Nuclear reactor shutdown, feeling the pressure. Electronics, the heaviest weighted stock in the ospi, gaining as shareholders me today. New zealand, a rate cut keeprday, failing to stocks gaining at the moment. That they take a look at the pboc raised the daily fixing rate the most in four months. We are seeing the currency gaining to 10 of 1 , also seeing offshore yuan higher. Let me take you through the euro as well, some interesting moves there after the ecb release that jumplus package, a big after mario draghi said he was anticipating normal rate cuts. Stilld right, markets feeling it after the ecbs stimulus package failed to boost confidence, moving rates into subzero territory, trying to reassure his guardians that he has ammunition to flight low rowth. Ion and we g as people observed, he was wearing his blue whateverittakes tie. Majors,s all three expansion of the qe program by billion per month, also by scope, including Corporate Bonds as well. That was a shock. A series of targeted longterm financing operations, given the reference rate is the negative deposit rate, essentially the banks will be paid by the ecb to take on these loans as long as they can transmit it. Rishaad can it work . There has been so much criticism about the efficacy of unconventional monetary policy. Rishaad we are in Uncharted Waters essentially. Thats right. Critics are saying at best we at worstw if it works, we dont know what the longterm ramifications are. Mario draghi saying he had the full support of the governing council pushing ahead with these measures. There is a sense he is stuck between a rock and a hard place. Everyone saying we have to do more on the fiscal spending side, structural reform sign. A number of countries have little room to move in terms of what they can do in terms of fiscal spending. At that a detailed look story throughout the show. We want your opinion. Twitter is your opinion rishaadtv, include trendingbusiness as well. In theeek for interest chinese economy. The pboc laying out its latest policies. , itsstart with the data the weekend, and were getting quite a lot. There is. It comes after a lull. The Chinese New Year moves they tried to put these readings together. We have not seen a good reliable gauge across the economy for some time, so this will make it all the more important. It will not be pretty on the factory front, expecting a decline to 5. 6 growth for those two months, that we can start to a year since 2009. On the investment front, anticipating a decline to 9. 3 . That is the weakest pace registered since 2000, so a huge slowdown there. The one bright spot is retail, expecting an 11 gain year on year. The pboc gone awol for quite a while, now dominating tv sets. Pboc governor, what is the expected to say . He will speak at 10 00 a. M. With his deputies. We anticipate he would hold the party line on the currency. He and other officials and deputies have been saying that there is no basis for sustained yuan depreciation. A week yuan feels capital outflows, not good news. We anticipate more verbal support for a steady, stable yuan. Is it pegged against the basket or u. S. Dollar, still some confusion. He may still try to clear that up. They have noted a slight move to improve communication, for guidance or not is debatable, but we might get more clues on the policy side. Rishaad thank you. Having a look at some other stories making headlines. Backandforth between apple and the u. S. Government, david. David lets talk about the latest. The u. S. Justice department has again come back, basically underscoring the legality of forcing the company to unlock that specific iphone. They said it was legal, describing apple counter argument as misleading. , apple has been saying that complying with the order would open up the possibility of foreign governments coming to apple at some point in the future to make similar requests. The bojs response to that, apple helped china last year, complying with three quarters of chinas requests in the first half of 2015. Apple responded, and this is what their counsel had to say. These comments on china were ridiculous and these claims were deeply offensive. No other government except the United States has asked for a backdoor. Days,g with apple, in 10 march 21, apple has said that date to introduce an updated iphone, perhaps a smaller screen, and a new smaller screened ipad. The follow that on bloomberg, the ticker and hit go for the latest news. Samsung,n theme, shareholders voting on proposals to split the role of the ceo and chairman to improve corporate governance. For the first time in its corporate history the chairmans rolet samsung will be held by someone other than the ceo chairmans role will be held by someone other than the ceo at samson. Most recent Earnings Report back in january shows profits missed forecast i40 percent. By 40 . Smartphones,cross memory chips, expected to remain anrs, and some case oversupply situation will persist, alluding to pressure that manufactures may need to keep prices competitive. Linese do get significant out of the meeting, we will get them to you as soon as they can. , bit of a about oil terror of flight, all this talk bit of a tear of late. Prices,ut a floor on threefour weeks back, and since then prices have continued to rebound on the rhetoric. Part, thethe tricky meeting itself. This coalition of Oil Producers cant seem to agree on a time nor a place for talks. Several dates and locations have been suggested, this month, next month, moscow, vienna. Well, each option probably shut down by the other. Adweek, another setback when gathering of latin american producers, scheduled to take place today in ecuador, pushed back. There was another obstacle of iran, getting the country on board, which looks unlikely. Iran had called this proposal to freeze output ridiculous. A