Eurozone for this month. Were looking at it coming in higher than the expectation. Yes. So the december the december composite pmi flash estimate was forecast at 61. 5 and it came in at 61. 7. So a tad higher than anticipated. Were looking at the euro trade slightly higher against the u. S. Dollar right now at 1. 2487. But we should give you the full picture, which is that the euro has appreciated against the u. S. Dollar by around 10 this year. But again, better than expected manufacturing data helping against the euro slightly. Good morning, by the way. How are you . Wonderful. And you . We were together on the show a couple weeks back. A pleasure. Yeah. The german pmi data, the lowest since june of 2013, 51. 4 for the month of december. That broke about a half an hour ago, Something Like that. Its still in expansionary territory, sort of above that 50 level. But weve now seen it at a lower rate, Something Like so, again, we are looking at a pretty low level with regard to these pmi
exporter stocks rebound in tokyo as the yen pulls back from an eight-month high against the dollar. hello, everybody. i m louisa bojesen. financials are failing to lift european stock markets despite a capital hike by bnp paribas. and i m julia boorstin in the u.s. the fdic plans to ask banks to pay three years of as banks are dwindling deposit funds. hello, everyone. welcome back. very glad that you re with us still on the channel watching now cnbc s worldwide exchange. we re with you for a full two hours. let s take a look at our cnbc ftse 300. very flat right now. it s not often oouz that. open on a slightly weaker footing for some of them. the ftse 100 flat to a little lower. the likes of compass group, for example, the world s largest indicate caterer come out with a higher market, but the understandsy is still on the lighter side of things. the currency rate in the current session, we re looking at these crosses at the moment, sterling/dollar lower by a tad. a