By 7 . Will rise the trade balance is expected to be at 53. 75 billion in u. S. Figures. In november, in terms of export, it is showing the overall chinese economy with the recovery story. The dollar index is flat. Sterling is under pressure. Go at 1837 u. S. Dollars. Lets head to new york and get the first word news with Karina Mitchell. Numbers continue to rise with President Trump revealing Rudy Giuliani has tested positive. The news reported you has been hospital. He the Administration Says all of americans who want the vaccine should get one by the middle of next year. Several states have record infections. The u. K. Will roll out shots tuesday, while they going to partial lockdown. Iran will raise Oil Productions under the new administration. Joe biden wants to revive the Nuclear Accord dropped by President Trump. Tehran is ready to raise output within three months. Iraq is nudging production higher, while insisting it is committed to the latest strategy from opec and its allies.
Worn surging numbers may undermine a Global Recovery. Plus, we discussed prospects for the u. S. And the wider picture with the atlanta fed president , who joins us this hour. Haidi lets look at the sydney staggered open, the friday session muted compared to the street we have had in asian stocks, asiapacific stocks seeing 13 consecutive days of gains broken by the thursday session, the longest winning streak since 1988 coming to an end. A flat stock a flat start in sydney, kiwi stocks up, muted start in japan spite heavy inflows of foreign buying. We are seeing a further downside when it comes to trading in the futures session. Getting secretary mnuchin speaking at the moment. He is speaking in an interview with Bloomberg News, saying financial conditions are quite strong, that companies that are need grants,covid not that. We heard secretary mnuchin earlier asking the fed to return unused coronavirus money. We will get you more as we get those comments. This is coming at a time when
Talks have been delayed until thursday. Diplomatic and trade tensions between australia and china formed the backdrop as the rba prepares its latest statements. Economists see no change. Shery we will start with breaking news out of south korea. We are getting the final Third Quarter gdp numbers. When it comes to the year on year numbers, a contraction of 1. 1 . This is coming in a little better than expected. The quarter on quarter numbers also rising more than expected, 2. 1 , and beating estimates of growth of only 1. 9 . We have seen some pretty positive ratings especially when it comes to the south korean export numbers. They have seen a lot of external demand, especially in china and the u. S. , despite the fact we continue to see virus infections accelerate in those economies. Again, thirdquarter gdp numbers for the final numbers now beating expectations and coming in at growth of 2. 1 quarter on quarter, haidi. Haidi lets take a look at where we are sitting when it comes to thi
Republican leader Mitch Mcconnell says President Trump is right to protest the vote cap. The u. S. Sanctions more people in hong kong over chinas increasing control. Washington has suspended its treaty with hong kong and ended reciprocal treatments on shipping. Haidi lets take a look at this market situation we are setting up for. It is firmly risk on after all the really bullish view overnight on account of the high efficacy from the biotech vaccine. Asx 200 trading higher by 1 10 of 1 . It is a handful of asiapacific markets there is or going into overboard territory. One of those is new zealand. We are seeing kiwi stocks of about 9 10 of 1 . We have the rbnz decision ahead of us this week but that market is up now for six consecutive sessions. Nikkei futures reversing pretty dramatically at the moment. Above looking at opening 25,000 for the first time in 30 years. Trading at thell highest since november 1991. A quick look when it comes to u. S. Futures as well. S p active futures u
Gdp readings are expected to show an 18 rebound from the covid19 fallout. 15 asiapacific nations formally launched the biggest freetrade deal. The accord covers 2 billion people and is a decade in the making. Howi lets take a look at it is feeding through. Havent seen much of a reaction when it comes to the kiwi aussie dollar. We are seeing bond markets the little bit cautious. We are seeing 3 10 of 1 when it comes to trading in sydney. Thirdquarter gdp numbers showing a sharp rebound in japan. We are seeing nikkei futures trading mildly optimistically. That is the picture when it comes to u. S. Futures. Back to thiss get incredible trade deal. After eight years of difficult negotiations, the largest ever freetrade deal has finally been signed. The regional, comprehensive, Economic Partnership includes 15 countries with china, japan, on. Ralia and all of aussie how important is the timing of this considering the damage caused by covid19 . This will be, as trade ministers will say, a bi