Utmost significance in the north and South Koreans. We know the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics in south korea they wont march under their own flags, they will march under this flag, april unification flag which shows the outlines of the two countries. On top of that they wont enter separate teams into the ice hockey. The womens ice hockey at least well see a joint korean tea m at least well see a joint korean team taking place. Two moments of huge significance no doubt. All of this is in the context of talks that have been ongoing in a place which is just below the demarcation between the two countries. If you wa nt between the two countries. If you wantan between the two countries. If you want an idea of how much a joint tea m want an idea of how much a joint team matters, you have to go back to 1991 because it was then a joint korean team entered the World Team Table tennis championships. They won, a huge moment, so huge in fact that the South Koreans made a film about it. T
Market miss this and the fomc tone. S striking a dovish is december really a done deal . Ant we are less than half hour away from the open of cash trading. Take a look at where futures are pointing or not pointing. There is Little Movement across european markets. The only thing making any kind of headway as far as futures are mib. Erned is the ftse the ftse, andax, euro stocks futures unchanged. Also pointing to gains and you will find out why if you continue to watch. Yieldslook at bunds, continuing to rise although coming down from the open, this is a threeday chart. The open is the last spike. 45. 5. 45. Interesting things happening in other countries. Italy getting closer to passing reforms that could hinder the fiveStar Movement. The market likes that and that is what you seek futures off. Was the market yesterday out quite strongly in italy. Trading up by 1 . The saudi market grappling with this one a little bit this morning. Site seems to be a lot of idiosyncratic factors that
And the consumer crunch. Elaine lever unilever delivers a topline miss. Nestle sees its weakest ninemonth figure in 18 years. Thehe bond proxies worth price . Matt lets take a look at european futures, equity Index Futures showing a bit of a lack of direction this morning. We can see the unchanged eurostoxx 50 and ftse futures and cac futures. Interesting what we have in the spread between treasuries and bunds. Trip ading at 40 basis points and treasuries at 234. The widest spread we have seen in 17 years. A very widespread here, this chart goes back to 2000. 17 year record here for that spread and that is why investors think the dollar could be ready to gain some ground against the euro. Guy lets talk about what else is happening around the world. Lets talk about what is happening in the gmm. Filter,t one is the g10 it looks like labor will be forming the basis of the next government in new zealand area the kiwi has been suffering as a kiwi dollar the versus the u. S. Dollar trading d
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