Debts are about 700,000. The Trump Administration dabs up its attack on chinese tech. Mike pompeo wants to cut ties well beyond just a campaign against tiktok. Alert on start with an the bloomberg. South korea announcing its surplus widening to 6. 88 billion. This is a recovery from the 2 billion level we saw in the previous month and recovery after logging a deficit in april. When it comes to the trade surplus, widening to 5. 867 billion. We have seen south korean exports slump, slowing in july. We are seeing an economic recovery in china and demand for semiconductors. Lets turn to Sophie Kamaruddin in hong kong for a check of the markets. What should we be watching out for in south korea today . Sophie we have more data coming out. Tourism revenue falling for a fifth consecutive month so the focus will be on the consumer sector. Of o have the likes reporting earnings. Consumer sentiment has rebounded for a third month in south korea and online spending will continue to be key as the
Assessment of Global Energy demand. Saudi arabia is cutting output to the lowest level since 2002. As mentioned, we are looking at the start of the trading session. Thats get over to Sophie Kamaruddin in hong kong. We are expecting moves to the downside. U. S. Futures holding onto a three day decline in kiwi stocks. The index is off by about. 33 and markets are priced in new zealand to join the negative rate club. Amid calls for more stimulus around the world, we are waiting to see if china will cut the rate for the third time this year as the country grapples with a week start and millions of unemployed. Emerging from lockdown, the global stock rallies are sputtering. Risk is wave infection being weighed alongside the threat of business failures and job losses becoming permanent. Beyond that, the aussie dollar is bearish and ahead of the april jobs report. It is seen with a deeper impact. President trump says fed chairman jay powell is doing a good job but disagrees with him on negati
The u. S. Revised down its revised forecast for this year and next. The outlook for automakers in a postvirus world. We look at the prospects of japan the boss of lamborghini. Shery breaking news out of south korea. We are getting the Unemployment Rate for the month of april, coming in at 3. 8 . This would be below expectations of more than 4 and at the same level than in the previous month. South korea of course has implemented big fiscal measures, not to mention the relaxation of social distancing measures and president moon jaein asking his ministers to swiftly draw up a third budget. He has announced something of a korean style nodeal with statement investments, and we are seeing the south korean Unemployment Rate at 3. 8 , the previousl as in the month as south korea continues to battle the coronavirus pandemic. That seems to have restarted and regained some momentum with those infections around nightclubs in seoul. Lets turn to Sophie Kamaruddin in hong kong for a check on the ma
Protectionism is a drag anchor and governments are not doing enough. U. S. Agrees iran was behind the aramco attacks. Tehran denies that and warns of allout war if it is attacked. Shery lets get you started with a check of the markets in the u. S. We are seeing futures unchanged, after a mixed closed on this theres day. We have the dow moving more than 50 points. The s p 500 finishing unchanged. We had a boost earlier in the session coming from white house Economic Advisor larry kudlow sounding more optimistic on trade. Then we had another trump advisor hinting at 50 21 50 to 100 tariffs on chinese goods. Rising uncertainty on trade, not to mention the oecd cutting Global Growth forecasts. That led to our haven demand bonds rallying for a fourth consecutive session and the 10 year yield sitting at that 178 level. Not see how things are shaping up in asia. We are this friday, potentially seeing a muted start for asian stocks. Bonds drifting as treasuries nudge higher. Tensions will be o
Now on bbc news, its time for click. This week we go on an excellent adventure. Take dance lessons from a tomato. And get invaded by flossing aliens. Giant alien heads, pokemon gyms, and massive queues to get into the Los Angeles Convention centre. The hard core gamers this can only mean one thing, it was not time for the electronic entertainment expo. 0r just plain old e3 to those in the know. Almost a quarter of a century on from the very first show, its now the premier event entity gaming calendar, with over 70,000 people making the annual pilgrimage to the sofa. They need a rockclimbing wall im not quite sure. So we sent sent along our very own gaming bureaus, a russell and marc cieslak to see what eve ryo ne russell and marc cieslak to see what everyone would be talking about this year. This e3 is a little bit different though, since 2017 the public has been allowed in, before that this was a Games Industry only a fair. Usually playstation and xbox have giant computing press confe