And kevin worsht leading the fed but critics say he would be too hawkish. Reporter a little bit of a mix between gossip and news. Ok. As i mentioned, you know, the market here, the equity market were open but the bond markets were closed. I want to pull up a chart and kick us off. It shows you despite the rally that weve seen in stocks in asia as seen as the mici asia pacific index, its still the cheapest in 15 years when compared to the s p. This is represented by the white line. Despite the rally in asia and the rally here and in the u. S. , in fact, asia is just getting cheaper an cheaper. And thats got more investors saying im going to buy into the asia pacific market. Yvonne seems like weve got the global gross optimism especially in japan. Ell see what happens with japan after correia. Were down by the. 10 of 1 for the index 50 following what we saw, the downside with some of the major indexes. Holding on to the fourmonth load as we wait for Coalition Talks after the election. Fu
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Piles the pressure on greece and italy. Six days from the japanese shows a deeperua setback. China sets records. Qantas looks to benefit from falling fuel costs. And in china the trade to a is ride rising record high. Steven joins us from beijing. Its another indicator of what weve seen for a while. Domestic growth in china slowing. Yeah, a couple of things going on here. Youre right, the continuing slowing pace of growth here. So thatslessened imports but also the fall in crude prices to that fiveyear low that drive down the value of the import. So we saw a fall. Export growth. It was much weark. Imports as you said surprisingly contracted leading to that record trade surplus last month. Larrys at mcsquare securities said that chinas economy is generally weak and that the Fourth Quarter that were in now is hardly an improvement from the Third Quarter which we thought was kind of the drop. Weve had Interest Rate cuts but it looks like this continued weakness is continuing. We had the p
The afx 200 is starting the day off with a gain. 5350 three is your gain. It is less than a 10th of 1 up. Following, is also no. It is unchanged. 4768. The new Zealand Dollar spot is weakening right now. Were counting down to the open in japan and korea. Lets head right over to japan. In an hour we will open for the first time this year today. Last year a gained seven cents of 1 . 1 . 7 10 of on it starts its first full trading day of the year in japan. The dollar yen strengthening. To our top story. Posting a profit but just barely. Htc earnings missed estimates for a fourth consecutive quarter. We have a look at the sales them down. Gging you can really blame it on sales. This is the largest phone launch to date. It halt this a slowdown we have seen for nine consecutive quarters. Downeye sizing up robert junior to help promote the brand and bring awareness in greater china. Ticket look at the Fourth Quarter figures. Income rising to 10 million, misting estimates by 55 . This is the s