1 higher. Japanese markets climbing as well on that weaker yen. Ee those taxv reform concerns have been put on hold. The German Coalition talks that have disappeared into thin air, that has been pushed to the wayside and this is what we are seeing right now. Inso remarkable is that sydney, it is gaining as well. I also want to show you the shanghai market because we are seeing some recovery there, but not here. It continues to fall here. This is a story we are continuing to watch because a couple of days ago, the news agency flagged this stock specifically. This is something that a state run agency rarely does. So, when it does, it does it with the editorial power of china and what they said was, the valuations are way too high. The Shanghai Stock Exchange is in the yellow. See Kweichow Moutai climbing along with that, surpassing the shanghai composite at some point and the concern was that perhaps some of these big staples on the shanghai composite if the valuations are too frothy, pe
House and Senate Conference Committee Members met to discuss tax reform the pat s bills. The senator orrin hatch who chairs the finance Committee Told reporters he and his republican colleagues had reached the general agreement on how they plan to overhaul the nations tax code. The Senate House Committee will come to order. I am deeply honored to chair this Conference Committee, the first tax reform Conference Committee in 31 years and to be here with you as we move forward with this historic effort. Before i deliver my opening remarks, i want to take a moment to welcome everyone and discuss the format of todays meeting. I also would like to thank the members of congress joining us today from both sides of the of the and both sides aisle. I think all the members of the house and senate and our professional staff who worked so for the pasteform several years. In particular, the members of the ways and Means Committee and senator hatch in the finance committee. We will begin todays meeti
Members met senate to reconcile bills. Orrin hatch chairs the finance reportersand told that then reached agreements on how to overhaul the code. The Senate House Committee will come to order. I am deeply honored to chair this Conference Committee, the first Tax Reform Conference Committee in 31 years and to be here with you as we move forward with this historic effort. Before i deliver my opening remarks, i want to take a moment to welcome everyone and discuss the format of todays meeting. I also would like to thank the members of congress joining us today from both sides of the of the and both sides aisle. I think all the members of the house and senate and our professional staff who worked so for the pasteform several years. In particular, the members of the ways and Means Committee and senator hatch in the finance committee. We will begin todays meeting with the opportunity for each country to make an Opening Statement of up to three minutes. In order to ensure each country has an
Those production perks. Its 8 00 a. M. Across the emirates and 5 00 a. M. In london. Less in am david eating hong kong where it has just gone past midday, midweek session, equities. Dollar on the back foot. It is really in the bond space. Yields on the way down across the region here. Let me just point out one of my charts right here, it really a has you shows you been up. Oil has been up as has the yen. But the help all of that compares when you normalize things in the volatility. We are talking about in that yellow screen. From monday. P yousef, very interesting times. Yousef risk appears to be coming back, gradually. Just a little bit camp or two yesterday. This part of the world is just under two hours away from the emirates market. Dubai and up with dobby, this is the state of play. Interesting that dubai and abu dhabi, this is the state of play. Consumer discretionary spirit the tadawul is down 2 10 of 1 . We are seeing a spike in activity in dubai. Still down if you compare it t
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