Retreated on friday from the sevenmonth high after data showed that u. S. Hiring fell to the lowest in him a six years in may. The Dow Jones Industrial and nasdaq also fell. We are counting down to the open in australia and japan. Futures in australia looking like this, a slightly higher open. Economists are expecting the rba to keep Interest Rates at 1. 75 . , whereet over to japan the latest gdp numbers come out on wednesday. Futures trading in chicago pointing to a lower open. 6. 72, it is pretty strong against the u. S. Dollar ahead of brexit. Wo markets to tell you about u. S. Treasury secretary jack lew says china is moving in the right direction on the yuan, but needs to improve its Monetary Policy communication. He spoke to bloomberg in beijing where talks are due to start later today. Tom mackenzie is there for us. What exactly did jack lew say . Good morning. The u. S. And chinese side will be meeting in a few hours on the outskirts of beijing. It was a wide ranging interview
For the week. Vonnie 1. 5 Million Dollars worth of savings will help contribute because this is an allcash deal. An exciting day for the industry, specifically when you consider that they have been trying to consolidate and there are so many unsolicited bids between companies, monsanto included, and now monsanto is on the receiving end. Jon and the potential of that deal is being reflected lets get you up to speed on markets. Futures where are we . Im not sure we are that saw on the dow. We will update you on that in a moment. S p futures down. That is one year and not intraday. Moves, theyraday are your oneyear moved spirit lets switch up the board very quickly. Hopefully they are intraday moves through they are one year moves once again with euro down. That is the reality today, down by 10 over the last year. Around thes go world and check in with our Bloomberg Team for indepth coverage of our top stories. Matt miller is in berlin on buyers push for monsanto. Enda curran is in hong k
Markets in the asiapacific, new zealand is falling fractionally, led down by materials and telecommunications. . 67. Wi is at futures in australia looking like this. It is pointing to a slightly higher open, . 72, the aussie dollar level. Lets get over to japan, wrapping up the finance ministers and policymakers for g7. Futures in chicago pointing to a higher open. This could be helping a weaker yen. Kicking off aa is weeklong trip to asia in hanoi. He is seeking closer economic and security ties with vietnam. We are traveling with the president right now. President obama want to accomplish on this trip . Good morning. It is a significant trip for president obama, wrapping up his time as u. S. President. His event toement asia, which has been a top priority for his administration for trade in defense relationships. Onwants to press vietnam human rights, a country he thinks that has made progress, but will be meeting with Civil Society leaders while here. He wants to show to the world t
Next, treasury secretary jack lew. With reporters on the domestic and global economies and his Upcoming Trip to the g7 summit. The event was hosted by the Washington Bureau of the Christian Science monitor. Its 50 minutes. Tv reporter from boston. Good to see you. Just retired this year. [ room noise ] youre going to be right here, sir. Were going to start right on time this morning. Im dave cook from the monitor. Thanks for coming. Our guest is treasury secretary jacob lew. His last visit was in july 2015 and we appreciate his coming back before his trip next week to anchorage and then the g7 Foreign Ministers meeting in japan. Our guest flirted with a journalism career while he was editor of the Forest Hills High School beacon. He evidently thought better of it and while in college caught the washington bug, working for representative bella abzug and joe moakley, earned a bachelor degree at hafshtd and a law degree at jpmorgantown. Between 79 and 87 he learned politics from a master
Tv reporter from boston. Good to see you. Just retired this year. [ room noise ] youre going to be right here, sir. Were going to start right on time this morning. Im dave cook from the monitor. Thanks for coming. Our guest is treasury secretary jacob lew. His last visit was in july 2015 and we appreciate his coming back before his trip next week to anchorage and then the g7 Foreign Ministers meeting in japan. Our guest flirted with a journalism career while he was editor of the Forest Hills High School beacon. He evidently thought better of it and while in college caught the washington bug, working for representative bella abzug and joe moakley, earned a bachelor degree at hafshtd and a law degree at jpmorgantown. Between 79 and 87 he learned politics from a master in his role as Principal Deputy policy adviser to House Speaker tip oneill. As a special assistant to president clinton in 93 and 94 our guest played a key role in helping design americorps. He was later Deputy Director and