And the United States. We will talk to a man who has been sanctioned by the United States. What else are we watching . Germany in about an hours time. Thats get a first look at these equity markets for you. Futures are a little bit lower through the morning. Five weeks of gains we have had. Would we make it a sixth . Everything is pretty much flat. Look at the fx market. Eurodollar continues to grind lower. About. 1 . A flurry of german data through the morning, but everyone is talking about france, contracting pmi. The big one today is german business confidence. We are expecting that to be a little bit lower as well. Lets pick up on some of the top market news today. James bevins is the cio at ccla investment management. Good morning. Are you worried that the German Economy is chugging along nicely, spain is picking up, france is not, and neither is italy. Not desperately. Disappointing, but in the context of what we have zone, i thinkro we will see a sustained pickup in growth in th