and all of this is against the back drop of our response to nato s to russia s aggression and to help ukraine defend itself. united states is rallying the world to stand with ukraine. allies and partners around the globe are making significant contributions. sect austin just brought together more than 50 countries, more than 50 countries pledging new commitments and this is a global effort to support ukraine. nearly 140,000 anti-tank systems, more than 600 tanks, nearly 500 artillery systems, more than 600,000 rounds of artillery ammunition, as well as advanced multiple launch rocket systems and air defense smexs. and again the united states is leading the way. we provided ukraine are nearly $7 billion in security assistance since i took office. the next few days we intend to announce more than $800 million more including new advanced western air defense systems to ukraine, more artillery and ammunition, counter battery radar and the launch system we ve given ukraine and mo
11 15, london time. If you look at the dollar, its heading higher. Thees speculation that next head of the Federal Reserve will be hawkish. There is a little bit of concern about north korea. That also gives geopolitical risk more of an impetus. Touch,o is weakening a as investors weigh during the standoff in catalonia. That is the expectation that brexit talks are heading for a breakdown. I am also looking at gold. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Reporter north korea has warned that a Nuclear War May break out at any moment. The comments come as the u. S. And south korea began one of the largest joint naval drills in the peninsula. Un expressed that his country is a Nuclear Power and warned the entire u. S. Mainland is in range and called north korea responsible nuclear state. Brexit missions to aussels might have been flop. According to a person familiar with her teams views, Senior Administration are now losing faith. Mitch mcconnell has presented a united front,
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At 1. 1764. The ifo index was at record highs in august, but we saw that preelection dip to 115. 2 in september. We were expected to stay around those levels but we got a stronger showing than what we had anticipated. If we look at the german ifo conditions, a forecast of 123. 8. And the ifo expectations index, 119. 1 versus a forecast of 107 this all beating expectations. Annette is in frankfurt with instant analysis this is all fairly strong data a day ahead of this crucial meeting from the ecb that would in a way justify tapering, wouldnt it . Of course in looking at the German Economy, tapering is justified if we would set the Monetary Policy for germany, i think we had taper quite for a long time already. Let me run you through what were hearing from the ifo institute. I think all the insecurities surrounding the outcome of the german election has gone people are investing people are optimistic about the future the expectation component is always very important. And that this has
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