Deal keeps stocks near alltime highs. Treasury yields rising. Gold falling below 1500. Shery huawei still see sales growth despite the longrunning ban on u. S. Tech. We hear from the fcc. First, lets get you breaking news out of south korea. We are seeing a balance of payment. 7. 4urplus widening to trillion billion in the month of september. This is coming from the previous month when the surplus was at 5. 2 billion in the month of august. That was also two consecutive months of the surplus widening. We have five months of surplus now after the country posted its first deficit in seven years back in april. It has been under a lot of pressure. We have september exports falling 12 . Now we are seeing 11 months of contraction for those exports and south korea. , alsood balance number seeing the surplus widening to from 4. 7on, up billion in the previous month. Numbers out of south korea when it comes to those payments current account balance. Lets turn to the Australian Market that has c
Lets plunge into this, this must be of interest, the kind of election policies which the conservatives are hoping to deal with of labour, but they stepped in and said no. Obviously huge sensitivity about Something Like that in just when parliament is dealing with the Civil Service appearing to have said, we have to remain neutral and seeing, not seem to be promoting this. But they would be looking at because the ma nifestos they would be looking at because the manifestos are not there and policies throughout. With the big attempt to actually be central to the conservative parties Election Campaign and now they dont have that information to go to the public with. Is this a routine thing when elections are coming up . You are in downing street also when they pass the direct policy. Did you find your direct communication, did you find yourself seeking this information saying that we better get this costed and see . It has happened consistently down the years but it is normally done a litt
Deadline switches to this january, u nless deadline switches to this january, unless the Parliament Passes a brexit deal. That is looking very unlikely, however. The driver of the lorry in essex in which 39 people died appears in court charged with their manslaughter. And well be live in california, where two wildfires, one of them in the heart of los angeles, have forced thousands of people from their homes. Another mind bending day in british politics, and ill take on this multi headed hydra so you dont have to. Sitting comfortably . Right. First, mps have rejected Boris Johnsons proposal of an general election on december 12. He needed two thirds of mps. The Opposition Labour Party abstained, so this happened. The ayes to the right, 299. The ayes to the right, 299. The noes to the left, 70. The ayes to the right, 299. The noes to the left, 70. So the ayes have it, the ayes have it. The ayes have it, the ayes have it. The ayes have it, but the motion does not obtain the majority requ
Yields keep on creeping up. This is the position we find ourselves in. We were looking for 1. 7 not long ago. The yen is weakening in the broad face of what has been Dollar Strength out there. Thai baht unchanged. Not surprising. Interest Rate Decision later on today. Possibility of another 25 basis points being cut. Cny sub seven, that is why we wanted to bring this up. Just edging stronger it would seem. Ourselves with the rally taking place which also petered out in the u. S. , though we had record highs for a couple of the indices, but it was a mixed bag overall is there also a sense that we could end up with a positive feedback loop as people have this fear of missing out on the rally . Lots of first word news telling us about the world. Here is su keenan in new york. Su we start with robert kaplan. He has told bloomberg that hes comfortable with the recent steepening of the yield curve, saying it is a sign that fed policy is in the right place. Hes previously voiced concern about
There could be hope for those of us who hate the pre flight scrum while boarding an aircraft. Gatwick airport is now experimenting with boarding people in window seats first, starting at the back, followed by middle then aisle seats. That could save 10 of boarding time. And finally, in the guardian, england have been reprimanded and fined for their v shaped formation when facing the haka before their world cup semi final victory over new zealand. World rugby regulations state opponents must not cross the halfway line while the maori war dance is being performed. Wrists were slapped with me is kulveer ranger, who is Senior Vice President for strategy and communications for atos. Lets get stuck in. Christmas selection, daily telegraph. Weve looked at to headlines, the daily mirror already, but all of the papers have their view, their line, their interpretation of how this will go. The headline writers are feasting in advance of a christmas selection, if i can use that, but this is going