Asia. What happenedcuss on President Trumps first overseas trip. We will analyze that and figure out what that means Going Forward. It looks to be a quiet week as u. S. Come u. K. , and china markets closed. That ninth ofring the stigma still, but a lot happening on the data front. Speakers. Several fed atindeed, lets take a look Market Reaction. Markets closed on friday and unchanged on friday, a lot of economic members straight ahead in the u. S. , including housing, on friday. Looking at the market so far, the only market open is new zealand, a touch lower here. To be starting things next given how thin trading is likely to be today, but heading lower when it comes to the nzx 50. Lets head to australia real quick. We did see recovery after that group meeting. Pretty soft open for the aussie dollar, but looking to the upside on the asx 200 today. Japan, north korean concerns, but someof risk off strength for the japanese yen, 11. 22 ithave seen a pause when comes to this equities ral
Blisters bow and World Business report. Here is sally world of business now. Free cash if you get a job or not the finnish government tries paying the unemployed a basic income in a bid to get them back to work. And with india still reeling from the decision to scrap the countrys most widely used notes, modi announces plans to help those struggling with the move. Welcome to World Business report. Im sally bundock. Starting this year, finland becomes the first country in the world to pilot a basic income scheme. 2,000 Unemployed People in the country will begin receiving 560 euro thats 585 dollars every month from the state, with no strings attached. The government believes manyjob seekers are put off getting a job because they will lose benefits and therefore be worse off financially. Andrew walker has the details. A new yearand a new year and perhaps a new approach to Welfare Policy in finland. It is just approach to Welfare Policy in finland. It isjust an approach to Welfare Policy i
Of globalization, we are going to be speaking live with the trade minister. Thet, 30 minutes away from markets opening in hong kong. Were just coming into the fray. Records for the dow, nasdaq and s p are seeing oneway traffic. Today, when you look across are seeing the wolves putting their hats on. Market is open, and taiwan. You can see that market has really seen a lot of care. A lot of people are also watching this. In overbought terrain. When you are looking at the working day, yesterday we are above this red line. You can see a little bit here as well. You can see this as we move above this. Looking at the markets right now , you can see the sport right behind me. 67, that would take us back all the way 18 months. We are very far away from that high. , only 11 stocks are down in that market right now. There is the best they there since the first of the year. Australia is seeing a fourday straight there. Go, pretty flat nonetheless. Take a look at futures in hong kong. , they are
Medical specialists are in berlin to debate all of the prescriptions for a healthier world. Brent im brent goff, good to have you with us. Tonight, children on the verge of starving to death. The u. N. s childrens agency is warning that almost 1. 4 million children could die of starvation this year. In four countries suffering from famine. Lets look at the areas affected. Unicef says in northeastern nigeria, there is an ongoing conflict with boko haram. 450,000 children are severely mound lashed malnourished. Somalia has been experiencing drought and unrest for years. 270,000 children are at risk. A proxy war in yemen has destroyed the economy of that country. Nearly 500,000 children are starving in what has become the poorest country in the middle east. And civil war and drought have led the government in south sudan to declare a famine in parts of that country with over 250,000 children facing hunger there. That is where our first report takes us. Reporter children and babies are the
Lets go straight to the markets. A boost. , were seeing the aussie dollar seeing a bit of a bump as well. Off of tokyo. A day after the doj kept policy unchanged. In korea, getting underway as well. Get those south korea february jobless rate coming in at a sixyear high. Four. 1 also higher than the estimates. Lets cross over to our Bloomberg News government reporter. Is there anything new here. Apple saying the Founding Fathers of the United States would be appalled by the government overreach and doubling down, reiterating that this is an Issue Congress should decide. An issue of policy, not one for the court. Yvonne apple saying the government is imposing and a precedented and offensive burden on the company. Apple says they have had the same Security Policies worldwide and has never worked with a government to create a backdoor to its iphones. Yvonne thank you so much. Tim higgins and joining us live from washington, d. C. Other news we are watching today. Tuesday couldnt have been