that's paolo gentiloni we will also speak to the new owner of the "l.a. times," and he is a fascinating man. a fascinating place at the moment he wants quality journalism to fight click bait, to fight accusations of fake news and stop the short-term nature of peoples news digestion we'll speak to him coming up >> thank you very much to talk more about the italian economy, we're joined by david miller he thank you very much for being with us. why do you care about the italian economy? why do your investors care >> to an extent that we can ignore it because it's a self-contained economy, they finance themselves that's always been the case. also lived in a terminate state of chaos for years with weak government, no legislation, all of that sort of thing. you could say nothing has changed. but it's big it's one of the bigger economies in the world one of the biggest in the eurozone if the politicians manage to blow apart the budget promises which will require the ecb and the german government to make decisions, that matters to markets not just in europe but a

join us for interviews with the new chairman of telecom italia and then former prime minister paolo gentiloni's look at italian markets. you can see all four of the major indices are now in the green. the ftse 100 is up 0.10% the xetra dax is up 0.30%. the cac 40 is up 0.25% in italy it's up 0.79% the stoxx 600 as a whole has turned positive. let's check on some currencies as well. we can see the euro is still trading slightly stronger against the u.s. dollar. the pound is bouncing back against the dollar it's stronger by a fifth of a percent. the dollar is weakening against the yen as well as the swiss franc by as much as a fifth or a quarter there of 1%. let's check in on the u.s. markets ahead of the open on the other side of the atlantic the s&p 500 looking to open very, very slightly higher the dow jones also now looking to open slightly higher. being called up more than 20 points the nasdaq as well looking to open higher, being called up 10 points that is it for today's program. i'm willem marx in london. "worldwide exchange" is coming up next. man: are unpredictable crohn's symptoms fo

that assessment comes from paolo gentiloni who was prime minister of italy until june of this year. he also tells bloomberg the next eu elections in may will be make or break for the eu. in our elections, normally no one participates. we are dealing with national issues not european issues. this time next may, we will have a european challenge. we have to win it. >> he spoke with bloomberg on the sidelines of the forum in italy. global news 24 hours a day on air and at tictoc on twitter. powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton, this is bloomberg. i'm shery ahn. i'm amanda lang. welcome to bloomberg markets. here are the top stories we are following. turmoil at tesla. shares tumble as two top executives leave the company. that the negotiators have back to the bargaining table as business leaders argue against heading china with more tariffs. we will have the latest on trade tensions. let's get a quick check of the major averages. he thought it was going to be a day all about jobs. ingot wages and payrolls august rising more than exp