A couple of great things. In the height of climate change. Africas most of. Whats in store for the 26 months to come for the future the books. Come for to make a city to go to insight. Counter. Protesters in hong kong are scrubbing their social media accounts Facebook Whatsapp and google say theyll suspend providing user data its all towards hes there in support of the territorys freedom of expression. Also on the show german industry picks back up as the country loses its lock down. Europes largest economy still has quite a ways to go. And the spanish region of i do see a reconsiders an economy based largely on tourism. And stephen fears that in berlin welcome to the show Facebook Twitter and google have all said they will no longer respond to requests from the Hong Kong Government and Law Enforcement authorities there for information on users of the pause pending further assessment as facebook put it also applies to whats out which the company owns Tech Companies are among the 1st to
How to taper without hitting prices . Polands president ial election is too close to call. We have the incumbent ahead by a thin margin. The result is seen as pivotal for the nations future ties with the European Union. Welcome to the European Market open. Matt is off this week, but just a month under an hour until the start of the trading day. European futures and u. S. Futures for you and both tell a similar story. European equity fund its pointing to the upside, u. S. Futures pointing to the upside. Between. 6 andp. 8 . Weve got u. S. Banks reporting, plenty of those coming through the week. Weve got a few Central Banks giving us their Interest Rate decisions, a little less likely to drive sentiment this week. Looking to the earnings season for any clues. Lets have a look at the gmm to see where weve been overnight through the Asian Session and any clues into the european session. Flying, chinese assets taking off despite caution in chinese papers. The japanese nikkei come also stro
A 13000000000. 00 euro tax spilled a u. S. Slapped on apple that on behalf of our allies will the tech giant have to pay out doubling doesnt even want the money well talk about why. And south africa reopens good schools up despite rising coronavirus cases many of them lack basic facilities and that has people worried theyll become breeding grounds for the covert 1000 bucks. Plus flooding in bangladesh forcing more than a 1000000 people from their homes about a 3rd of the countrys now under water after some of the heaviest monsoon rains in decades forecasters are warning more rain is on the way. Im brian thomas good to have you with us today you. President donald trump has signed an executive order ending hong kongs special trading privileges he also announced sanctions against officials and banks involved in beijings crackdown on human rights in the territory china has condemned the move and says it will impose sanctions and turn on u. S. Citizens well go live to beijing after this and
In dubai. F quite the riskon rally along these markets. Let me give you a rundown with stocks in the u. S. , with futures up. 7 as we speak, and this is given thee impressive climate. Monetary currencies are powering forward. Eurodollar trade at the highest since march 10. In terms of the bank space, we have the german10 year the german 10year, again, a lot of these haven bids. Barrel, you are looking at counterbalancing forces that are kicking in, even though they are revising their forecast to the plus side. Lets get to the first word news now and cross assets with leighann gerrans. Hi, leighann. Leighann good morning, yousef. Beijing is in a new position that drew a rebuke from china and added fresh uncertainty for businesses in the Financial Hub. Legislation,gned saying u. S. Officials responsible for cracking down on dissent in the city. Italy has set a course to nationalize controversial tollroad operator auto strata after all night talks on the politicallycharged issue. Taking t
Has slapped on apple that on behalf of ireland but will the tech giant have to pay out dublin doesnt even want the money. Plus flooding in bangladesh forcing more than a 1000000 people from their homes about a 3rd of that country is now under water after some of the heaviest monsoon rains in decades and rivers are set to rise even further. Plus banksy goes underground the london tube this is latest canvas and durfy the rats are spreading his message about how to contain the coronavirus. Im brian thomas good to have you with us for the program today u. S. President trump has signed an executive order ending Hong Kong Special trading privileges he also announced sanctions against officials in banks involved in beijings crackdown on human rights there china has condemned the move and says it will retaliate with sanctions on u. S. Citizens. In other escalation of tensions between the u. S. And china trump took actions against china in retaliation for its recent moves on hong kong he author