A recent agreement of an african free trade area is sim by some as an incentive enough for regional leaders to finally launch it after 3 failed attempts. While businesses say a common currency will ease regional trade not everyone is hopeful that all 15 members nations of the covered bloc of course have the political will to see it through next year. By degrees. Still ahead on the bulletin a defiant donald trump issues an executive order to determine who is living in the u. S. Legally and who isnt. Hello there its been a very unsettled picture polls across much of Southern Europe this some improvement the weather picture as we head through the next couple of days subjects out on the satellite and actually quite a bit of activity across Central Regions of western europe but what about the rain just yet but the good news is a sigh is that much of the south in the southeast those strong thunderstorms that really are clearing through certainly by friday the rain pushing the across much of
We sowting to see what with the u. S. 10 year yields dropping. Slightlyrecovering, higher than 2 . Look at the boards, we will show what else you are watching out for. Of these Chinese Markets a little higher as well. We were watching for the treasury market. Gold up, 1 when it came to the strength coming through for the chinese currency. We talked about ticking down. Giving weakness to the hong kong dollar. About the fed . Seems to be a one trick pony. Kathleen hays with us. Deepening into domestic growth. Aware is jay powell leaning where is jay powell leaning . Domestic not just the economy, talking about rising tensions. The fed watching that closely. Inflation not only failed to meet the 2 target, it moved further away. With theaid, compared june meeting, since then, manufacturing, trade, Business Investment have all weekend weakened. He talked about the labor market. He was asked the question in this context, representative Carolyn Maloney of new york who asked. Did the june jobs
Tensions rise even further in the gulf. Iranian forces seize an oil tanker. Shery lets get you started with a quick check on how markets closed on thursdays session in the u. S. Equity indices mostly lower for most of the session before they saw a rebound after the dovish comments coming out of fed officials. , being led up. 4 higher by financials and consumer stocks, not to mention the fact that chipmakers gained ground. We had a positive outlook from an apple supplier. We had some geopolitical news being felt across the market. We had u. S. Equities gain a little bit of ground after we heard the report that iran offered is attentive deal a so antative deal to the u. S. Substantive deal to the u. S. Are paring back earlier gains at the moment unchanged. Lets see how we are setting up for the asian market. With that being said, is just off look set to track the event we saw on wall street. Kospi may find support after a twoday drop. Calls for fiscal stimulus from the government after t
Were a reaction to the zionist rocket and mortar attacks on southern lebanon today and last night. Hezbollah announced that four people were martyred in todays attacks. With the escalation of tension in lebanons borders with the occupied lands of the zionist military, since the beginning of the process of evacuation of 38 residents. Reported in this area. The zionist army asked the settlers to leave their homes should be 5 to 10 kilometers away from the lebanese border. The zionist regime had previously declared the settlements near the lebanese border as a closed military zone. In a telephone conversation with the president of brazil and the rotating chairman of the United Nations security council, the president discussed the recent developments in palestine. Mr. Raisi he condemned the insane and illegal criminal actions of the zionists against the oppressed people of gaza and said the islamic world will not allow the redisplacement of palestine thanks to the resistance. The president
The growing relationship between china, russia and north korea,. Let me welcome all of the audience is here today as well as virtually. Both in the u. S. And abroad, i would assume. It is a real pleasure to be back here. Ive seen more of victor in the last 12 months than any other time in our 30 odd year friendship, which is good. Which is good. I am particularly delighted to chair this session for a number of reasons. My late father, who was a diplomat, told me, among many lessons that he told me, he said, number one, you can choose your friends, but not your neighbors. If you have tons of money, you can choose your friends and neighbors as well. But you cant choose your neighbors. Number two, he said, one of the things he wanted to leave as a personal and professional legacy is that he does not want any of his children, myself and my two sisters, to have a legacy of hate on japan. He said, we want you to remember history, be proud that you are koreans, but you should not have any hat