Bloomberg Surveillance

+Steve Sadove, Former Saks CEO & Mastercard Senior Adviser, says retail is in a reset period and a lot of stores will go under. Alan Ruskin, Deutsche Bank Chief International Strategist, says the U.S. government has done a remarkable job in front-loading policy easing on both the fiscal and monetary sides. George Magnus, University of Oxford Research Associate, says the production side of China's economy is recovering well, but the demand side has not been. Stephen Gallo, BMO European Head of FX Strategy, says the medium-term growth outlook will be heavily shaped by the success or failure of government intervention.

Mohamed El-Erian, Allianz Chief Economic Adviser & Bloomberg Opinion Columnist, sees a check mark-shaped recovery subject to a lot of volatility. Dean Curnutt, Macro Risk Advisors CEO, says a lower VIX index is part of the Fed's playbook. Jeremy Stein, Harvard Professor of Economics, says having a strong, capitalized banking sector will help economic recovery in the next year. Kathy Hochul, New York Lieutenant Governor, says New York's reopening has been going phenomenally well across the state.

Alessio De Longis, Invesco Investment Solutions Senior Portfolio Manager, says the surge in U.S. virus cases shows why reopening is such a delicate process. Howard Koh, Former Assistant HHS Secretary and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Professor, says Covid-19 is far from over and we need a unified approach to the pandemic going forward. George Bory, Wells Fargo Asset Management Head of Fixed Income Strategy, says we should expect a long, drawn out economic recovery with the potential of more shocks. Amy Liu, Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program Vice President and Director, says the U.S. needs a stronger vision for world-class modern infrastructure. Jameelah Robinson, M.S.

Raghuram Rajan, University of Chicago Booth School Professor & Former Reserve Bank of India Governor, says the Fed is doing a fantastic job cooperating with the government, but there has to be a reciprocal arrangement from the government side to respect the Fed's independence. Laurence Boone, OECD Chief Economist, says it will be very difficult to renew the type of economic growth that we had pre-pandemic without global cooperation. Priya Misra, TD Securities Head of Global Rates Strategy, says the market is trying to test the Fed to see how accommodating it will be. William Rudin, Rudin Management CEO, says New York City will be at the forefront of job creations and dealing with racial injustice issues.

Robert Doll, Nuveen Asset Management Chief Equity Strategist, says it will take many quarters to find new economic ground. Olivier Blanchard, Peterson Institute for International Economics Senior Fellow, sees bumpy recovery ahead for Europe. Lakshman Achuthan, Economic Cycle Research Institute COO & Co-Founder, says even a partial recovery will lift the economy from its lows. Subadra Rajappa, Societe Generale Head of U.S. Rates Strategy, says the focus is on inflation and inflation expectations. Susan Lund, McKinsey Global Institute Partner, says the Covid-19 pandemic may worsen the wage gap in the United States.

Mike Swell, Goldman Sachs Asset Management Co-Head of Global Fixed Income Portfolio Management, the U.S. Economy needs to be repaired. Amrita Sen, Energy Aspects Chief Oil Analyst, says supply is falling faster than demand in the oil sector. Daniel Morris, BNP Paribas Asset Management Senior Investment Strategist believes a second wave of Covid-19 is likely, with a lesser economic impact. Patrick Foye, MTA Chairman, says the MTA and every other transit agency will require federal aid to get through 2020.

Jeff Rosenberg, BlackRock Portfolio Manager of the Systematic Multi-Strategy Fund, reacts to the unexpectedly positive jobs report. Tiffany Wilding, PIMCO U.S. Economist, says the labor department report does not really capture people who have been furloughed. Yelena Shulyatyeva, Bloomberg Senior U.S. Economist, says the May jobs data underestimate the wage gap. Dr. Andrew Pekosz, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health Professor and Virologist, says multiple vaccine trials for Covid-19 are progressing to a second phase.

