through withit all ross walker in a second. first used by my friend and colleague ryan chilcote yesterday. he does not own the chart but he's got special bragging rights. this is the bank of england bank rate going back to 1911. the end of 1979 when rates were at 17% six months after margaret thatcher became prime minister. just before the financial crisis , 2007, rates were at 5.75%. you know where they have been since march of 2009 through today. until today at .5% now at 25 basis points and they will, it seems, go lower. this intraday chart for the ftse 100 versus pound versus dollar, both unchanged going into the bank of england meeting. the ftse up by 1.5%. biggest increase since june. the pound against the dollar down by 1.5%, the biggest since the end of june as well. the yield on the u.k. 10 year, we had a record low. down to .63. .66 now. record low for the third year. we mustn't forget european stocks because the stocks 600 is up by 4/10 of 1% before the boe it was up by one third of 1%. interesting to see banks up by

there is no love lost between george herbert walker bush and ross perot. that is politics. the bigger question in 1992 as we are talking about this, which just heard about this populist campaign. he put somewhere around $12 million or $30 million of his own money into the game. he was also able to buy tv time. half an hour television commercials. one half an hour infomercial but garnered about 10.5 million viewers. he was following no real rules. george herbert walker bush had been a head of the republican party and clinton was the darling of the democrat party ross perot was a vital center and trying to champion the middle-class everyday american people purses and special interests. he is the original anti-money in washington guy. that is also an issue we are talking. he saw that was going to be a doom for us. >> let's take our next call from indianapolis. >> how are you doing? >> do you have a question for us. >> on ross perot and bill clinton try to get to neck-to-neck with lyndon johnson and roosevelt, do you think we need to go back and see what we can do about jobs an

. >> i remember 1992 when bill clinton was in third place behind ross perot and george herbert walkereople thought he was born rich. and they spent a hot of time telling people about their upbringing. this campaign has done the same thing. telling the story, a very sad story of her mother's life and her life. yet a lot of people will buy into the kind of imagery of the ad. the fact is the clintons since they got to the white house and beyond have lived a pretty high 90ing air. >> i challenge that a multibillionaire pointing at a campaign saying look how rich she is. pictures of him sitting on trump air force one eating his kentucky fried chicken. from another candidate i get it. from him, i don't. >> george bush did it against due kakis in 1988 when he convinced people he was more in touch with people. i believe that often these outside groups do not make good ads. they often, the campaigns whether they're on the air themselves, look at these and say, why can't they make better ads? my guess is, i haven't asked the trump campaign about that spot. i just saw it for the first time. my g

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. >>> coming up, jimmy walker capturing his first major title holding off jason day by one stroke. highlights coming you have after the break and wilbur rosshe economy and, of course, the political landscape. has a new op-ed out. take a look at u.s. equities futures this hour. dow looking to open 27 points higher. back in a moment. you're here to b >>> welcome back to "squawk box" this morning. among the stories front and center, a big deal to tell you about. tesla and solarcity have announced a deal to combine in an all stock transaction. both companies, of course, controlled by entrepreneur elon musk. we did know the transaction would come. solarcity being valued at 25.26 a share. for the next 45 days they will be out there looking for another buyer. >> this stock is actively trading. before it was halted it was up by as much as 7%. it gave up that 7% gain and is now down by 4% as a result of the price. >> meantime, two economic reports on the agenda today to keep your eyes on, august getting under way. we'll get the institute for supply management. july manufacturing index as well as june construction spending. both come out at 10:00 ea