A policy decision out of the bank of korea staying on hold as expected. Surveyed that we stated that the bank of korea would stay on hold at 1. 5 . Who succeedsas to the governor as this was his last decision as the governor of the bank of korea. There has not been a lot of consensus over who replaces him or if he gets reappointed. Take a look at this chart. This is the conundrum they are facing. We had the rate rise in november. Export growth is also coming in a little bit weaker in terms of that last read that we had. Debt is oneath of the conundrums that bank of korea is facing. Banks, aany central fine balancing act. It is largely down to the fed. Take a look at the market reaction. Lets go over to sophie. Sophie you have text talks global stocks are rallying. Stocks in tokyo are rising. Have all of these stocks rising for a fifth straight day. Morgan stanley cannot a report saying that lithium prices will peak this year and have by 2021. An eye on keeping chinese lithium stocks at
Weather pattern could mean for commodity prices. And the end of the dreaded annual performance review. Why it is now falling out of favor at so many more u. S. Companies. First, though, lets check in and welcome sarah eisen. Hi, sarah . Hi, tailer. Well begin the show with the housing market, Home Building rising to the highest level since 2007, a key measure of future construction plunged. Diana joinings us live from washington with all the numbers and back numbers. This is stocked full of contradictions. Single Housing Starts took a nice move up, nearly 13 for the month. Multifamily down 17 . Look at the big picture from whens we came. Single family construction is 25 below the 30year average. Multifamily is trying to make up for a decade of underbuilding. The Single Family construction surge in july much needed, yes. And it plays into the home depot numbers that were so stellar. Even when people buy new, they fix it up to their own liking. Some say the retailer needs to play to prof
The China stock market has moved higher in two of three trading days since the end of the two-day slide in which it had fallen more than 40 points or 1.3 percent.
The China stock market headed south again on Tuesday, one session after ending the two-day slide in which it had fallen more than 40 points or 1.3 percent. The Shanghai Composite Index now rests just beneath the 3,030-point plateau although it's likely to bounce higher again on Wednesday.
Ahead of Monday's holiday for the Dragon Boat Festival, the China stock market had ended the two-day slide in which it had fallen more than 40 points or 1.3 percent.