Was 0. 004inary number february. Of inflation. We have a decrease of. 1 . For those numbers. Youve seen the german numbers out yesterday. I think this is going to be a big focus this morning. Information for europe is the magic number. Futures pointed a little bit higher through the morning. Opens. E the we havent a bit of a higher open. Pretty much dead flat. My focus today is over in fx. Higher on those german retail numbers. Better than expected. We are a little bit low on spanish cpi at 9 00, 10 00 rather, we get the cpi number. Than january and december. We see the trends here. We are not getting weak inflation in italy and spain, were getting it in germany as well. If that number disappoints, there will be more pressure on the ecb to act. The euro dollar may get excited. Bank is likely to keep trimming asset purchases, even as it monitors recent weaknesses in u. S. Data. Part of that softness may in the weeks and months ahead, my colleagues and i will be attentive to signals the
Welcome, you are watching the pulse. I am guy johnson. Francine is off today. She will be back next week. Inditexp this hour, fashions a tax loophole. We begin with our main subject of the morning. The situation in the ukraine is developing quickly. Isted president yanukovych holding a press Conference Today from russia. The u. S. Government tries to pull together International Funding to avoid a default. Lets go to kiev and our reporter there, ryan chilcote. Walk us through what has been happening in the south of the country in the crimea this morning. It is certainly seizing headlines. I am at the Ukrainian Central Bank with the Prime Minister and the head of central bank are giving a joint briefing about the state of the countrys finances. The Prime Minister left early. I did have a quick conversation with him, one on one, and they are studying the situation in the crimea. Theyre trying to figure out who these people are. What were talking about is that at five 00 this morning, anot
Says why a speedy internet could mean big business for provo, utah. You are watching Market Makers. Good morning. I am Erik Schatzker. And i am stephanie ruhle. First, it is his birthday i am a huge done johnny cash fan. It is time for other news, top business stories around the world. The political crisis in the ukraine is spreading as gunmen seize the Parliament Building in the crimean region and russia has put fighter jets in the area on combat alert. The next Prime Minister of the ukraine believes that russia will never intervene on a military basis. The government has finally turned a profit on the bailout of freddie mac. Mortgage finance or will return 10 billion to the federal Treasury Department next month. All are required to return profits as a condition of their bailout. Freddie mac and fannie mae have billion in taxpayers have actually profited off of the bailout. Wall street has learned that you cant always take jamie diamond literally. Diamond dimon literally. They said,
We are pretty much going to be able to do that. 1851. Traders have been having trouble with the market because it gets almost there and turning back and retrieving. So it has been difficult. I wore green up for a reason today. I knew i would need it. Heading to olivia sterns. The king of green, shares of , shares up almost 20 . Speaking of green, j. C. Penney shares are up. They think sales will increase in margins will expand. Also watching ebay, a story you know well. Carl icahn and ebay stepping up the attacks on one another. Carl icahn has written his third letter in four days, accusing ebay of having conflicts of interest among the board erectors. Back. S firing their ceo says carl icahn is well entertaining and false and dead wrong. Also watching shares of other bees down come in pretty much flat. This is after dan loeb says he is willing to work with sothebys image meant. Softening his tone a little bit. Back in october he wrote a scathing letter to the board, calling for the ce
Role in the world. What do you think america possible role in the world should be . The phone lines we will get the latest on the investigation and that malaysian aircraft and 2014 Midterm Election politics. Putin may pay dearly for crime area for crimea. European leaders are calling it illegitimate. There is also this piece from a brookings institution, an expert on american foreignpolicy. He writes there has never been a more important time to understand American Power and leadership. Critics decry a last of a lack of leadership. American withdrawal is becoming conventional wisdom. Is that right . He concludes with these words. We have the underlying capacity of a powerful ally in structure and favorable international landscape. But there is no time to wait. The longer the perception of American Hesitation endures, the more ingrained it will be. The more it will act in ways getting things for the u. S. We have global interest and global presence. Time for the u. S. To recall we are s