized zone in a hastily arranged photo opportunity. how significant is this? >> it was a sight to see, full of symbolism. as you mentioned, the first sitting president to step onto north korean soil. at first we thought it was going to be a two-minute handshake, as trump had mentioned, but it ended up being a more bilateral meeting. a lot of questions what this means. can we start negotiations once again? >> the latest reading of the

chinese economy shows continuing fragility and the need for a trade deal with the united states. manufacturing pmi stayed at 49.4 last month, slightly weaker than forecast, and highlights the effects of the trade war. how much of the slowdown that we saw was a direct consequence of the trade war? >> we definitely saw that within the index that new export orders did slow as well, so that would be partly the impact of the u.s.-china trade war, but also we have global trade slowing generally, so that impacted new export orders. interestingly, we also saw that the jobs numbers within that index were also quite soft. that will be a bit of a concern for the domestic authorities. we will likely see a step up in trying to support domestic "bloomberg surveillance." economy in increased protectionism.

>> president trump has announced his latest nomination to the fed board. he named st. louis official christopher waller as his next hit. waller was previously a professor of economics at notre dame university. >> chris waller from the st. louis fed -- i wonder if this is not laying the grounds for the administration to continue pushing towards jim bullard coming on as the fed chair. certainly, they have had some outreach to him, and the president is not happy with jay powell's approach to policy. maybe this is laying the groundwork. we will see how that pans out. michael: it is an interesting effort by the president to definitely politicize the fed, particularly when you see what judy shelton said about her nomination yesterday. shelton put out a statement that said, "the president really gets it. his progrowth economic agenda should not be undermined by wrongheaded phillips curve thinking that punishes economic growth and subverts continued gains." she is going to go into that board room defending the president. ♪

david: we just got really strong jobs numbers. how could the fed justify a cut with those kind of numbers?

>> we can see the economy is on a good footing here. the backup in the unemployment rate was actually a favorable development showing more people entering the workforce. there's not that strong of a case for insurance moves. nonetheless, the inversion of the yield curve is a pesky problem that the markets are signaling policy tightening has been a little overdone, so the fed should recalibrate accordingly. the fed has to walk a fine line of not entering a sustained easing cycle, which will squander their ammunition, right? if they give the market what it wants when it wants it, the market is going to call for a lot more than what they want to offer up. think,s reason, i based on the strong data, jay powell in his testimony next week can say the easing is coming, not coming at the end of the month. they will hold out until september when the balance sheet has run its course. viviana: cleveland fed president loretta mester joined bloomberg. she shed light on what the

committee is watching. loretta: we have to keep an eye on inflation data and inflation expectations data. my forecast as the most likely outcome is inflation will move gradually back to 2%, but earlier this year, data that was softer means it will take a little longer to do that, but right now i still have that is my most likely outcome. however, you do have to think about the underlying trend in inflation. some of it is cyclical, factors affecting inflation, but also some of the structural factors. things like businesses with new models of how they are competing with one another, pricing behavior, consumer search behavior, and those structural factors are probably weighing on inflation as well. francine: can you still say the fed funds rate is below neutral?

loretta: i think the fed funds rate is about at neutral right now, but as the economy dictates where the accurate rate is, we need to move our rate with it. if it is true, we are entering a new phase where it is a weak growth scenario, the economy will move down, and that would be one reason to move our policy rate down. i'm not indicating things are necessarily going there. i want to see more evidence before we get to that point. viviana: coming up, more news on monetary policy with rate decisions from sweden's ricksbank and the bank of australia and we will visit more of the week's compelling conversations. peter navarro advises president trump on trade. he said at the g20, the u.s. and china made plenty of progress. peter: we had a frank exchange of views and a strong commitment to going back to the negotiating table. viviana: this is bloomberg. ♪

viviana: welcome back to "bloomberg best." anticipation of a u.s.-china trade deal, as well as dovish monetary policy around the world, helped bolster global markets and economies in the first half of 2019. this week, many guests on bloomberg television discussed the factors that could sustain or derail that rally. advisor of allianz, who spoke

