Surveillance. He was the two mario monti later. We are seeing that reverses to the earlier losses we saw. If you look at german stocks, they seem to be remaining lower. The dollar is little changed. Treasuries nudging higher. Lets get to the first world news. Here is sebastian salek. Mugabe failed to announce his resignation. The twist means he may face immediate impeachment hearings. He was expected to announce he was stepping down. Todays meeting with a command element has underscored collectivelyus to start processes that return our nation to normalcy. U. S. Senator Susan Collins has said the republican tax plan passed by the Senate Finance committee needs work. Thed if she can vote for measure as written, she said, quote, i have not reached that conclusion left. Republicans can afford to lose only two votes and still pass the bill. Ron johnson has artie said he cannot back the bill as written. Japans recovery remains on track with exports growing by double digits for four straight
Rishaad oil prices down by 3 over the last three days. Big falls overnight are having repercussions, in particular for australian markets and the aussie dollar. It may be a bit of a brighter prospect if you are an oil bull in the future. It does suggest that if you look at 2021, prices are likely to be breaking to the upside. Deliveries in the near future having a higher price of those made later on. You could also argue that rising longterm prices show the market is going to the view that high prices are perhaps more sustainable. Again, the caveat is a longerterm. This is the outlook for prices for four years from now that should give greater encouragement to bulls of oil and commodity markets, generally speaking. Action in oil iea talking about the shale revolution, revising down shortterm demand prospects for 2018. In the near term, not a lot of positive catalysts to be found. Concerns over lack of progress on tax reform. Were looking ahead to u. S. Inflation numbers, with the index