Corruption verdict. That verdict is going to be closely watched in south korea. Markets are waiting with bated breath, on the fed speakers at jackson hole. Be payingen will attention to tomorrow here in the u. S. There were some jitters in the markets. Ceilingk about the debt rattling investors. The dow off 30 points. Off 1 . Aq also s p down 2 10 of 1 . The declines are there but not as much as you might expect. Most investors are on the sidelines awaiting janet yellen and her comment. Yes. We are pushing pause. Talku can say anything to down that rising euro. In asia, prettier than brawl wall street. We have rallied for eight of the past 10 sessions. It has been a decent two weeks but we are flat for stocks. The kiwi, two days of losses. Spikes may continue to exit if we break below 72. We are just at a whisper from that now. And markets not going anywhere. We have been stuck in this tight range for three months. Mostly we will see any kind of breakthrough. 79 for the aussie. A key w
Attack by the president elect. Its tuesday, january 17, 2017. Worldwide exchange begins now. Good morning. Welcome to a very special edition of Worldwide Exchange. Im sara eisen. Im wilfred frost. Were coming live from the World Economic forum in davos, switzerland. This week its the annual gathering of the Global Political leaders, ceos, bankers and decisionmakers. As u. S. President elect trump prepares to take office friday. Among our guests this morning, we have the ceo of Society Generale here. And we have jacob frenkel. We will talk geopolitics with ken rogoff. Ian bremer joins us as well. So many big stories to talk about. A forum of international leaders, ceos and global elite. Starting in just about ten minutes time, president xi jinping, the leader of the biggest communist economy in the world will address a whole load of corporate leaders, likely to back up the argument for free trade. In three days time, the new leader of the biggest capitalist economy in the world will lik
I am certainly hoping these receiveelated budgets some of that attention. Francine that was bill gates, talking to manus cranny. This is bloomberg surveillance. We have some great guests who will talk about the markets, Foreign Policy, and the snap elections. First, to your markets. This is where we stand. European shares rising attach. A touch as commodity producers rebound. Metal prices, chinese equities leading asian stocks higher. That index gaming 1. 1 . I want to show you the pound. The vote in parliament a little bit later about snap elections on june 8. The vix index down quite significantly today, at 15. 85. Those are your markets. First, lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. U. S. Vice president mike pence has called north korea the most dangerous and urgent threat to the peace and security of the asiapacific region. Addressing military personnel on the uss ronald reagan, hence also spoke of the overwhelming response available to protect japan against north kore
Johnson . Where did this summer go . Guy we had to the summer. This was the first summer in ages nothing happened. Last august it was china blowing up and greece. This is the summer to relax. Tom we just saw good english data, didnt we . Guy absolutely. The bounceback is there in the Manufacturing Sector. The british pound has gone down. No effect on manufacturing. We have a big drop and suddenly a number coming through. I dont know what to be more excited about, the comments on Monetary Policy not working or the data out of the u. K. Tom right now, lets get to the Bloomberg September 1 first word news with taylor riggs. Donald trump has returned to form an immigration. In phoenix the republican candidate made it clear he was to build a wall on the southern border with the u. S. And make mexico stay for it pay for it. There will be no amnesty. Status,ot obtain legal or become a citizen of the United States by illegally entering our country. Day,r earlier in the donald trump flew to mex
Overnight, north korea says itet conducted its fifth test of a nuclear war head. Ea several countries arentes a condemning the action asn tensions rise on the korean kor peninsula. Nsula. Fox5s annie yu is live ins liv the news room now with theith te very latest. Scary business here annie. Y buse good morningism certainly isinls steve and allison. Eve and allis. Niod morning to you. M tension is rising and south sth korea is on high alert after aft north korea reportedly conducted its fifth nuclear test explosion. It happened around 9 00 a. M. Und0 local time. That was around 8 30 lastlast night our time. Ime. Scientists around the world word including those at the u. S. U Geological Survey detected artificial seismic waves similar to a 5. 3 magnitude earthquake near a known test site. Its the norths largest ever test. Test. Now north korean media saysia ss this latest test is in retaliation for recent sanctions by western nations. Moon time president obama was briefed late last night