lot of things have to align there, and the risk is markets run out of patience. Freezing is not the same as cutting output. Even at the freeze is agreed on, it does not solve the massive oversupply situation in the oil market, at least near term. Rishaad ok coming up, a beer baron under attack in the indian parliament. The global head of sovereign ratings joining us right after this. It was only last week that moodys cut chinas Credit Outlook to negative. It reaffirmed the outlook for the country. Lets look at the global state of play with james mccormick. He is with me now. Thank you for joining us. Lets start off with the big picture. Youre saying world growth is over a barrel. When you mean by that . It is a reference to the oil story. Low relative to where it has been in recent years, so a number ratings under obvious pressure due to lower commodity prices. The combination of lower prices and stronger dollar, these two are related, have been historically. Africa, latin america, hence the reference to the barrel. Rishaad a low oil price greases the wheels of the Global Economy , almost like an Interest Rate cut. Why dont you buy into that . We do. ,ome countries are, some not the ones that are, asia, u. S. Well, the u. S. Is a bit of a mixed picture, some strengths, weaknesses. It is an oil producer. Rishaad so many stresses and strains as you mentioned. One thing is for certain, imf,orld bank, global bodies reducing forecasts on. s countries across the world when it comes to growth. Are you doing the same thing, and where . Pretty much across the board. The one region where we have not brought the Growth Numbers down is europe, surprisingly. They were low already. 1. 5 rowth rates in europe, to 2 . Rishaad that is optimistic. May be, but we have not changed of those a lot in the last year. We had been bringing them down recently. Growth rate is now 2. 1 , lower than we had before. China growth rate is 6. 2 , but maybe some upward risk to that growth number. Yeah, thest part, forecasts have been coming down, not up. Rishaad no global recession this year . It is difficult to get a global recession. A growth recession, use a lot of different definitions of recession. The classic definition is two quarters of negative growth. You will not see that on a global basis, but if you define a growth recession as too weak quarters, you could see that. We still think the u. S. Is strong enoughong, to raise Interest Rates twice in our forecast. Rishaad where are you seeing the strength in particular . Strength here in this region. Rishaad im talking about the u. S. One is the labor market stronger than a lot of people think. The fed pays a lot of attention to what is going on in the labor market, also in employment rate, growth is quite strong, continues to be strong. Is supporting a good consumption story, so based on that, thats why we think the fed will be looking at raising rates. Rishaad lets move to china. Outlook, theur ratings the same, but what you sing in particular . It has been an adjusting week with the npc, so digesting the announcements there. Fiscal side, clearly an appetite for greater stimulants, deficit at 3 versus 2. 3 last year, not a huge change, but the direction of change is interesting. Taxrnment is growing about cuts, greater infrastructure spending, fees to gets fiscal stimulus on budget in their, credit growth of 13 , supplyside reforms in terms of cutting excess capacity, so i think there is risk to our 6. 2 to thesi upside. Rishaad given the sheer weight onthe amount of money owed the plus side. The debt issue is a corporate debt issue, not a Government Debt issue. Rishaad some of that corporate that has been shifted on two ferent ballots sheets balance sheets, making it sovereign debt. When it comes to the Banking Sector or state owned enterprises, corporates, some of that debt could migrate to the sovereign balance sheet. If you look at the direct debt of the sovereign, low. Local governments, somewhat higher number, but when you look at that number relative to what we see in other countries at the same rating level or different regions around the world, particular european sovereign debt numbers dont look that bad. Rishaad the day after you downgraded china, you downgraded 38 state owned enterprises . That was another agency. Our outlook on china is stable, so we havent actually changed the outlook. Rishaad how what prison you do look at the currency. It is not something that drives a rating, but volatility is in the market, and part of that is reflective of communication issues the central bank, change in direction of the andcy framework, difficulties communicating that effectively to the market. A slightly Weaker Exchange rate versus the dollar is not something that gives us cause for concern. The authorities have made it clear they are managing the Exchange Rate to a basket, the basket being stable. Rishaad which of the sovereigns are you likely to upgrade, downgrade . Outlooks areve centered in middle east and africa. Positive outlooks here, taiwan,. Hilippines we have positive outlooks on both of those. India is a positive story, but the debt level is high. The growth is good, but the debt is high. Were outside the region, people ask us a lot of questions about indonesia. If you look at the numbers, things dont look that bad at all. Rishaad thank you. Aung san suu kyis party prepares to take the reins. The challenges ahead. Welcome back. It is 10 22 a. M. In hong kong. These of the stories making headlines around the world. Five people shut dead and two wounded in pennsylvania. Two gunmen worked as a team to target the party. A high velocity rifle to shoot victims in the head after his partner uses gun to drive them towards the shooter. Police say the murders were planned, describing them as calculated and brittle. Five years