If she could. The latest. And counting the cost. We had to miami where Hurricane Dorian is capable of causing billions of dollars in losses. Newseen we have breaking out of south korea. Looking at the inflation numbers. Yearoveryear is flat. 0. 6 in july. Forecast to be up 0. 2. This is now the lowest inflation rate yearoveryear for korea on record. Pointing out they are missing falling into deflation for the first time. If you look at the core cpi, it is up 0. 9 . It takes out food and energy. Energy has been under pressure. If you are at the bank of korea looking at this, you have to think this could raise pressure for the bank do something at their next meeting. Gdp coming in for the Second Quarter at percent. Prior, 1. 1 . A small difference, not superstrong. Yearoveryear, 2 . Probably considered enough for the bank of korea for now. That number will catch a lot of attention. We will see how markets react. Lets look across asian market. You can see the red on my board. Asian tradin
I. M. F. To eliminate unfair competitive advantage thats been created by chinas action. This is according to Treasury Department statement. Remember, the last time that the Treasury Department had a policy report on the Foreign Exchanges, it was back in may and they stopped short of labeling china a currency manipulater. They havent done that since 1994. And the fact remains that there is a 2015 trade facilitation and trade enforcement act and china really does not tick all of the three different criteria. We are talking about minimum 20 billion trade surplus with the u. S. China does tick. But were not talking about repeated interventions in the currency markets or current accounts in excess of 3 of g. D. P. The fact that the Treasury Department went ahead with labeling currency ma china a currency manipulater will have to wait to see on what basis that has been done. There are analysts who have said there could be a currency manipulater designation through the older, 1988 omnibus tra
With tim cook. And one company is shrugging off concerns about an economic slowdown in china. Well tell you which one it is. A moment of truth for lyft as insiders get their first chance to sell shares at the open stocks are set to build on fridays rally, were heading into this mornings trading session, the dow is within 394 points of recouping all the losses from that wednesday selloff of 800 points is the economy at risk of recession . Take a listen to what the president and some of his top aides said yesterday i dont think were having a recession. Were doing tremendously well. Our consumers are rich i gave a tremendous tax cut. And theyre loaded up with money. And theyre buying i saw the walmart numbers, through the roof. I dont see a recession we had some blockbuster retail sales consumer numbers towards the back end of last week. We had the strongest economy in the world money is coming here for a stock market also coming here to chase yield and our bond market. Vice president tod
Afternoon if you are watching from asia. These are your markets. We have quite a lot going through and extra data to check. You can see the stocks europe 600 down 2 because of the fair catch fresh tariff ramp imposed kind of came out of nowhere. People are wondering if it means we will not see a resolution. The one to watch, extending gains and treasuries heading higher. Crude at 54. 8. And if you break down some of the stocks and where we are seeing nervousness, you can see basic resources down 4 . And the u. S. 10 year yield at 1. 84. Coming up later on the program, we have a great exclusive for you. When youre on from taking the ,op job, we talk trade, china and luxury with chief executive. Dont miss that interview 30 minutes from them. From now. Now lets get first word news. The new Prime Minister has seen his parliamentary majority cut to just one after losing an wales. N and the liberal democrats won the special ballot. The tory mp for the area have been recalled after a convicti
Speaking to reporters at mexico citys airport, he said he arrived with his hand extended. He added the United States brings hope for a prosperous and stable mexico. The new governor of puerto rico knows he has a tough road ahead, but she says she is preparing for it. Pressld the associated her priorities are to fight corruption, secure federal hurricane recovery funds, and to help puerto rico out of its 30 year recession. She is excited to finish the team of the former governor who resigned earlier this month following a massive protest. The Trump Administration has informed congress it plans to sell f16 fighters worth 8 billion to taiwan. It is a move that is sure to escalate already high tensions with china. Two u. S. Officials and congressional aide say the administers and have informally notified lawmakers of the potential sale. The f16 deal would be highly controversial because china fiercely opposes all arms sales to taiwan, which it regards as a renegade province. Global news 24