China out prices in in half an hour. 4898, it tells you what has been going on since 2006. The white line indicates firsttier city performance. We have had this massive runup in june 2015. Ever since, we have seen this fall back. It has been muted for secondtier and third tear cities. We have early data from china real estate showing a sharp rebound in tier one cities and tier three cities. Is the result of strict controls during the october Party Congress unwinding, so the possibility of a turnaround. All will be revealed after xi jinping said houses are for living in, not for speculation. The lastding day of week in this part of the world, singapore, taiwan, and malaysia kicking things off. Sophie the countdown to christmas, risk on for markets with the u. S. Tax bill passage looking likely. We have the Malaysian Ringgit and the won leading declines against the dollar, and the yen looking to test 113. We have u. S. Key Economic Data deck this week. Shares mostly climbing. The kospi l
Thats all to come in the Business Briefing. A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. It was only commissioned twelve days ago, and it cost 3. 1 billion pounds to build, but already the uks biggest and most powerful Aircraft Carrier has sprung a leak. Today we want to know what have you spent a small fortune on over christmas that failed to live up to expectations . Get in touch with us just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. President trump has outlined a new National Security strategy focusing on economic stability and identifying russia and china as competitors, challenging americas influence and wealth. The president also said washington had no choice but to deal with the challenge posed by north koreas weapons programme. He broke with several of his advisers and previous american policy under president obama by not mentioning the threat posed by climate change. Our north america editor jon sopel reports. The us National
Set to get the green light. Well assess the possible impact. And well be getting the inside track on the changing world of cinema. The global audience for traditional theatres is dwindling, so will new ways of watching movies lure us back to the Silver Screen . Today we want to know, are you a fan of the cinema experience or is streaming your movie the only way to go . Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to business live. Lots to fit in today. The future of the South African retail group, steinhoff, hangs in the balance. Its battling a huge accounting scandal. Today, the retailer is meeting its lenders here in london, to find out whether those that it owes money to will throw them a lifeline. Its origins are in the furniture business in germany in the 60s. But its now a global giant, with brands across europe and the us such as conforama and poundland. Reflecting the global deal making, the company has at least 200 subsidiaries and affiliates and is dutch re
Millions of shoppers across the country have headed to the high street today for the traditional boxing day sales. In some places the queues began to form outside stores in the early hours of the morning, with Research Suggesting that one in three people went in search of a bargain today. But some retailers have reported large numbers of people deciding to look for bargains online today instead. And analysts say that footfall in high streets and Shopping Centres across the uk has been lower than expected. Duncan kennedy is in southampton. It is looking rather quiet tonight, duncan. Yes, its around about six oclock, things are starting to wind down but managers in centres like this one are saying they had the high footfall day, in other words there are plenty of people coming into Shopping Centres like this one across the country, but have they been spending . It is raining here in the south and other parts of the country but we are told that has not stopped millions of people coming ou
Reported that chinese officials had recommended slowing or halting purchases of u. S. Treasuries. Global debt markets were already selling off. Signs that Central Banks were stepping back from bond buying stimulus. Such a move by china could make it harder for the u. S. To finance budget deficits brought on by President Trumps taxcut. President trump has promised not to attack north korea on negotiations underway with the south while negotiations are underway with the south. Trump repeated the u. S. Is open to talks with kim jonguns regime under the right circumstances. North and south korea have agreed to hold military talks but pyongyang says its Nuclear Program is offlimits. Germany is maintaining a hardline stance on brexit, demanding the u. K. Pay for the privilege of its Financial Firms having access to eu markets after it leaves the brock bloc. German Officials Say the u. K. Cannot hope for a trade agreement that includes Financial Services unless britain agrees to make substant