The countrys reserve bank kept Interest Rates unchanged at 4 percent the a. S. X. In australia also for the week blue chips and tech stocks led those gains almost all for soared 12. 2 percent after acquiring u. K. Platform breathed for 32000000. 00. In south africa the all shares also in the green on wednesday the central bank reiterated it would keep rates steady at least in the near term Consumer Staples and gold miners also lead those gains lets head over to europe in the americas starting in london where the footsie is up for the week well and gas prices hope those gains the index saw some losses though on friday data out of the u. K. Showed that g. D. P. In august grew 2 point one percent which was less than expected the german dax also in the green now german exports rose for the 4th consecutive month by 2. 4 percent in august after a 4. 7 percent rise in july french also in the green closely monitoring about u. S. Stimulus in brazil the evo best buy also seeing another green arr
8 up. A bit of a conundrum, it weaker than anticipated growth number when weve got Industrial Production and retail sales beating what was going on. Graphically, there you go. Retail sales, 3. 3 to the upside and that is what has been going on in aggregate. A mixed bag, a miss on the headline gdp but certainly a beat for Industrial Production and retail sales. Yeah, the topline picture is that China Remains the only major economy that is recovering at a pace like this but nonetheless, yeartodate, growth around 0. 7 . Year, beginning of the officials had hoped to get around 6 growth for 2020. Nonetheless, the fact retail sales came in well above the estimates will for economists who say we should see a broader economic recovery in china fueled by infrastructure. Straight cap to the pandemic, there would be focus on whether or not the consumer would step up and the numbers suggest that is happening. Ubss headore from of asia economics and achieve china economist. Always great to get your
Points, bucking an otherwise weak trend. The dow and s p 500 finishing near session lows yesterday. We are counting down to novembe. We are six days away from the big vote before americans he hed to the polls. President trump and joe biden in the final stretch of their respective campaigns this morning. The president is headed to arizona today. The bidens in the hot speat as a former business associate of hunter biden speaks out. Hear from congressman guy reschenthaler this morning, tom fiten and ron johnson about the bombshell report and its impact. Earnings season rolling on this morning. Heavy hitters reporting include boeing, general lek particular, mastercard and General Electric and anthem. Well bring you the numbers. Mark zuckerberg and jack dorsey are set to testify on liability over their sites content. Roger wicker is here, he will lead the hearing today. The cost is out, my new book with James Freeman, we will take an exclusive peak into a chapter on taxes and regulation. We
Green on wednesday the central bank reiterated it would keep rates steady at least in the near term Consumer Staples and gold miners also lead those gains lets head over to europe in the americas starting in london where the footsie is up for the week well and gas prices hope those gains the index saw some losses though on friday data out of the u. K. Showed that g. D. P. In august grew 2 point one percent which was less than expected the german dax also in the green now german exports rose for the 4th consecutive month by 2. 4 percent in august after a 4. 7 percent rise in july french also in the green closely monitoring about u. S. Stimulus in brazil the evo best buy also seeing another green arrow the main b 3 stocks climbed 2. 21 percent but robust stocks led those gains in line with crude oil which also rose about 6 percent now heading over to mexico the b. M. V. Also up on the week it reached highs that it hasnt seen since june or Oil Prices Also contributing to those gains on ou
Wall street expects some kind of stimulus. We have another monday morning rally with plenty of green and the dow jones is closing about a gain of 150, but nasdaq up over 100 points. Big tech up this morning i think pretty much across the board, yes. Its all green. Even though three top executives will be hauled before Congress Next week, both sides of the aisle angry over big tex wealth, power, influence and serious discontent about censoring conservative opinions as some senators subpoenaed jack dorsey concerning twitters suppression of conservative voice service. On the campaign trail absolutely no change. The president continues his rallies hammering his message home in the battleground states and joe biden will hunker down. He appears to have put a lid on the week staying home preparing for thursdays debate. That debate is controversial with the moderator who is supposed to be neutral anything but. Her family has donated tens of thousands of dollars to democratic campaigns and in t