Onus lets check in breaking news. Composite. Eurozone pmi comes in 51. 3. Mark the compass i compass it is the manufacturing report. The services has just crossed. This is the final rating for the month of august. 54. 4. The survey estimate was 54. 3. The prior reading was 54. 3. Services has come above the previous estimate. As a result, the composite has come in ahead of estimates as well as 54. 3. So, it is a good piece of data for mario draghi to get his head round as the ecb meets today to discuss policy. Later, to discuss his plans for q. E. Investors will want reasserts reassurance the ecb is willing to expand the q. E. Program, the deflationary forces. Lets see if there is any Market Reaction to that move in the eurozone pmi which is above 50, which shows expansion. The economy is moving in the right direction. Earlier this week, we had unemployment fall to the lowest level in three months. Bank lending is expanding since the ecb started q. E. In march. This is the intraday eur
The last gaza war in that it is happening now. laughter and for those of you that dont know, i taped this show earlier in the evening. So we dont have a lot of information on these stories. But we will have complete coverage of both of these stories on tomorrow nights show and im im being told we do not have a show on friday nights. laughter okay. Oh thank god. laughter those are really depressing. cheers and applause stephen those are really depressing stories. Lets turn to a lighter story. Child refugees. laughter nation, i come to you tonight with a heavy heart and a bloated liver. You see, ive been drinking a lot thinking about this wave of unaccompanied minors flooding into america, fleeing honduras, guatemala and i believe el diablo. laughter sadly, folks, these kids continue to stream in over the border despite our clearly marked you must be this tall to enter the country sign. This is a clear humanitarian crisis. I want to be clear about something here. I am a human. Im not a m
cheers and applause stephen thank you so much, ladies and gentlemen. Stephen, stephen, Stephen Stephen, stephen, Stephen Stephen, stephen, Stephen Stephen, stephen, Stephen Stephen, stephen, Stephen Stephen welcome to the report. Thank you for joining us. cheers and applause stephen now folks, thank you. Thank you, folks. Thats great. Before we get started, i understand your enthusiasm, ladies and gentlemen, dont get me wrong, i understand. But ladies and gentlemen, before we get started i cust want to address the horrible tragedy in the ukraine. Earlier today a Malaysian Airline flight carrying 295 passengers and crew crashed apparently brought down by a missile. It is an unthinkable loss an our thoughts and prayers are with everyone affected by this senseless act. And there is more trouble in the middle east after ten days of trading missile launches earlier today there was a brief talk of a ceasefire between israel and hamas. That broke down as both sides could agree on the fire par
Thank you, folks. Thats great. Before we get started, i understand your enthusiasm, ladies and gentlemen, dont get me wrong, i understand. But ladies and gentlemen, before we get started i cust want to address the horrible tragedy in the ukraine. Earlier today a Malaysian Airline flight carrying 295 passengers and crew crashed apparently brought down by a missile. It is an unthinkable loss an our thoughts and prayers are with everyone affected by this senseless act. And there is more trouble in the middle east after ten days of trading missile launches earlier today there was a brief talk of a ceasefire between israel and hamas. That broke down as both sides could agree on the fire part, not so of the cease. laughter and now israel has sent Ground Troops into gaza. This may sound familiar. But this is different than the last gaza war in that it is happening now. laughter and for those of you that dont know, i taped this show earlier in the evening. So we dont have a lot of information