David Lebovitz, JPMorgan Investment Management Global Market Strategist, says today's market structure is very different than in the past, signaled by the speed of which markets have bounced back. Kathy Hochul, New York Lieutenant Governor, says New York City is prepared for the first phase of its reopening on Monday. Greg Boutle, BNP Paribas Head of U.S. Equity & Derivative Strategy, says there is a disconnect in U.S. economic outlook and the equity market. Admiral James Stavridis, Bloomberg Opinion Columnist & Former Supreme Allied Commander at NATO, speaks out against President Trump's threat to use military to stop protests.

Jared Bernstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Senior Fellow, says it is critical the federal sector is amply funded to protect the American people from future crises. Bill Dudley, Former New York Fed President and Former FOMC Vice Chair, says some of the Fed's market support has created a little bit of moral hazard. Steve Chiavarone, Federated Hermes Portfolio Manager, says GDP levels will not get back to where they were until the end of 2021. Tobias Levkovich, Citi Chief U.S. Equity Strategist, believes that the pandemic has accelerated certain trends that were already underway, including those in retail and tele-medicine. David Malpass, World Bank President, discusses challenges in deploring money to poor countries and the scale of debt relief the bank plans to implement in the upcoming months.

Lewis Alexander, Nomura Chief U.S. Economist, says the U.S. unemployment rate will continue to rise before this recession is over. David Kostin, Goldman Sachs Chief U.S. Equity Strategist, says the current market rally has been driven by a select group of companies. Ian Bremmer, Eurasia Group President, says the U.S. is not on the brink of civil war. Dennis Gartman, Retired Editor of The Gartman Letter, says he finds it very difficult to be bullish on risk assets.

David Herro, Harris Associates CIO of International Equity, says Europe is beginning to see normalized light at the end of this dark economic tunnel. Richard Haass, Council on Foreign Relations President, says President Trump has to step up to the moment and stop the divisive tweets and personal attacks. Ethan Harris, Bank of America Merrill Lynch Head of Global Economics Research, says data shows we are starting to move off the economic bottom. Meredith Sumpter, Eurasia Group Head of Research Strategy, says emerging market economies will struggle to balance with the competing pressures from the U.S. and China.

Jared Woodard, Bank of America Securities Head of the Research Investment Committee, says a bull rally needs to be much broader in markets. Ebrahim Rahbari, Citi Global Head of FX Analysis, says the dollar bull market can still continue. Myron Brilliant, Head of International Affairs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, says the U.S.-China relationship has never been more complex. David Rubenstein, Carlyle Group Co-Founder & Co-Chairman and Host of Leadership Live, speaks with Youtube CEO Susan Wojcicki about the platform's system for monitoring content. Loretta Mester, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President, says the Yield Curve is the support for forward guidance.

Christopher Patten, Former Governor of Hong Kong, says China must pay a price for Hong Kong and emphasizes the need for a unified global response against Xi Jinping. Evan Brown, UBS Asset Management Head of Multi-Asset, says Europe is crucially relying on a bridge being built by the ECB. Jonathan Fenby, TS Lombard China Research Chairman, says the loss of Hong Kong's special trading status with the U.S. would hurt Hong Kong more than China. Geoffrey Okamoto, IMF's First Deputy Managing Director, says the IMF entered this crisis better resourced than any prior crisis. Thierry Wizman, Macquarie Director of Global Currencies & Interest Rate Strategist, sees dollar weakening against the euro and the pound going into the second half of 2020.

Julian Emanuel, BTIG Chief Equities and Derivatices Strategist, says I am not entirely sold on the idea that we have entered a bull market. Kathy Jones, Charles Schwab Chief Fixed Income Strategist, says we have to get through deflation before we worry about inflation. Marty Walsh, Mayor of Boston, says the reopening process should be done state-by state, not federally. Leland Miller, China Beige Book CEO, says sanctions are looming over Hong Kong.

