marc chandler will be sticking with us. shortest talks ever? has reportedly lost interest in the commerce bank. this was what, last tuesday they were talking about merging? david: never the bridesmaid -- always a bridesmaid. alix: never the bride. this is bloomberg. ♪ we're the slowskys. we like drip coffee, layovers- -and waiting on hold. what we don't like is relying on fancy technology for help. snail mail! we were invited to a y2k party... uh, didn't that happen, like, 20 years ago? oh, look, karolyn, we've got a mathematician on our hands! check it out! now you can schedule a callback or reschedule an appointment, even on nights and weekends. today's xfinity service. simple. easy. awesome. i'd rather not. alix: it's monday and it looks like the tamil of last week never really happened. if you look across the asset classes here, the euro dollar is down but taking a look at dollar-yen, look at that is something getting more dovish with ammunition that happens versus the dollar with safe haven assets. the bond market here is selling across th

marc chandler. unbelievable record moving bond day.e a race to who can get lower faster. alix: a race to cut. up on the open, jim caron of morgan stanley. this is bloomberg. ♪ jonathan: from new york city for our audience worldwide. i'm jonathan ferro. "the countdown to the open" starts right now. ♪ jonathan: president mario draghi making the case to pass more stimulus into the european economy. accusing the ecb of weakening its currency to gain an unfair advantage, piling more pressure on chairman powell as the fed begins its meeting in washington. 30 minutes until the opening bell. stocks higher. we are positive 17 points on the s&p 500. the treasury market yields lower by six basis points on the 10 year to 2.04% and the euro softer. euro-dollar 1.12. let's begin with the big issue. mario draghi raising expectations stimulus is coming. >> he has reemphasize the fact that his toolkit is open. >> the power of the toolkit is still viable and he is leaving that in the hands of his successors. >> pre-committing to further easing. >>