with jonathan ferro about u.s. growth and the fed. >> the one thing that economies are going back and trying to figure out is do we have such deep structural changes in the economy that we can run this economy at high growth and low and stable inflation? that is critical for the fed as well. there's a lot of work to be done in terms of understanding the new structure of the economy. jonathan: chairman powell exclusively communicating this idea that an ounce of protection is worth a pound of cure. that doesn't sound like a man who's about to cut rates. where do you see this playing out? >> i'm baffled by this notion that an insurance cut is 100 basis points. an insurance cut is not 100 basis points for two reasons. one is you don't want to usable your ammunition now. secondly if you really need to cut by 100 basis points, it is well beyond insurance, there is something wrong with the economy. the marketplace i think has gone too far, but that is the history of the market. the fed gives a little, and the market pushes it even more, and i think the market is getting a

little bit greedy in terms of rate cuts. i would look 25 to 50 over the next 12 months, not 100. >> we have a global battle between the u.s. and china about who will be controlling the industry of the future. and all theon, 5g, new industries. there is a cold war between the u.s. and china, and it is not going to be easy to find a solution, and the consequences of this trade and tech war, the beginning of deglobalization, balkanization, the decoupling of global economies. it will lead to disruption by escalates,f this there will be a global recession. >> are we seeing signs of it already? i refer to data on manufacturing globally. they do see the slowdown in some countries. you see some of that spreading into the service economy and on

top of that, global trade -- that's also falling quite rapidly. how bad does it get before it improves? do they improve? >> my baseline is one in which there will be a trade impact war between the u.s. and china. it's going to get worse. manufacturing is in recession already. it is affecting services, the tech sector is in slow down, and given the policy uncertainty, there is an option about waiting. in europe, asia, the middle east -- you stop doing investment. there's already been a collapse of capex, and once it is down industrial production is down and you have the beginning of a global recession that starts in tech, then in manufacturing, then in industry, then ingoods and services. we are seeing it in the data. viviana: opec and its allies

presented a united front this week. they agreed to extend production limits for another nine months. they also adopted a charter that solidifies the opec plus coalition. but opec member iran faces unique pressures. its oil exports have plunged following u.s. sanctions. iran's oil minister discussed the impact of these sanctions in an exclusive interview with bloomberg's annmarie hordern. >> it has a negative impact on our economy, but it doesn't mean that we don't resist against this unfair, illegal, poor sanctions against iran from the united states. we are working day and night to find ways to find the sanctions and export levels. >> there's reports that you were still selling to china and even

europe. i know you can't name names. but can you confirm you are still selling to some customers? >> i cannot say anything more. >> the oil market wants to know how much if at all iranian oil is still leaving the shores and borders of iran. there are some statistics out there -- >> yes, i know. it is the right of all customers and producers to know the figures, but these markets are manipulated by the united states. this is the difficulty imposed against us by united states that oblige me not to say anything for securing the benefit of my nation. viviana: as investors cope with the volatility of global trade

policy, bloomberg viewers got insight from inside the white house. peter navarro is the assistant to the president for traded manufacturing policy. he sat in on the talks between president trump and xi on wednesday, and on wednesday described them to david westin. peter: what i saw was great personal chemistry between the two presidents. we had a frank exchange of views and a strong, strong commitment to going back to the negotiating table. ambassador robert lighthizer is leading these negotiations and as we speak plans are being made to reengage with the chinese both in china and here in the united states. what we prefer to do always is negotiate behind closed doors in good faith and not in the newspapers. david: but is it realistic to get china to make any accommodation at all on the base

of the way it structures its economy? that's the core of the objections -- it's a top-down economy with subsidies and various special arrangements between the government and companies -- is it realistic to have any movement on that at all? peter: of course it is, and we had a 150 page plus agreement that dealt with the seven structural issues that we are trying to resolve, including forced technology transfer, electoral intellectual property theft, the state owned enterprises. there is a recognition within china, particularly with reformers like the ones leading the negotiations that in order for china and the chinese economy to get to the next leg of growth and prosperity, they need to make these fundamental structural reforms. there's will in china to move to that, and from an investor's point of view, i think this is

very bullish. this will take some time, as the president has said he wants to get this right, and in the meantime, in the short run over the next month or two, the two things from the investor's point of view that are salient are whether we pass the u.s.-mexico-canada agreement, and whether the fed cuts interest rates, which it should. on the usmca, if you look at what that will do, it is worth over a point of gdp growth, half a million jobs, 75,000 jobs in the auto sector, it modernizes the agreement into the digital economy and also services which are very strong. those of the kinds of things i think investors should look at, as chinese negotiations go on in relative stability. ♪