Mona Mahajan, Allianz Global Investors, discusses the importance of being selective when investing in a risk/reward industry like the airline sector. Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia discusses whether the $600 unemployment supplement should be extended when the program expires in July. Dan Tarullo, Former Federal Reserve Governor, says income support for the nation's unemployed needs to be the highest priority right now. Nelson Griggs, Nasdaq Stock Exchange President and Nasdaq's Corporate Services Business EVP, says there is a chance of a healthy IPO sector as markets look to recovery. Neysa Ernst, Johns Hopkins Hospital Department of Medicine Nurse Manager, says Covid-19 was a big wake up call about how limited ICU nursing resources are.

Tobias Levkovich, Citi Chief U.S. Equity Strategist, says FOMU (Fear of Meaningfully Underperforming), not FOMO (Fear of Missing Out), has played a role in the recent rally. Yvonne Man, Bloomberg Markets Asia Anchor, says the stage is set for another repeat of protests in Hong Kong. Priya Misra TD Securities Head of Global Rates Strategy, says the Fed has no option but to go into yield curve control. Diane Swonk, Grant Thornton Chief Economist, says American consumers will remain hesitant because of the fear of contagion, regardless of whether the economy is open or not. Andrew Pekosz, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health Professor and Virologist, discusses the challenges countries in the southern hemisphere are facing in controlling the coronavirus outbreak.

Sebastien Galy, Nordea Asset Management Senior Macro Strategist, says negative rates are possible in the U.S. and could have a powerful impact on the dollar. Steve Ricchiuto, Mizuho Securities Chief U.S. Economist, says the ability to get the labor market back to where it was will take several years. Steve Auth, Federated Hermes CIO of Equities, believes there will be a manufacturing renaissance once COVID-19 has successfully been combated. Jason Farley, Johns Hopkins University Professor of Nursing, says there are "glimmers of hope" in the effort to stabilize the spread of Covid-19.

Joyce Chang, JPMorgan Chair of Global Research, says she could see negative yields happening in the U.S., but doesn't see Fed policy going below zero. Matthew Harrison, Morgan Stanley Head of Biotechnology Research, says the level of antibodies that are protective for people with Covid-19 is still unknown. Megan Greene, Harvard Kennedy Senior Fellow, says the coronavirus pandemic has exposed a lot of broken aspects of the United States. Lauren Sauer, Johns Hopkins University Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, says we have to continue to support the W.H.O. and their role in pandemic preparedness and response. Ron Temple, Lazard Asset Management Co-Head of Multi-Asset and Head of U.S. Equity, says there needs to be more focus on the looming retirement crisis.

Jeff Currie, Goldman Sachs Global Head of Commodities Research, says there is far too much optimism in oil markets and sees gold heading towards $1,800/oz near term. Jim O'Sullivan, TD Securities Chief U.S. Macro Strategist, expects most of the major job losses to be behind us once we get through May. Brian Moynihan, Bank of America Chairman and CEO, says the economy is unlikely to experience a recovery until the end of next year. Neysa Ernst, Johns Hopkins Hospital Department of Medicine Nurse Manager, stresses why it is important to continue the use of masks and social distancing in order to keep ahead of the curve. Campbell Harvey, Duke Finance Professor, says the policy response to COVID-19 pandemic has been a black swan.

Lisa Shalett, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Chief Investment Officer, says the fear trade has been holding the U.S. dollar up in the near term. Ian Sheperdson, Pantheon Macroeconomics Founder & Chief Economist, says markets are expecting further aid from the U.S. government. Peter Hayes, Head of BlackRock's Municipal Bonds Group, says states and cities are facing a liquidity issue rather than a solvency issue. Freya Beamish, Pantheon Macroeconomics Chief Asia Economist, says the recovery in China is likely to underperform in the second half of the year. Joshua Sharfstein, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement, says there are a lot of positive signs that there is evidence of immunity, but a case hasn't been proven yet.