Journal there close to raising rates next month. Chinas push to join the elite as a currency takes a hit. More work is needed on the yuan. Welcome to countdown. This is Bloomberg Live from london. 6 00 a. M. Numbers are coming through from moments ago. Lets get to carolyn conan. She is in paris. Yes. It is the highest quarterly earning in eight years since the financial crisis. Societe generale benefited from three things. They had a good performance and equity ending. It jumped 61 . They also had a gain of 312 Million Euros. Recovery of the economy in europe, especially in france. They had 45 Million Euros in russia. This is smaller than it was in the First Quarter you also told me in the Second Quarter. We spoke exclusively on second order earning. We have a strong set of results. Good performances across the board. Also good monitoring of costs. A really strong performance. And very happy. Couldnt talk generally about the economy, france and europe. Would you say the economy is stil