applause thank you, thank you all very much for coming out this afternoon and let me think those who have already spoken, sylvia pallid reno, ally new sin and chris dickson, thank you very much for what you have said. What i want to do is for a little bit different than what i usually do because i want to involve you in the discussion, i dont want to give you a long speech element to three hours. Think laughs i want to touch on, theres so many issues but i want to touch on some of these essential issues and get your thoughts on. I want to start off with the issue of money in politics. If you run for president of the United States it is an expensive proposition. My concern right now it is that especially since Citizens United and what we have seen is a major corruption of our political process and the concept of democracy meaning one person, one vote. What most of us believe, and we were arguing about an issue people raise their hand a majority winds and everyone has the same thought. B
Bullish. Ty the kiwi also in focus today. Saying theng through belowill avoid it dipping . 60. Trading indian futures and showing a move to the downside. Reflected in the session on friday when we saw a move to the downside again. The rupee holding on to some of the strength that we have seen and that is down to the decision, the surprise decision not to do anything about Interest Rates. There, 6. 6 . Ing up one rate cut had been factored in and it did not transpire. Let us find out what is news. Ing first word su the latest on japanese gdp. Japan moved faster than expected. Ratedl investment was higher. 1. 8 in september. Much quicker than the initial reading of 0. 2 . And three times as much as what the commoners were expecting. Continued strength in business investment. Downplayingt is recent missile tests in north korea saying the north Korean Leader is too smart and has too much to lose if he acts in a hostile manner towards the u. S. The envoy said talks on denuclearization are o
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Network, all this is happening with the looming democratic impeachment inquiry push. Blake burman at the white house. He has a preview of the president s remarks. Other things may com up. Reporter clearly one of them weve been following what is going down on the corner of wall and broad. That has caught the attention of President Trump as well. He sort of shifted the blame today what is behind what is going on in the market yesterday. He hit one of his favorite punch ing bags jay powell. Today he was pointing the finger at democrats in a tweet this morning, quote, all this impeachment nonsense going nowhere is driving the stock market and your 401 k s down. That is exactly what the democrats are want to do. They are willing the president says to hurt the country with only the 2020 election in mind. That tweet came as nancy pelosi and top democrat on the House Intelligence Committee adam schiff were giving a press conference on capitol hill. The president continuing to call for schiffs
Might need to do more. European equities search for direction as investors await a key wto ruling that could see u. S. Slap europe with tariffs on 11 billion dollars worth of good. The Chinese Government warns of decoupling following u. S. Is blocking chinese access to american markets british Prime Minister Boris Johnson once again refusing to rule out leaving the eu without a deal this, as the Health Secretary, matt hancock says he prefers an agreement, the threat of a no deal is looming. There are lots of different ways you could end up leaving without a deal, but as i say my preference is we leave with a deal and thats what were working towards. Well, good morning and welcome to street signs. We have a very busy show coming up ahead first, to european markets because the price action is decidedly cautious today this after a better end to the week on friday, but of course those reports came out later in the session in the u. S the u. S. Are considering some investment restrictions p