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Not just the japanese yen. Its the korean won which has been sensitive to the actions of jay powell. Were getting commentary from the likes of ocbc, jeffrey saying upside in dollar trade, count down to around 1335 per dollar by december. Better demand, that is improving and also they start of the easing cycle adding to appeal. For equity markets it will be trade or read through from big tech earnings. We had microsoft, alphabet really impressing because the takeaway was they are spending on ai and cloud, thats paying off. Best week for u. S. Stocks in 2024. Still farmer. Haidi of course potential expectation of a hawkish pivot and how that plays into Asian Central banks and economies. In the last leg of the cycle, the open, a couple of minutes into cash trading coming online in a staggered open. Upside when it comes to sydney stocks. Watching treasuries as well, expecting dollar and yields to get a lift higher. Ozzie bonds following that trajectory. Dollar is holding. Against the backd
I am haidi stroudwatts. I am. The top stories this hour, elon musk making an unannounced trip to china meeting the premier and seeking to reduce the revenue decline. Bhp is said to sweeney 02 Anglo American after having its offer turned down. Bloomberg learned Elliott Management is to build a large stake in one of Warren Buffetts favorite japan trading houses. Haidi we are looking like a pretty positive set up so far, said futures up by. 3 of 4 , indicating an Early Advance of 1 will be get to the cash open. U. S. Equities getting on friday, strong earnings reports with the likes of alphabet and microsoft under relief when it comes to month inflation lifting spirits at the end of what was ultimately a choppy week. Take a look at how we are setting up when it comes to japan, nikkei futures flat at the moment. We see that yen tumbling pass levels targeted for intervention. We saw the slide gathering pace after a deb fischer boj and lots of questions as to the credibility of policymakers
kaitlan collins starts. now see you tomorrow citing the source tonight, it is primary night and america with results coming in right now in a closely watched for public embrace and virginia, where former president donald trump is out for revenge and a handshake between a hug between to dictators. so we are thing here new images that are coming in from president putin in north korea were also expecting to get new details from the summit of these two nuclear-armed strong men a behind the scenes, look at donald trump and his time on the apprentice. the author who sat with donald trump for hours after he left the white house is here tonight. i m kaitlin collins and this is the source as we come on the air tonight. right now, the results are still coming in from several high-stakes primary races that are playing out across america tonight. the big test is whether revenge is resonating with republican voters. there is one race in particular that is exposing divisions, serious one
jean noel barrot, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. how surprised were you by emmanuel macron s pretty extraordinary decision to call a snap election? well, obviously i was surprised, because it s a very unique way to take a democratic decision, when the political situation in a given country is so severe that it basically limits the ability of the country to act for itself. there are very few leaders in this world that would take such a democratic decision in the face of such important choices. such a democratic decision, you say. many french people, including people very close to emmanuel macron, would call it an almost crazy gamble. no, a majority of french people support this decision. and the reason is simple you re never wrong when you hand the power to the people. and with a situation where the majority was too thin to be able to reform in a political situation where, after the european elections or during the european elections, french citizens expressed some anger,