viviana: you are watching "bloomberg best." let's resume our roundup of the let's resume our roundup of the week's top news in business and finance. the on-again off-again journey to a public listing for the world's most profitable company appears to be on again. >> saudi aramco moving forward with preparations for its mega ipo months after pausing plans to go public. the oil giant recently held a select group of investment banks to discuss potential roles. why now? >> i think now that saudi aramco has got the bond offering that they did earlier on this year, one of the biggest and most successful bond offerings in history, i think the demand appetite for the market has given them some confidence to try and go ahead with the ipo and try to get that process going again, and the ipo is a

key part of what the country as a whole is committed to as part of this process of trying to open up to foreign investors and reform the country and wean itself away from oil. it is viewed as strategically important that this deal goes ahead. >> in a victory for beijing, president trump says he would hold off on any additional chinese tariffs, for now, and will relax his administration's ban on huawei. will this be a repeat of what happened last year with cte? do we have any idea what president trump means when he says he will give some relief to this company? >> it was quite a surprise to see trump come out and say after the administration had been complaining about huawei as a national security risk, that helps beijing with spying, to

come out and say they would allow american companies to resume sales of equipment -- what he didn't say is exactly what that means for all these companies. he said we will allow american companies to resume sales except where there are national security concerns. this weekend you saw larry kudlow, president trump's advisor, give a little more detail on this. he says the plan is to keep them on the enemies list that prohibits them from selling to americans, but grant more licenses. they can go to the commerce department, find out whether they can supply chips or software or other kinds of components the company needs. it is not clear how permissive the commerce department will be in granting those licenses, but the assumption is that they will begin to allow them in some greater numbers. >> samsung profits topped second-quarter estimates with a smaller than expected drop in

operating income after a one-off gain in its display division. despite that lukewarm demand when it came to memory chips and smartphones, which raised concerns among analysts. apart from this one time gain, was there any surprise? >> surprisingly, the operating profits showed that samsung might report second-quarter operating profit later this trillion won. that's below the market expectations by a large margin. i think that has come from a chip industry downturn, and surprisingly smartphone sales were not good. the galaxy s10, which is the most recent model, lost steam already. it hurt profits as well. >> australia's reserve bank cut the official bench right to a record low of 1% in a bid to

boost lackluster growth and weakening jobs market. the governor says he will pause to gauge the impact of the cuts and says he's prepared to adjust rates again if needed. >> i think in this case they had a reassessment, and they realized that they need to get unemployment quite a bit lower. i think in this case they realized that they need to get that cash rate lower, and once they have made that decision they can be very pragmatic about making the move. he has said they will watch how things will evolve, but i'm not sure that will necessarily mean they don't move in august. >> we have a decision to break, leaving the key rates unchanged at -0.25%. the focus is on the forecast and what they plan to do.

some have been suggesting that maybe riksbank had missed the chance to further normalize policy and hike rates. >> right now, inflation is on target, inflationary expectations are close to 2%. unemployment is low and growth is fairly good. from that angle we are in a good position when it comes to deviating what major central banks in the world do. guy: automakers reporting sales for june and the second quarter. is demand softening, stabilizing, or picking up? >> it is softening. this is a continued narrative we've seen all year. general motors off 1.5% for the quarter. they are only doing quarterly numbers these days. even fiat chrysler, which had an incredible month with the ram pickup truck, it is very important. consumers aren't running away from showrooms, but auto stocks have struggled.

>> tesla jumped in late trade thanks to a record fourth-quarter delivery. the company handed over 95,000 vehicles in the second quarter, easily beating forecasts. was elon musk right? there was no reason to be concerned about demand? >> on the model 3, maybe. on the model s and model x, you still have reason to be a little bit concerned. this was the second worst showing on the model s and model x side since 2016, but you have to hand it to them on the model three side. they far and away exceeded even all the cars they delivered in the first quarter combined. this is really a show of the amount of demand there is for this car outside the u.s. this is the first full quarter in which they were delivering these cars in china and europe. that suggests there will be

some staying power for this car even though there is incentive ofthe u.s. that halved as january 1 to less than $2000. there will be less of the tailwind in that regard. >> brookfield is expanding its portfolio of real companies, and they agreed to buy them for about $6.3 billion, a 40% premium from the close on march 8. before bloomberg news reported the railroad operator was exploring a possible sale. this seems pretty rich for a railroad company that could be described as somewhat niche. >> it is rich, but then again, railroads are very profitable, and this one had record cash flow last year. sales have been growing at a 17% clip since it had its ipo in 1996. it's a rich property for a rich price.

