Asiapacific benchmark. Jakarta coming online. Of 1 . F 6 10 u. S. Futures are flat and so are nifty futures. At thatbe looking downgrade of indias outlook to negative. The country at risk of falling into junk status. When it comes to some of these markets, singapore reopening phase two today. The peak p, is the biggest loser on the board. Elevated. Ocks are we are expecting that we could see some action from the pboc in the next coming days. Could we see it in the form of a triple are cut . The chinese bond market has stalled a bit. We are still seeing yields go lower today. Take a look at currencies first. The dollar set for a second week of gains right now. We are watching the pound really closely. The bank of england expanded by qe program. Renminbi is steady around 708. The rupiah, we are focusing on that. B. I. Cut rates yesterday. More easing to come. Trend is steepening getting tired right now. Businesses have fears of a second wave. U. S. 10 year is down to 70 basis points righ
Ceo of the alan Company Conference in idaho, we will have his take on the latest round of the bed for yahoo will verizon make the big move . The story today around global yields of course. Jonathan lets get everyone up to speed. Softer, up byle 1. 5 here in london, the losses piling up and mainland europe with the dax down by over 2 . If you to the headline in the fx market. The lowest since 1985, down by cured alltime low yields, japan, u. K. , u. S. , 10year yield down by 1. 33 . Crude softer at 45. 98. Gold at a twoyear high. 30 right here, right now. Lets go around the world and check in with our Bloomberg Team for indepth coverage of our top stories today. Guy johnson here in the city on the pound and the Global Equities and the current in asia, turning negative. Yelena shulyatyeva in new york, and possibly more stress for the u. K. Funds. Lets begin in the city with guy johnson. He joins us with a check of the market at the top, the fx market shining bright red yet again. 28 and
Inflation revised upwards. That makes the jobs of Central Banks around the world a little bit easier. We also have the iaea saying that the oil markets are rebalancing. The and across to atlanta, same idea as what you saw with eurozone inflation. A better feel moving from a lousy 0. 1 up to 0. 3 . A a lot of things, a sigh of relief. You could even dovetail back to Jpmorgan Earnings yesterday. Francine you can. Its crazy. Were of plotting 0 inflation. Better than we have had, right . Thats the brave new world. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first world nesws. Nejra ukraines speaker has been approved as the next prime minister. Poroshenko petro will take charge amid a volatile environment. Key Administration Officials have quit and the imf has halted a 17. 5 billion bailout. In south korea, the ruling party in yesterdays parliamentary election. It derail the economic reform plan. Preelection polls showed it extending its hold. Censors removed and anonymous posting on the chinese new
Were going to talk about the hot pockets and the not so hot areas around the country and what it means for real estate in 2015. Well also have an update for you on that missing airasia plane and then a closer look at how its possible we dont know what happened to two passenger jetliners now in less than a year. It is hard to believe, isnt it . More than 2 Million People forking over 5. 99 plus tax along with their credit card number to stream the Motion Picture the interview over the weekend n. This era of cyberhacking, does it show many people dont worry about that issue when it comes to their own personal information being stolen . We are looking at that thats an angle to look at coming to Sony Pictures and the interview here. And an hour to go here kicking off the final week of the year and 2014. If you can believe it we have a headline. The dow over 18,000. The close above that level last week and today comfortably above that level and now the dow is green. The s p up by about 3 an
The Washington Post reports some officials are pushing for as few as 2,500 arguing a smaller force would be the best way to end the costly unpopular war. President karzai has a four day meeting with president obama that starts next week. So sobering news from the National Oceanic and atmospheric administration. 2012 was the hottest year on record in the lower 48 states. With an average temperature at 55. 3 degrees. Now that shattered the previous record set in 1998 by a full degree while the majority of the country saw above average temperatures including las vegas and boise, cities like los angeles and seattle saw below average readings. 2012 was the second worst year for extreme weather events. Human activity especially the burning of fossil fuels is contributing to changes in the u. S. Climate. Today, the debate over what to do over gun violence continues in washington with the launch of Vice President s bidens task force. Yesterday, Gabrielle Giffords marked the twoyear anniversary