For germanys die welt. The canadian broadcaster jeffrey kofman, suzanne lynch, who writes from washington for the irish times, and catherine pepinster, a commentator on religious affairs, and former editor of the tablet. The amazon, the lung of our planet, is burning. So tweeted emmanuel macron, the president of france, late thursday. Hes the host of the g7 summit, in biarritz this weekend, and proposed putting it on the agenda. Which, to jair bolsonaro, brazils president , is just so much hot air. After all, burning forest to clear land for cattle and the growing of soya is to meet a global demand, not least from western nations. Brazil exports more soya than any other country. Still, on friday, he bowed to the pressure and sent in the military to tackle the fires. Brazil isnt one of the self described advanced economies that make up the g7. China isnt either, but it lobbed an economic hand grenade on the eve of the summit, announcing fresh tariffs on american goods. Its all very well
This is the reason for the protests taking place in the large cities of brazil, in sao paulo, brasilia, and rio. This has also caused the international outcry. This is a global crisis, because these are considered the lungs of the world. And just on a human level, and an emotional level almost, it is extremely upsetting, extremely disturbing, to see this kind of devastation unfolding in front of you. Now its time for a look at the weather with nick miller. Plenty of hazy sunshine to be had. A lot of sunshine compared to yesterday. Cloud for the Channel Islands, west wales and may be edging towards the coast of north west england to the afternoon. It is going to feel a bit hotter than yesterday. Where you have cloud temperatures may be a couple of degrees lower but for many of us adding a few degrees to these temperatures. More of us creeping to 30 or even 32 in parts of south east england. Into tonight and some areas of cloud across western parts and fog patches so there could be some
This week borisjohnsons brexit diplomacy appears to pay off in berlin. No bromance for bojo in paris, though. Well be discussing which matters more. Plus with the amazon on fire, brazil accuses the g7 nations of colonial meddling. But is the g7 fiddling whilst the Global Economy burns . Around the table with me are thomas kielinger, a biographer, and for many years london correspondent for germanys die welt. The canadian broadcaster Jeffrey Kofman suzanne lynch, who writes from washington for the irish times, and catherine pepinster, a commentator on religious affairs, and former editor of the tablet. The amazon, the lung of our planet, is burning. So tweeted emmanuel macron, the president of france, late thursday. Hes the host of the g7 summit, in biarritz this weekend, and proposed putting it on the agenda. Which, to jair bolsonaro, brazils president , is just so much hot air. After all, burning forest to clear land for cattle and the growing of soya is to meet a global demand, not l
The s p and dow. Nasdaq gains which it saw on friday. For the nasdaq and s p and russell 2000, it was the worst month in the year. For the s p and nasdaq with the dow slumping 3 . Nasdaq down 5. 8 for the month. Treasuries is the big picture. This is why we see the weakening. Treasury markets are picking up. 10year is now 4. 74 . The 2year treasury is up at 5. 11 . Mortgage prices are ticking higher. If you want a 30year fixed mortgage, you are looking at 8 . Check out the price of crude oil. Crude oil prices with energy back on the rise. Up to 91. 50 for wti. Brent at 93 a barrel. Joe talked about bitcoin. Picking up to 28,300. Up 4. 4 . Joe, the reason behind this is because gary gensler etf comments. I saw any Government Shutdown would delay any consideration for the spot etfs that everyone wants. Because the s. E. C. Staff would have been out and nothing gets approved. Does that mean i think they are thinking about it. They have been thinking about it check your watch. Thats a big
Founder, joining us live. Having a look at european Equities Trading right now, we are 30 minutes away from the friday session. Look at that, look at the stocks rising. Down for the week, all these equity bosses, are up today. Currencies are lower, bond yields gaining, commodities and cbss arid final two columns. 30 weeks ago yesterday was black monday. The day after was a record decline. Yes on black monday, the ftse fell. A record 12. 2 , the two day drop equated to 138 billion. The cap at the end of the day was 497 billion. Today it is 2. 0 8 trillion pounds. If i said dollars a few seconds ago. Ftse act then in 1987, the has jumped. The dax in comparison up by 900 . What a rise for the stoxx 600, 377 . This is the function, probability, listen to the probability of a rate hike in november. Were 77 percent, a month ago 65. 5 , two months ago, the probability was 4. 7 . The does Deputy Governor says i slowing he is clear gradual process of raising rates would be warranted if the bank