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
One progress review should happen soon. More signs offers china strengthening rebound. Sales jumped by one third last quarter to 22 billion. The company insists it is no threat to u. S. National security. Lets take a look at how we are shaping up on this final friday session of the day. Lets get over to sophie he was taking a closer look. What are we watching . Vibes coming through with futures largely higher. We could see some weakness in korea following the drop that we saw for the kospi. On the docket today were looking at cpi from japan. Nikkei futures move slightly higher this morning, while the yen is trading below the 106 handle. Pulling up the chart on the terminal, we are watching to see if tech will bounce back in the region after thursdays selloff which saw the kospi with a big loss and the worst day for the regional tech index since march. Samsung took a hit on the south outlook for to prices. Prices. Outlook on chip potential hits on huawei and delayed 5g. That could hurt
Fall on year and below analyst expectations. They confirmed plans to exit thermal. U. S. China relations sour even further. Jing says the tax lets take a look at how we are shaping up for this asian trading day. U. S. Futures within shouting distance when it comes to the regular session of that february record but then retreating by the close. We are seeing not much happening when it comes to active futures contracts. The nikkei 225 looking weaker going into the open. Chicago futures trading there. The topix in the meantime remains the bestperforming market in august. We will see if it continues those gains today. Ftse futures looking like we will open up higher by. 4 . The data calendar for the day, we get the rba august meeting minutes, looking into the details of their bond buying as well as the renewed assessment of how that new victorian lockdown will barter economy in those Monetary Policy settings. Also watching crude, we are seeing weakness, just holding over 42 a barrel althou
He c. E. O. Of verizon, Hans Vestberg as we proceed throughout the hour. Francine european economies are starting to claw their way out of recession and we had encouraging p. P. I. Physician and the confident p. M. I. Jumped to 54. 8 with the services and manufacturing sectors expanding. Joining us now from paris is william, the Bnp Paribas Group chief economist. It feels like this was a good week for europe. We have the p. M. I. More than expected and the Recovery Fund. If you look at job losses theyre going to get ugly in europe. William that is a concern i have if you look at the p. M. I. Data today. What strike is that yes, manufacturing significantly and new export levels in germany are just flying but the employment series is showing that companies are under no intention whatsoever to increase hiring and on the contrary. Thats a concern. Its a concern because the recovery will depend on what households do, how much they spend and they need confidence. Alix what is going to give t
Also his rhetoric reiterated when it comes to china, saying china should have kept the virus where it was and could have stopped this virus spread. These are the latest lines coming through, the president saying trump the u. S. Can deal with the flareups. We are seeing with stocks we are basically coming off some of the lows but still heading lower today, u. S. Futures extending losses to more than 1 now. Jakarta coming online. We have a Bank Indonesia decision today, expect some type of rate cut. When it comes to india we are watching the standoff on the border with china. Besides continue to talk. They are pledging to deescalate after the deadly clashes. Here is what we are watching out for, not a lot of catalysts. Looking at the dollar, it is very much on the stronger side and youre seeing the likes of the aussie dollar reacting to those unemployment numbers which was a big miss. U. S. 10year yield, seeing bonds that are up as well and the china 10year yield is what we are watching