Monetary policy but says more can be done. A year after listing in hong kong, a Logistics Company discusses real estate, fund management, and the impact of covid19. We speak with the chairman later this hour. Haidi breaking news crossing the bloomberg when it comes to the pmi indicators out of australia. For augustumber still in contractionary territory at 49, better than the previous reading of 48. 1. The pmi composite number, a little bit of an uptick but still in contraction territory. It will be a while before we see a meaningful recovery given we are hearing in domestic media that the state for restriction law down in victoria, melbourne, and surrounding areas could be extended by another two weeks as we continue to get these numbers out of victoria. We have seen a jump about 100 new virus cases for the first time in three days. Another exuberant session for the u. S. Tech underperformed. The s p jumping the most in almost two months to another alltime high but interestingly, the
He shanghai composite up asx 200 picking up where it left off on wednesday. That was shrugging off the dreadful gdp numbers. Looking at the foreign exchanges, dollar weakness is being snapped, the dollar coming back against a popular currency. The bloomberg dollar index is moving higher. Seeing more yuan strength, the yen weakness has been pronounced and the euro is in the crosshairs of where currency traders are. There we go. Joining us now, trade j. P. Morgan Asset Management global strategist marcelo chow. Give us an idea where we are with the rally. It is looking toppy at the moment, but i have been saying that for a while. Good morning and thank you for having me back here. Index has record high been phenomenal so far. I think this reflects and factors expectations for 2021 andto recovery in 2022. As you mentioned, the recovery so far has been quite uneven. The Technology Sector is responsible for a significant share of the rebound. It seemed like there has been some good news val
Patriotic. Vaccine is on to find a amid warnings of a greater resurgence to come. Haidi pretty mixed midweek outlook when it comes to trading here in asia and for the first time in a while, we have seen equity markets kind of take a step back in terms of not headlines. A great deal of activities and commodities. Lets take a check of futures. Contracts trading higher after we saw a lack of conviction in u. S. Markets as we get concerns that perhaps this fourth round of fiscal stimulus will not be forthcoming. We are hearing the republicans are in the midst of crafting their own proposal to take to the democrats and we also heard from President Trump as he resumed his virus presser, encouraging americans to wear patrioticart of a duty. Over in japan, we are seeing outside of point 3 when it comes to trading for nikkei futures in chicago. More earnings on tap along with japanese pmi readings as well. Take a look at gold and soldiers. Pretty much flat at the moment, jumping close to a nine
2. 95 . There were talks yesterday about another policy easing soon. There we have it today. The china 10 year bond futures rising on the back of that. The taiex currently down by 2 10 of 1 . T mnc will build the new mac chip. Apple is working on its own mac processes. It will be faster than the processors in the iphone as well as the ipad. The benchmark in new zealand currently bucking the trend, up a marginal 1 10 of 1 . Rishaad absolutely. Getting more details on that. The pboc acting in order to show sufficient liquidity in the system. Injecting merely a billion dollars worth of you want into the banking system. Weve got that declining or cut by 20 basis points. 3. 15 . Direction from our chief asian market strategist. Money intoue to pump the system, the financial system. Does it end up in the right places . This is targeted, hence the name. As the we. Look at chinas policy execution in the past six months. Lot that emphasized a these liquidities need to go to the real economy, to
Demand. Ng server taking a look at the csx 300, up three tens of 1 . China unicom out with numbers. It shrank in the First Quarter. Page, take ap the look at where oil is. From the uglylly selloff to below zero. Futures in new york rising. Climbing after falling to a 21 year yield. The old story is about Global Demand shock. About two unveil a supplement fiscal package after the economy suffered its worst contraction since the financial crisis in the First Quarter. Fiscal stimulus our next guest says for skill stimulus plans are ineffective. Turning us now is jim walker. Joining us now is jim walker. Good morning. You say it is about businesses. Jim exactly. Type ofa very different crisis from the ones we have seen under the past where recessions and even the asian crisis you could take as being a downturn in demand. This is really a government mandated cessation of business. While governments are forcing businesses to lucked out and people to stay at home, basically, it is incumbent o