. —— the ugov poll. some say the timing of these comments was distasteful. ugov poll.hese comments was distastefullj think these comments was distasteful.” think that's right. particularly with corbyn this morning making an example of britain's support for intervention in libya, libya obviously being the country salman abedi the attacker is a second—generation immigrant from. had visited recently. so i think, the timing is odd. i would also say tactically from a campaign point of view, we think that before this terrible bombing happened, theresa may was on the back foot, having to make this huge u—turn on social care policy. it strikes me as surprising and interesting that labour got stuck in today on foreign policy, which is not traditionally their strong suit, particularly under jeremy corbyn who was not seem to have this orthodox or sort of mainstream views. they choose to go big on that as the topic with which to resume their campaign. labour's traditional strengths are health and education. education is a massive issue. we got a letter from our children state scho

here's the reason, with two weeks to go until the uk general election, the latest poll from ugov showsives lead over the labor party has narrowed from nine points to five, that news fueling concerns that prime minister theresa may won't win a large majority as she prepares for the upcoming brexit talks. also want to look at the pound against the euro falling to a two-month low. now as you've been hearing this morning german automakers lower today after a report that president trump complained to eu leaders about germany's trade surplus, especially when it comes to cars. but bmw, diamler and volkswagen currently off the lows of the session. let's end with what we're calling the chart of the week, luxury player ferragamo down 12% on a disappointing outlook. a sign the retail trouble we're seeing is not limited just to the united states. however, bernstein analyst came out today defending the stock saying ferragamo is an attractive takeover candidate. stock down 2% in today's trade. jon fortt. >> all right, thank you, seema. and amazon stock continues its march toward the psychological $1

when you at the tactical's to the new poll from the times and ugov it is possible that conservatives do not win majority. what does that mean for sterling? mark: the shock for people investing in the u.k. in the foreign exchange market, where over one week to the u.k. election and the only thing we should be discussing right now is how big will the conservative where questioning if there will be a majority. we have had to backtrack dramatically. if this fight carries on the way it did, by the time we get to next week's general election the pound could be back at where it was when the election was called. this is not the scenario that people expected. theresa may was supposed to win this election -- call this election because she was supposed to win it easily. live marketn follow insights on the blog, there is so much there, i highly recommend checking it out. mliv . tom keene will bring you a conversation with dallas fed president robert catlin -- kaplan. that is on bloomberg television and radio. you can also check out tv or live go. we are live in rome for the latest on th

ugov makes clear there is a very wide range. 3.10 is the midpoint of the range. they tested this model with brexit and they got it right. we have to point out though, that polls also change the reality. one of the things theresa may has been struggling with is the risk of complacency, that tory voters would not go out to vote. you could argue that the polls will galvanize the vote and help bring the majority home. francine: what happened three or four weeks ago? the tories had a 20 point lead. is this a bad month, or are there questions about brexit? is the one area where theresa may seems to be comfortable leading. polls suggest the country is with her and this week, she is trying to bring it back to brexit. last week she came up with this plan to charge -- to make all people pay for their care until their assets fallen to 100,000 pounds. that went down extremely badly. then, we had a pause in the campaign. we did not have polling during that period. what we see in the polling now, we are not sure if it is the elderly care or the manchester attacks. francine: ja

mentioned earlier, hitting a six-week low against the dollar after a projection by poland company ugovheresa may's conservative party falling short of a majority in next week's uk election. conservatives could lose as many as 20 seats. they currently hold a 17-seat majority. we also have some other headlines. the federal reserve set to release its beige book today. the region by region assessment of the u.s. economy is going to be released at 2:00 p.m. eastern time. also whirlpool will ask u.s. officials to impose trade barriers on washing machine imports. executives say the request will be submitted today. whirlpool fighting what it calls unfair trade practices by rivals that are based in south korea. and cbs expected to announce the departure of scott pelley as evening news anchor. that's according to multiple reports. pelley would return full-time to "60 minutes." pelley has been anchoring the evening news on cbs since june 2011 when he succeeded katie couric. >>> some breaking news overnight. a suicide car bomb in afghanistan's capital has killed at least 80 people and injured more

the first ugov survey conducted since the terror attack in manchester showing the conser conservatives lost a full percent this week and the labour party picked up three. >> they lost a full percentage point. as we know, that's their limits of resolution. they're not even good within five points. >> on today's agenda there's a trio of economic reports out. >> i like those. those are important. april durable goods out at 8:30 a.m. eastern time along with the second estimate on first quarter gdp. growth revised up slightly to just 0.8%. 10:00 a.m., may consumer sentiment. becky has news on bullard. >> it makes sense, he's worried that inflation is too low. >> he's worried about the absence of inflation. >> he's worried about inflation not being high enough. >> then he's worried about deflation. he's worried about that potentially. >> you could probably write the story three years from now. >> it makes his views consistent. >> any way, i'm excited about my new word which i heard on the show before us. one analyst said we're in a siculal. it's secular and cyclical. >> does that make you a