>> broadcom is said to be in advanced talks to buy symantec. shares of broadcom fell after symantecle soared. why are they doing this? >> when you look at broadcom, last year they acquired 4 billion in revenue, and it is mostly coming from that acquisition, and you can see the playbook. at least it has exposure to cybersecurity, which is a pretty attractive market for any technology company. essentially they are trying to buy another $4 billion in revenue and probably get 2% to 3% growth. >> ab invev could surpass uber as the biggest share offering this year, after the terms for its hong kong ipo could raise up to $9.8 billion last week. why are they doing this?

i assume because they have so much money after that massive spending campaign they've had over the last two years. >> remember, three years ago over the summer when they embarked on this massive transaction to buy sab miller, that was quite something. now they have to pay down debt. they are going to undertake one of the biggest ipo's, biggest so far this year, even topping uber. let's see how it plays out over the next few weeks, but definitely the main reason they are doing it is to reduce that debt pile. >> deutsche bank has reportedly talked to regulators about lowering its capital cushion, a way for the bank to help finance an impending restructuring. is this a desperate move by deutsche bank? >> it is certainly something to avoid a capital increase. it doesn't want to raise capital from investors because share prices are superlow, and

investors are frustrated. it would be a hard fight. so they have to come up with alternatives to raising that capital and lowering the capital buffer is a way to do that. to be fair, deutsche bank in comparison to many european peers has a relatively high capital cushion, so it does seem like a plausible way to do this. guy: it is going to be a huge weekend for deutsche bank. the board will decide on a restructuring plan, which includes sweeping job cuts. the first to go, investment bank head garth ritchie. he will be leaving by mutual agreement. what can we read into him going? what does that tell us about the shape of these transformational moves? >> christian seving is trying to

do a lot at the same time. he will be taking over as head of the investment bank as they are doing this restructuring plan but the bank has not said anything about how deep these cuts will go, but it does say they will not taken a new head of the investment bank. we heard about very deep cuts throughout the bank. certainly beyond equities. they do have a huge fixed income franchise and we will see how much of that they keep. ♪

>> you look at the wcrs function, the past month or so, we have been seeing a strengthening yen. but when you look at it compared to other g10 currencies, it has underperformed. in some sense it looks like people want to be looking at other asset classes. alix: i want to show you the terminal function hs , it's the correlation over the last 60 days between oil and to your

breakevens, sitting at around 0.7. it's a pretty high correlation. viviana: about 30,000 functions are on the bloomberg. we enjoy showing you our favorites on bloomberg television, maybe they will become your favorites. here's another function you will find useful. quic . it will take you to our quick takes. that is where you can get important context and fast insight into timely topics. here's a quick take from this week. >> thanks to the smartphone, going from a to b is so easy, it has some urban dwellers wondering why bother having a car when you can get where you want at the press of a button? it's an idea known as mobility as a service, or traveler say goodbye to their own cars and sign up instead for transportation on-demand, booked through their smartphones. imagine, for instance, a commuting plan that charges by the mile, or through a monthly fee, like netflix. the demise of car ownership, at least in the world's growing urban centers, is a prospect

that the world's automakers are getting ready for, but it is not going to happen right away. a major switch to subscription transportation requires two things to fall into place. the first is already well underway -- the explosion of ride-hailing apps like lyft, grab, and kareem. the second isn't quite there yet. that's driverless cars. removing the human from behind the wheel slashes the cost of a taxi ride. that will make mobility as a service so cheap in many places it won't make financial sense to own a car anymore. a typical ride today costs $2 to $3 per mile, but a robo taxi is projected to cost as littles $.70 per mile. elon musk reckons he can lower that to $.18 per mile. that will turbocharge demand for mobility as a service, which is

$10 trillionbe a business, according to ford motor company. that is why tech giants like google and apple are developing their own self driving systems to take on the world's leading automakers, including volkswagen, general motors, ford, and toyota. eventually, a single smart app could connect us to a web of options. robotaxis, self-driving shuttles, subways, bikes, and electric scooters that will whisk us through congested megacities, where two-thirds of the population is projected to live. someday, urban dwellers may have to spend a day in the country to catch a glimpse of that 20th century show pony known as a private car. viviana: that was just one of the many quick takes you cam find on the bloomberg. you can also find them on bloomberg.com with all the latest business news and

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