The Business Sentiment index has come in at 104. 7. It had been forecast for 105. 8. The last reading had been 106. 3. Weve had the current continue come in at 101. 5 having expected to be 101. 2. This has seen the euro dollar fall from its highs earlier today in the last few minutes. Surely the germans need this as much as anybody else. It looks like the industrialists are sending out a clear message. The activity is clearly slowing. Theres a knock on impact compared from the week elsewhere in europe. Weve seen industrial pick up sharply after quite a bit of depression caused by weather effects in the last quarter. So it looks like we dont get a strong q3. And the 10year Government Bond yields picked up for the fist time since august. Is that facing uncertainty . The economy will continue to face a lot of uncertainty for many years. The challenge is coming through from higher bond yields from around the world. Some investors are obviously taking a safer option he elsewhere. Mario drag