Politics at home and abroad for years to come. The ipo has taken a dramatic turn with jack ma and other executives summoned by regulators. The company ahead of scrutiny. Shery breaking news out of south korea. We are getting the october Consumer Price numbers. Month for month, we are seeing a contraction of 0. 6 , really missing expectations of analysts. Not to mention it is a slow down and Inflation Numbers from the previous month. Not surprising given we had a pickup because of the weather related issues. We had monsoon season. And lowerlf Pressure Energy prices. Growth of prices is only. 1 which is a deceleration from the previous year. Not to mention it is under analysts expectations. Only in october we saw bright about 30 lower on average compared to a year ago so we are getting pressure on both numbers. For now, lets turn to the market. We are seeing u. S. Futures slightly higher online. Lets turn to sophie in hong kong. S p adding about 1 10 of 1 at the start of the session in a
Boris johnson is due to the side on fridawhether to walk away from the talks. New zealand prepares to vote with polls indicating the Prime Minister will be a comfortable winner. Both party leade are criticized for not doing enough for women. Breaking news out of south korea. We are getting the jobless figures for the month of ptember coming in at 3. 9 , which is much higher than analysts had expected. Its also larger than the previous month, when it came in from august at 3. 2. 300 92,000 jobs were removed in september from a year earlier and we have seen the jobless rate ssawing. We did have the virus resurgence in south korea so that hit the labor market negatively and we had typhoons in september that might have skewed the numbers. The positive boost for the labor market in south korea is the governments planned fourth extra budget that should help the employment market. S p saying it will take many years for employment to return to prepandemic levels. We have seen the bank of korea
Authorities warned against reopening too quickly. Sending a message to facebook. More advertisers cut spending. Anchor asian markets are setting up. Virus cases continue to accelerate, not just in the u. S. But closer to home. Lets go over for a look. I am looking at the numbers, it looks like a trading week. That backdrop, futures are pointing lower this monday ahead of hancocks anniversary. Trade data do from the city this monday. Morning, thehis economic fallout from the virus, higher jobless reports. We have a downside picture across asia. Checking in on commodities, lets check in on oil. Losing ground. Near a 2012ing high. Higher prices expected. Australia does see gold expert warnings hitting a record 22 billion in 2020 through 2021, before easing in 2022. We have to big picture that good gold could top 1800 an ounce. Global virus has hit grim milestones. Cases in tokyo rose by a daily record. Japan had lifted a state of emergency last month. In the u. S. , governors are struggli
Good but still will not accept they should be law. Asia is set to follow wall street higher as investors weigh theirdevelopments against cases. The s p climbed for a Third Straight day. Shery lets get you started with breaking news south korea. We are seeing inflation rising faster than expected. Both the month on month and year on year figures now escaping that disinflationary territory. Month on month inflation rising 0. 2 and 18 expectations. The expectation was for no change, also coming out of three months of decelerating prices. When it comes to the year on your numbers, the inflation remaining flat. The expectation was for prices to contract, and its also coming after falling into disinflation for the First Time Since september. Core prices your near rising 0. 6 , which is a faster gain than was expected as well. We have seen a little bit more demand coming from china. The export slump in south korea also easing for the month of june, not to mention exports to china in fact rose
We have an exclusive interview. In hong kong the government is again rejecting calls for universal suffrage for the chief executive here. This as anger bubbled back on the streets of hong kong. Shery australian markets have just opened to trade. Lets turn to sophie for a check of what she is watching. Sophie we are seeing stocks gaining ground,. 1 with the stock market looking overheated and valuations and records. The latest, investors buying into the aussie stock rally. Environmental risk around the earnings estimates. Futures looking mixed. It is opening slightly lower, this nikkei futures under pressure ahead of japanese industrial output we will get later this morning along with taiwanese export numbers and jobless figures from hong kong. We are seeing new york crude. 1 , asground over investors consider the potential impact from the auction health in libya and iraq. Said this is a policy delay disruption and there could be a quick turnaround if there is a political solution. Liby