Sustain a strong labor market and stabilize inflation around our 2 longer run objective. Striking gold. Lonmin shares spike after sibanyestillwater makes an offer to buy the platinum minor miner at a 35 premium gemalto gets an offer that it says fails to support the company and address shareholder interests. Good morning ecb and bank of england, busy day today. First eurozone numbers, the december numbers, the flash estimate crossed at 58 this is higher than forecast, 57. 3 the november buy comparison was just a fraction lower at 5 7. 5 a beat on the numbers. When it comes to manufacturing numbers, the flash level crossed at 60. 6. We used to take about 50 being the crucial tipping point. Now were in expansion territory on the manufacturing numbers the Services Side not as strong as the manufacturing level, 56. 5 but also better than forecast. Better than the previous month some of this from germany you think . It appears as though the Growth Outlook in germany is picking up you can se
Officials lifted expectations yesterday in proposed tax cut. The central bank raising rates for the third time this year and in the final News Conference is Federal Reserve chair gina gallant says the u. S. Economy is performing well. She also targeted bitcoin concrete to occur in the highly speculative asset, but not enough to cause a meltdown. More coming up this morning. Futures look like its indicating a market continued momentums this morning. The dow industrial up 30 points at nasdaq, s p 500 higher. Investors waiting on the European Central bank decision. Mario draghi will bring you those headlines. Markets are down across the board a quarter of a percent lower in half a percent lower in germany and the dax index. Lower across the board, as you can see the kospi indexed on one half of 1 . The latest have a smiley accuse by the network of his misconduct allegations. Details at smiley intends to fight back. Way more to fight on. Still refusing to concede following doug jones shock
60 points after the dow closed at a record level yesterday. The s p closed lower yesterday all the major averages moved off the highs of the session this morning the s p is indicated up by 5 points the nasdaq up by 10. This came after the feds decision and after if looked clear that Republican Leaders reached an agreement, at least in principle, on where theyre headed with the tax bill well talk more about that green arrows across the board this morning in asia, the nikkei looked like it was down by a quarter percentage point similar declines for the hang seng and shanghai. This morning in europe, with some of the early trading, you will see that there are some declines across the board. The biggest loser is the dax down by a half percentage point. Cac in france is down by 0. 4 . We have the bank of england and the ecb going to be releasing some policy statements today check out crude oil prices which were lower yesterday crude oil at 56. 59 couple of big economic reports on the agenda
In the context of a jury trial, we move out of this hearing, full steam ahead, very encouraged by what we saw. We are confident we can prevail with a jury. Reporter both men will return to court in january. For now they are being held at santa rita jail. One more note. Attorneys for max harris tried to get his bail reduced from 750,000 to either 40,000 to be released on his own recognizance. That motion was denied. Henry lee, ktvu fox 2 news. Thank you. Were following developing news out of San Francisco. A sea liian attacked a swimmer near aquatic park this afternoon. Ktvus alyana gomez joins us live from aquatic park in the city where the Police Officers who rescued that swimmer have just spoken. Reporter in the last 15 minutes we heard from San Francisco police at the marine unit. They brought the victim out to the dock after he was actually brought out by a sailboat. A captain on the sailboat is the reason why this mans life has been saved. Now, were learning more about the vicious
Friend, michelle obama, advised us all. When they go low, you go high. Trump also going after those deleted emails, vowing to prosecute his opponent if he becomes president. Youd be in jail. The candidates squaring off in one of the most tense political debates ever. Our Powerhouse Political Team is here this morning. Breaking down this Pivotal Moment of the race to the white house, on this special edition of gma. And good morning, america. Boy, it was harsh. It was personal. Downright nasty. 29 days before the final votes, Hillary Clinton, donald trump, now done with the darkest president ial debate ever. It was also the most tweeted one ever. 17 million related tweets sent during the hour and half. The buildup to the debate dominated by talk of the leaked tape capturing trumps lewd comments. Which made it tense right nods from the candidates. No handshake. Two people who did, the spouses. Melania trump and bill clinton. And there was that moment early on, trump threatening clint with