Stephanie you have been watching a moment of silence in brussels as the city begins three days of mourning. The attacks yesterday have so far left a total of 31 people dead and 230 injured. For the latest on the investigation, we are now joined by bloombergs ryan from brussels. Yan, give us the latest. Ryan well, were learning an wful lot from the people who started the attack. Police apprehend adamant that is the mastermind of the attack. He is a 24yearold of an individual. Going into today, he was in syria in early 2013. And then a very minimum, he was an associate of one of the participants in the terrorist attacks. So as we look at the belgian and french Prime Ministers there at the mourning ceremony for the People Killed here in brussels, you can bet that they will be also talking about how they can better coordinate to make sure there are no more terrorist attacks. Stephanie while clearly today is a day of mourning in the city of brussels and across europe, as far as business goe
May have to raise rates very quickly in the future. And she says that due to raising rates are not raising rates due to market volatility is something the fed should be very wary of. She says she reduced her rate path for the fed funds rate from december to march. But says now the economy has shown considerable resilience. Recent inflation data, she says, has been somewhat encouraging and she expects wages to accelerate as the labor market tightens. She sees strength in Consumer Spending with strength in housing. Now, one curious line in here, she says i did not descend from the march decision as if somebody was asking her that question. As far as i know, brian, nobody asked her, but it makes me think that miss mester is not far from descenting if the fed does not move relatively soon here. I didnt steal the candy. Exactly. Im glad you see that. The line kind of sits out there, i did not dissent, as if somebody expected her to dissend, i sort of did. She felt a need to explain this to
There is a movement out there to eliminate the disorder descriptor. The department of Veterans Affairs estimates that only between 11 to 20 of the veterans experienced ptsd even when considering the 20 . This is a very Broad Spectrum and its true the majority of the veterans do not experience ptsd but many think that its much higher. If somebody pops a microphone right now or spell a glass of water and it made a loud noise, what would happen to me . I had a hyper startle reflex. Does it impact my ability to contribute to my community . Thats the other issue. Ive been bitten by a large German Shepherd and every time i pass a German Shepherd, my leg hurts. [laughter] so lets be careful how we define this. Ptsd is a human condition not a veteran condition. 5. 2 million adults experience into during a given year and about 7. 8 of the population will have ptsd at some point in their lives. The four year College Completion rates are higher among the nonveterans. 33 complete college and earn
Halliburton abandoning plans with baker hughes union regulators were not happy with Loretta Lynch saying no merger is too big to challenge. Let us know what you think of our top stories on twitter. The yen dominating what is going on with japanese equity trading. The markets are closed today. Reporter talk about first trading day of may. Markets. As reshot pointed out, have a look at japan. They are down 4 . A lot of that happening with a stronger japanese yen. Australia, just about every stock on the nikkei underwater at the moment. When you take the losses back on thursday, we are down about 7. 5 over just two trading days. Lets break it down across sectors. Down onngle sector is the nikkei. Have a look at the nikkei volatility index. We are looking at a sharp jump. It up there . There we go 18 higher. That is something to watch. A lot of people are starting to downsize. When the yen starts jumping around, expect people to be riskadverse. Volatility is higher than usual. We are watch
Welcome to first up. We get straight to breaking news from south korea where the current account surplus widened to 10. 1 billion in march, after it recorded a surplus of 7. 51 billion, better than expected. We will check in on how korean markets reacted. To newasiapacific, zealand, that market is open and falling 1 5 of 1 . 69 u. S. Cents is the level for the u. S. Dollar. Rba decision tomorrow. Counting down to the opens in australia, japan and korea. Sydney pointing to a lower open. 76 u. S. Cents. Lets get over to japan. Checking futures trading in chicago. A big drop for futures and indicating a lower open at the start of the session. This, after it took a market holiday on friday. This is really the first chance for equity markets to react to that boj surprise decision to keep things as is. Japan yen 106. 65. Continuing to strengthen there. Lots of closed markets to tell you about today to mark labor day. China, hong kong, taiwan, singapore, thailand, malaysia and sri lanka and v