The week the ruble had struggled in recent weeks as oil prices fluctuated but following the constitutional reform this week the countrys currency strengthened against the dollar its looking ahead now russias alfa bank warned that the u. S. Could play sanctions on russia if the report regarding bounties on u. S. Soldiers is confirmed and lets move over to asian markets where the shanghai composite is up on the week its hitting new 52. 00 week highs the composite gained 2 percent on friday alone after positive data showed increased prospects of economic recovery after the pandemic in hong kong the hong saying also up this week with 3 percent gains on thursday this is after promising news regarding a possible vaccine friday saw gains due to positive Economic Data and even a better than expected jobs report out of the us now some of the biggest winners this week for hong kong were the Hong Kong Exchanges and a clearing ltd and tech giant 10 percent which both hit the 52 week highs. Pans ni
Markets following some strong Economic News were seeing a lot of green arrows across the board but lets start in russia where the mo x is up for the week the ruble had struggled in recent weeks as oil prices fluctuated but following the constitutional reform this week the countrys currency strengthened against the dollar its looking ahead now russias alfa bank warned that the u. S. Could play sanctions on russia if the report regarding bounties on u. S. Soldiers is confirmed now lets move over to asian markets where the shanghai composite is up on the week its hitting new 52. 00 week highs the composite gained 2 percent on friday alone after positive data showed increased prospects of economic recovery after the pandemic in hong kong the hang seng also up this week with 3 percent gains on thursday this is after promising news regarding a possible vaccine friday saw gains due to positive Economic Data and even a better than expected jobs report out of the us now some of the biggest winn
Im phil graham welcome to the program the corona Virus Outbreak in new york city in the United States is so severe that white house officials have called on anyone who has recently left the city to self isolate for 2 weeks and 15000 cases have been confirmed in new york and around 200 deaths its been a lockdown since sunday and state officials pleading for help but preparing for the worst. People in one of americas most densely populated cities have largely vanished from sight theyre either following orders to stay home or theyve left the city those who have are now being asked to self quarantine for 14 days thats because nearly half of all u. S. Cofield night. Cases are in new york state officials there say the figure could double every 3 days that would mean in less than one week new york could have more cases than all of china state Governor Andrew Cuomo was blunt about the quote and troubling an astronomical rise in numbers down about 85 percent were not slowing it and it is excel
Least. Day two of the Goldman Sachs global macroeconomic conference and goldmans chief equity strategist. We have breaking news out of south korea and Fourth Quarter g. D. P. Numbers. This is much faster than what was expected and fastest pace since the Third Quarter of 2017. These are the preliminary numbers for the Fourth Quarter. The south s also korean economy expanding 2 meeting the bank of korea projections and have seen growth in Household Spending and gains and Consumer Confidence and a lot of it supported by the south korean with their budget being passed in august and seeing a growth of 1. 2 , which would be the fastest pace since the Third Quarter of 2017 and for that 2019 growth of 2 which is atching. Lets look at what it is setting up. We had reaction across asian markets which led to the european session in declines and the u. S. As well as account of the news of the spreading china case. Avirus and one and not much of a rebound. Futures are looking pretty soft and we are
Of a total breakdown. And technical glitches marred the launch of disneys new streaming service. To breakingirst, news from south korea. The jobless rate coming in at 3. 5 . This is in line with estimates but slightly higher than the previous month. Add 419 thousand jobs in october, more than they did in september, which was already quite a strong job scheme number. Pe number. That is helping to offset some losses,anufacturing job not to mention declines in retail employment. In south korea they have been really supported by fiscal policy. In budget is helping growth the public sector. Right now, the jobless rate coming in at 3. 5 for the month of october. Lets see how we are doing in the markets in asia. Overnight,d messages hearing from President Trump in new york, threatening the possibility of more tariffs if phase one trade deal doesnt get done. Hasydney, as that market just come online, new zealand,. Rading is underway with Fourth Quarter Inflation Expectations, it plummeted off