The labor market remains strong. Teen the debt came can still getting kicked down the road and continues. Haidi toshiba agrees to sell its units to the bank consortium. A little while ago, we had an absolute welter of japanese data. It was good in parts. One of the ones that was anodyne with Household Spending. Went it is really showing is how japans households, perhaps the increase in august, 6 10 of 1 was pretty much expected reversing a slight decline in july. Positive signals. Auto sales rebounding. We have risk ahead. A slight pickup in inflation and against the backdrop of a central bank that would mark progress on reflation. Low unemployment. Key. S the wages are still growing, but spending is only just starting to get hired. That is something shinzo abe before an increase in the consumption tax and a couple of years. Haidi thats right. We are wondering, we saw the setback that resulted from the last tax hike. We have been bracing ourselves situation when fiscal malice policy wo
Business confidence is plunging. Haidi more disappointing news from the factory floor and japan , machine orders slumping, Producer Prices staying flat. Rishaad the long and short of it, hong kong stocks being targeted by skeptical researchers. Of course all this Political Drama, the British Election, james comey and his testimony to congress. Having a look at gold. Start toshed in and buy gold at times like this as a haven play. This is 502, a look at the last three weeks. Have had three weeks of gold prices falling. Never mind if you look at gold in sterling terms, but gold is priced in dollars. We could be heading for a negative fourth week third week for gold as well. Haidi thats right. You mentioned that excellent point about gold being a currency play. You look at this chart. It is showing that correlation of the prices metal priced in sterling gaining 2. 2 after that calamitous result in the u. K. Of election. That is very much isolated when it comes to bullion nominated in ster
Has it spreads to more countries impacting economic markets, causing a state of alarm around the world. It is scary and the fact that it pops up and you dont know where it might be, its scary. Were just washing our hands you have to be careful. Take care of yourself. And fire wall, joe biden hoping he can hold on to, South Carolina, as polls show Bernie Sanders cutting into his lead. South carolina is a state biden must win. You are likely to determine who the next president will be and it all starts here in South Carolina. It starts here. For real. And good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. President trump is flying back from india wrapping up that visit with one of his significant press conferences. The political targets today including Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama and two women who sit on the Supreme Court. The president also delivering another dismissal of any russian interference on his behalf after accusing democratic lawmakers about leaking stories about Bernie
Information on a political opponent. I think i would listen. Theres nothing wrong with listening. If somebody called from a country, norway, we have information on your opponent, i think i would want to hear it. You want that kind of interference in our l elections. Not interference. They have information. I think id take it. Paul the president told fox he would report it to Law Enforcement if he thought the information was, quote, incorrect, or badly stated. Lets bring in wall street journal columnist, Dan Henninger and ki kim strassel and bill mcgern. What do you make of the president s statements . It was something he should not have said. We dont like foreign governments meddling in our elections. What the russians did with the bots and websites and all of that was not a good thing. So that was a mistake. But i wouldnt build it into a mownen the, i think it mountain, i think it was more or less a double dribble. The president has to understand hes in reelection mode. Every time he
Information on a political opponent. I think i would listen. Theres nothing wrong with listening. If somebody called from a country, norway, we have information on your opponent, i think i would want to hear it. You want that kind of interference in our l elections. Not interference. They have information. I think id take it. Paul the president told fox he would report it to Law Enforcement if he thought the information was, quote, incorrect, or badly stated. Lets bring in wall street journal columnist, Dan Henninger and ki kim strassel and bill mcgern. What do you make of the president s statements . It was something he should not have said. We dont like foreign governments meddling in our elections. What the russians did with the bots and websites and all of that was not a good thing. So that was a mistake. But i wouldnt build it into a mownen the, i think it mountain, i think it was more or less a double dribble. The president has to understand hes in reelection mode. Every time he