Tiles. The total number of the record for all time, 77, 1995 i thought you were going to say the total number of trading days we still dont have that no. But i was trying to think about it i think theres 53 days left which probably work out to 44 trading days for the rest of this year. I did the rough numbers yesterday 25 . Look, there were 220 i mean, there were 222 or something weekdays i dont know how many of those days were closed or trading sessions thats good enough. So its Something Like 25 25 of the time youve still got another potential up to 40 trading sessions left. Let the good times roll thats the bottom line yes bottom wlien is, we have seen a lot of record closer its not just here in the United States joef night in asia, green arrows across the board with the nikkei up by almost 1. 75 another 389 points added to the nikkei once again to a nearly 6year high jump just visits the area and this is the kind of stuff that happens. The hang seng up by 1. 4 . The shanghai up by.
Later in the programme well get the inside track on a tech company which aims to tackle the worldwide problem of poor eyesight. A new survey has found that online spending in the uk has fallen for the First Time Since 2013. Today we want to know whether your expectations of the future are affecting your Spending Decisions . Do get in touch just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to Business Live. So Emmanuel Macron has won the french presidency, and now the hard work begins. His first challenge will be to form a government with crucial parliamentary elections in june. The outcome of that will determine how much power the new president has to tackle the lengthy list of economic problems. France has had a high Unemployment Rate for decades currently around 10 of the workforce or 3 million people. That compares with less than half 4. 3 across the border in germany. The problem is worse for young people 24 of those between the ages of 15 and 2a dont have a job. The other big iss
Were not at war with any shareholder. We believe in constructive dialogue with all our shareholders. Well be seeing all of them for the road show in the next couple weeks after these results. The dollar index falling to the lowest level since early november as the euro inches higher ahead of eurozone gdp data. Good morning. Welcome to street signs. Glad youre with us once again. We have a lot to get through. Lets kick things off with the monthly iea report extending the Oil Production cuts last year by major global producers may not help trim stockpiles to the required fiveyear average, thats according to the iea this morning. Thats a cautious note for the market it also says the oil market rebalanced during the First Quarter of the year and this trend will accelerate in the shortterm. Lets get out to Neil Atkinson at the iea. Always a pleasure speaking with you. Want to talk about the point i mentioned first, you basically say that extending this oil output agreement will not make a m
See for donald trump. To learn starting about what the Trump Administrations plans are. We go to our chief washington correspondent. We argued a reporting about this budget outline and when it may come out. Take us through that. Later today, the white house is respected to release a twopage summary of President Trumps proposal. This comes one day before President Trump addresses a joint session of Congress Tomorrow in prime time where he will lay out his policy proposals. Imt of the sources speaking with want more specifics. Heres what i can tell you so far. For the cut spending state department and the Environmental Protection agency, but it would boost military defense spending. We have reports that they may trim back their expectations of growth. That is something terribly important to people watching this program. What is behind that . Precisent have a reason for that estimate. That would perhaps show a slight reassessment this administration has in the economy. Economicput through
Senator jay walden to be recognized by President Trump to be the head of the securities and Exchange Commission. This is two hours and 25 minutes. The meeting will come to order. This morning we will hear testimony of jay clayton be the head of the securities and Exchange Commission. He has extensive experience in the markets as a highly decorated securities trader. He has helped to inkrecrease th ability of those to invest in the united states. One area na mr. Clayton has said that he will focus on is market formation. The access is the lifeblood of the economy. The jobs act helped to revitalize the primary markets in congress and the s. E. C. Should continue to find ways to help companies to go public to allow the investors the share in their success. Recently, this committee marked up several bipartisan securities bills, and we encourage you, mr. Clayton, if confirmed to help others identify securities area, which could use legislative improvement. The s. E. C. Has a important three