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Good morning and welcome to daybreak australia. We counting down to asias major market opens. David im david in hong kong. Stoxx are set to face headwinds, futures are pointing lower amid the u. S. Holiday. Rba decision today, the bank is expecting to hold its key rate. Its governor phil lowes final meeting. On the housing crisis threatening to engulf surviving developers with about two thirds of the 15 major private builders in default. Breaking, alan joyces is stepping down early as qantas ceo after a bad few weeks for the company. Public anger over a series of scandals. We will get to that story later in the show. In the meantime, breaking news out of south korea, all start with gdp numbers, its not important. Whats inflation are the whats important on the Inflation Numbers. Gdp,. 9 . Just this than it takes you to. 6 . That is the gdp story in line with estimates. What is coming in hot right now is the inflation print which looks absolutely nasty on face value. Up 1 on month on mon
As to the longer rates narrative. Pets on a november fed hike rising to about 60 . Apple sliding the most in a month under reports of some government chinese agencies banning the use of iphones. We get japans travel outlook exclusively from the ana ceo who tells us that demand from china is soaring. If you look at u. S. Futures, it looks to be shaping up in a fourthdown day. The asia session could change that. We are early in the session. They are pointing lower. I just want to give that warning right now. It looks like we might see little bit more weight to bonds. Yields higher once again today after all of that data. Service is showing a lot of strength but also strengthen prices paid, which is perhaps the most troubling aspect of this whole thing. That adds to inflation. With oil prices assize they are at the moment, thats another troubling factor for those worried about inflation. Those include some fed Board Members and some fed president s including Susan Collins and jim bullard.
Giving equities a nearterm jolt. Seeing declines across the board. Hang seng off 1. 2 percent and the msci lurching to the downside as you can see from the getgo. A quick look at china benchmarks to see how they are doing. That tells you everything. I guests we had a bit of a gut check for those developers. Not out of the woods. Investors coming to grips that may be the authorities theyve been sort of taking a piecemeal approach. Perhaps they are getting it right. We dont know yet. Theres a feeling perhaps it is working to some extent given the long queues people had looking for properties in shanghai and beijing. Yvonne its amazing. The mortgage down payments, people just start lining up and they saw transactions that weekend was equivalent to what they saw in a month according to some local reports. What did that translate to consumption is another key factor as well. Its interesting to see with Country Garden. Today is the day, or tomorrow, the grace period of the dollar bond ends a
Previously targeted. Ed we take a look inside while way quality haiway. How digital regulation is going to be unveiled in terms of the gatekeepers. Lets check in on the markets. We are getting reality check on what is a macro picture that is ugly. The 10 year yield rising after a day of rest and play in the u. S. Trade picking up as we see more investment. I am looking at the bloomberg dollar index. Dollar higher at the moment as it tries to find work safety in the current macro picture. Also the Federal Reserve will be keeping higher rates for longer. We look at what is happening in terms of bitcoin, when you see the dollar outperform, down by one third of a percent. Getting into the needy gritty of the movers. Ed we were talking about how there is not that much action. Airbnb of 6 , the best performer in the nasdaq 100, news that it will be included in the s p 500. With huawei, we will bring you something fascinating. A move to the downside is the theory being that if huawei gains ma