Economy is set to end the year in contraction as months of protests take their toll. There is course for massive evacuations in australia as wildfires continue to burn amid a heatwave. Shery starting with breaking news out of south korea, we are getting industrial reduction numbers for november, contracting. 5 is missing esti. It was expected to stay flat. It is a stabilization after a fall of 1. 7 . The previous number for october was revised higher, contraction of 1. 6 . We are talking about a contraction of 0. 3 year on year, a stabilization from the decline of 2 in the previous months. We have seen some signs of stabilization in the wider region and chinas industrial profits showing a rebound of 5 . More signs we could see stabilization in the region. Up for then exports first 20 days of the month contracting 2 year on year. This coming after doubledigit declines in the past six months. Industal production, month on month by half of 1 , missing estimates but a smaller contraction t