Welcome to daybreak asia, im haidi lun. Kathleen im Kathleen Hays at bloombergs Global Headquarters in new york. We are on the verge of Bitcoin Futures starting to trade. The cme group in chicago, a much bigger stage then the cboe, were trading started one week ago where trading started one week ago. Its a next big step for this bitcoin market, the bitcoin world. Haidi derivative contracts that started trading last week seen a opposed, this is certainly massive milestone in terms of the volumes we are expected to see. Volume, ag 55 times bigger stage for Bitcoin Trading in terms of mainstream and institutional investors. Optimism over the tax fall bill, can we get this time tax hall bill President Trump has been wanting. It is driving sentiment in asia ahead of the opens. Take a look at how trading in new zealand is faring. We are seeing downside when it x50. To that and we are at a session low, down about 2 10 of 1 . A monumental week last week, trading at 6997, one jump over 2 in abo
Record production in u. S. Fields. Hello from sydney where it is just past 9 00 a. M. This is daybreak australia. And it is just past 5 00 in new york. We areking at how looking at the action on wall street. Look at this. Correction yes, it is official. He s p 500 down to percent from its january 26 high. Dow, down more than 4 . The nasdaq is down nearly 4 . 23. 9 . 3. 9 . And of course, bond yields ticked higher today. Stocks fell. It is the same thing. President bill dudley from the new york fed, he said that markets are repricing. Central banks are also moving tightening. And the bank of england made a statement about needing to properly raise rates a little more aggressively and a little faster. You really have to question the bravery of people. A lot of people are saying it is too early to get in. Selloff overnight suggests the fragility of levels when it comes to sentiment right now. The volatility is still very much the story. Deeper intot us get what exactly happened overnight
The cornerstone of this years agenda. Im haidi lun. This is daybreak australia. Past 5 00 injust new york. It is just past 5 00 in new york. We had a super selloff of stocks and bonds. This, midst of all of janet yellen given us a very goodbye. Nt poignant i get a little choked up when i think about her leaving. Just to be the numbers quickly. If you rounded off, it was a doubles market. About 60 points. About 145 saying point come nearly 2 as well. They were spooked by the bond market. This sudden realization that the fed is probably going to be on track for at least three rate hikes this year. On friday. Ime, what does this mean for asian market after this big selloff . Haidi the question is whether this is temporary. You keep buying on these opportunities. Is it in and action point an Inflection Point . All 11 sectors retreating. U. S. Dollars during seeing its best week in 2018, after what has been a bad news story. The kiwi dollar at 7291. U. S. Dollar about 9 10 of 1 . Continuing
Alan joyce. From a one headline monthly job report can reverberate, not just through stocks, bonds, currencies in the u. S. , but around the world. Wages accelerating, the rate hikes accelerating not just from bonds 8 but for pure but 4 . It was the move down and stocks that caught everyones attention and makes us wonder how this carries through in asia. Typical big story in the u. S. , but anyone watching markets, i am serious, this u. S. Baton has been passed Asian Traders and they will determine what happens next. Yvonne i think there is still some time between now and the game for us to talk about what is happening. Of mentioned a little bit equities, that could do some damage in asia. Kathleen how about halftime, you can watch Justin Timberlake and us too. A new round of earnings come big focus on bonds will dominate wall street this week. Su keenan is here to wrap it up. Bull story,bond stock bulls rattled by fridays close. Lets check it out, 666, an ominous number. In two weeks.
American jobs. Kathleen breaking news on south koreas labor market, we have the Unemployment Rate now at 3. 6 over last year, it was bute point six in december, that is what we are getting so far on this number. Number on thetant context of the korean economy, it is an area where that has been strength, and exports very strong. This closelytching to see how this affects the bank of korea in the next meeting. Holdingemployment rate steady at 3. 6 . And life pictures, lets take a listen. It is great to be here, it was eight years ago i just turned 80. I never really talked to any graduation groups or anything of the sort it was not on bucket list particularly. And then i got invited to go to and i met a truly , whether it was male, female, hispanic, africanamerican, whether it might be, these people have one thing in common. They knew they had it within themselves, they knew they could be something beyond they were. They were willing to put their time and energies to better when i saw at