Any new stimulus in sight. And that tiktok trade, you cant really trade it, can you, because its not a public company, but bytedance is formally seeking chinas approval for a deal with oracle and walmart, those are two publiclytraded companies. Yes, they are, jim lets talk markets lets start with that. You know, its funny, i dont know what you make of the pull back today, to the extent we are going to have one or what weve been seeing in apple lately. I keep wondering coming back to that softbank option purchase that we kind of we talked about it for a day or two and then we moved on. Right. You know, a number of people have come back on it with me, jim, and sort of said maybe it had a bigger impact than we realized in terms of the run up of some of these names. It did jack the market up in 1999 fashion which, you know, you know, led to 20002001 which was a disaster and it was frankly unnatural other than zoom almost every one of those stocks that they took up have been crushed apple t
Change his mind about approval. Latery powell will say that the u. S. Economy is improving, but has a long way to go before fully recovering from the virus. The st. Louisrom fed president this hour. Haidi investors are waiting to hear from fed chair powell. But we know the gist of what he is likely to say given that the commentary has been around how recovery will be, managing expectations. The recent fairly positive data points we have gotten. S p active futures after the session overnight really erasing some of those earlier losses as well. Some of the gains we have seen trading flat at the moment. U. S. Stocks fell. Could have been worse if not for that rebound in tech shares stemming the losses. It did get close to that threshold to be considered a market correction. 0. 1 ires down by should say by 1 at the moment. Japanese markets are closed for a second day this week for the autumn equinox holiday. ,ydney futures down by 1 trading in new zealand down by 0. 1 . Victoria has come o
Still think that. Travel and we meet with global newsmakers and talk about the stories that matter. There im not clock this is counting the cost on aljazeera to look at the world of business and economics this week mozambiques troubled road to becoming the worlds 4th biggest gas exporter a debt crisis. Society and an islamist uprising near its most valuable gas field. Also this week an epic battle to challenge apples grip on its store a multibillion Dollar Gaming Company taking on the tech giants and the regulators watching from the wings. The mighty dollar. Ends its dominance or is that Wishful Thinking on the road to a currency. In time mozambique will become the 4th biggest exporter of gas but right now is fast becoming the most Unequal Society in Subsaharan Africa the promise of gas riches could not come quickly enough for a nation. Scandal that plunged the country into a currency crisis debt default almost 4 years on the pandemic and insurgency in the far north where the country h
Investors concerned about rising Coronavirus Infections and what that means for the recovery. Global deaths are approaching one million with record cases in france and the u. K. The Trump Administration given an ultimatum over tiktok to delay a ban or respond in court. Ban isnt trumps due to take effect on sunday. ,aidi it was a meandering confused session in the u. S. Investors seemed to be trying to work out where the lead was. Investors weighing the scanned prospects of another stimulus package against a resurgence, the second wave we are seeing across europe and the u. K. Modest gains but the s p has wiped out all of its gains for 2020. Futures trading up by. 3 at this point. When it comes to the asian trading day ahead, the nikkei 225 regaining a little bit of positivity. Modest gains of. 1 , trading in the futures session in chicago. In sydney, we are watching as to whether this surge we have seen in growth shares will continue. The msci australia index jumping to a record high c
Contraction for the australian economy. Worse than anticipated, but investors with a moment shrugging that off. Chinese markets under pressure. Quickly moving it along, having a look at what else is going on out there and doing that, of yvonne. With yvonne lets start with that aussie gdp number. The second consecutive quarter for the three months through june. And thee first first technical recession in 30 years for us trail you Australian Household spending well by 12 as lockdowns and restrictions shut out consumers. The aussie dollar against its u. S. Peers. Theres a new warning about the u. S. Economy with a fed governor ating there is uncertainty head. She told the Brookings Institution that america will be to depend on the fed and policymakers in d. C. As the economy continues to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. She says Monetary Policy must pivot from stabilization to accommodation. Treasury secretary seems to agree with the fed governor, saying the u. S. Economy urgently n