after the devastating earthquake, japan spending 1 billion to relaunch the area around fukushima. The region hopes to capitalize on technologies developed since the disaster. Billion dollars pulled together from public and private investors to revamp industries and spur new ones. Falloutear meltdown and estimated to rise to 100 billion cost. Nature has provided a spectacular sight in argentina, hundreds off ice tourists have made the trip to see the show. Ice towers more than 70 meters above the lake below. It last ruptured in 2012. Powered by over 2400 journalists and 150 bureaus around the world, this is bloomberg news. Now, hang seng sue chee and her party faces a night Aung San Suu Kyi and her party face a nightmare, struggling with issues, a Stock Exchange with no stocks, currency issues. Myanmar, loads of potential, everybody says so, but also aware of the challenges. Youre right. Lots of challenges. Remember, no longer a pariah country, never mind the managed , competitive rates, unofficial rates, and most transactions made in the black market. Plus, no credit rating, and the threemonth old Stock Exchange yet to trade, all part of problems from a legacy of isolation, a military in power for five decades, but looking beyond, there are opportunities. Take a listen. There is a lot of potential because it is coming from such a low base for growth. Getting the systems right, infrastructure in place, allowing myanmar to take off, takes some time. This presents political challenges. Potential, 56 million people, 10 times more than singapore, eight. 5 growth projected, among the Fastest Growing in the world, but what many people are waiting to see is an economic blueprint. Nld take the economy forward. A lot of questions being asked as to how myanmar will go forward. Rishaad indeed, we dont know who the president will be. There are opportunities. What is being highlighted . , there, infrastructure lies the great opportunity. We note myanmar with seen as asias missing link, but with roads being built, that is changing. Foreeds about 80 billion not just roads and transport, power, technology, also banking. Securedks have preliminary licenses, a second round expected this year. Plus, the Stock Exchange. A matter of taking the risks. Rishaad thanks a lot for that. Joining us from singapore. Competition, a strange set of bedfellows. Artalibaba and tencent teaming up with Oil Companies as they take their rivalry to the world of feel. 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October 2014, boj yenuncement, how the reacted. Increased the Monetary Base by ¥80 trillion, asset purchases, as a result the yen weakened. What we have seen with the euro is that it has acted to form. December, when ,ario draghi expanded stimulus and also saying they will extend quantitative easing and tell until march 2017. You can see here at this point, up it goes, quite a strong rally. Weres because the markets disappointed. They were looking for more out of that announcement in december. Weve seen something similar after yesterdays announcement. Yesterday there was a bit of a uturn. This is what the bloomberg chart shows beautifully, the trends and every move. Announcingi stimulus, throwing everything at countriespinion union the European Union countries. Is weakening, but within 90 minutes after mario draghi said no more stimulus, there we see the 1. 6 . , gaining that is a clear example of investors showing they were less than delighted with the fact that there will be no more stimulus for a while. Rishaad thank you. Indeed, the ecbs latest decision has turned the spotlight on other central banks. James and tokyo, what are we expecting from the governor . Good morning. After the big surprise in january when the boj introduced negative rates, the bank of japan playing down expectations for the march meeting, both the governor and one of his deputies have come out and said they are looking at how these negative rates are working their way through financial markets. It was necessary, theres little expectation that rates will be cut further in march. For at least the next little while, japan is steady as she goes. That 90 the thing is of the economists suggest we will see more negativity when it comes to rates by the end of july. Is there any expectation that they could go earlier . While there is not a lot of expectation for next week, the majority of people still see the bank of japan cutting rates or increase stimulus further, almost 90 of the people we spoke to said some kind of monetary stimulus will happen in march, april, june, july. When thatt on happens. The most popular choice for the actionscal stimulus is a cut in the negative rate, backed up by the index swap market. The index swap market does not see the rate falling in the next three months, but in six months a negative Interest Rate double the rate now. Both economists and money in the say more stimulus form of a further cut in the negative rates. Rishaad thanks very much indeed. Taking a look at the possibility decreases its negative rates further. Tokyo closed for its lunchtime break. Shery asian stocks headed for the fourth weekly drop. Lets get a check of how stocks are trading. That theh reported company is eyeing to get a stake in an indian ecommerce site. Lle plunging after footwear sales dropped 16 . China overseas, Property Developer there, raising 1. 2 after announcing januaryfederal a contract sales. Monthrst weekly loss in a , bucking the downward trend, surging after its core product could bring a paradigm shift in drug discovery. Heavy pulling the stock down more than 4 in the morning session. Oil Energy Producers pulling the pix down. Japan petroleum down in the morning session. We are seeing oil seesawing this week. Today it is gaining, rebounding more than a percent for crude than the previous sessi