Ballooning pile of debt. Go straight in a breaking news and data out of singapore releasing their gdp numbers. Lets go to haslinda allman. Numbers. Sean the strongest quarter in about three years. Gdp coming in a 5. 2 . At a 5 estimate. 2. 9 the quarter before. Quarter and quarter we have 8. 8 before manufacturing going game busters up 18 . The government has revised gdp andthe year between three three point 5 between one to 1. 5 to three and a half percent. This is like the optimism express. Remember, he said gross for the year may exceed 3 . That is coming through. Some economists have already raise their own estimates for the year. Looking at about 3. 2 , its previous estimate was 2. 8 . As you know, singapore, highly intertwined with a global economy. It is benefiting from the recovery in global trade. Byufacturing is lifted demands. Trade rose 12 year on year, building on the 9 increase for the last quarter. Other industries, like services, are also showing improvement. Just singa
Attack on a school in nigeria more than one hundred school girls are still missing well have an exclusive report on how one family is desperately trying to find their daughter. Also coming up top flight play in the book those leadership all got took on labor clues and in a crucial showdown up for grabs a top three spot in the overall standings. Plus well have a round up of the booze in the plaza at the Winter Olympics in south korea the closing ceremony colorful as they get. Brian thomas welcome to the show german chancellor all a macro has announced her cabinet with picks aim to win over critics from within her own party her conservatives are expected to approve her hard fought Coalition Deal in a vote. Later today but macko also still needs the final approval from her Coalition Partners potential partners the social democrats to be sure of a fourth term now as she awaits the green light from both camps the chancellor has moved to heed her partys call for a new direction and for new a
Tuesday. If the phone is not already ringing by now were awaiting the final number for august auto sales, the automakers and dealerships are dealing, of course, with the fallout from Hurricane Harvey, and well bring those numbers to you as soon as we get them phil lebeau will be stepping in with that. Also some new areas in the stormridden areas Chemical Plant explosions and also smoke inhalation. Well talk to two chemical engineers about the Companies Running these plants, if they are doing enough coming up, but we start with White House National Economic Council director gary cohn joining us on squawk on the street earlier today. We discussed why he doesnt think the white house tax reform plan will ultimately mean tax cuts for the wealthy we can simplify and fet rid of a lot of deductions those deductions actually affect the high bracket players so when you actually simplify the tax returns, youre actually affecting the high taxpayers the most as you simplify the tax system, you actu
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This says it is a lie from berlin spains Prime Minister wants clarification from catalonia but you know it tells catalan leaders he needs to know if they did or did not declare independence so he can decide what to do next this after the regions president puts a sign declaration on ice says he wants to talk with madrid first also coming up in turkey Court Proceedings against german journalist mashallah to get underway shes being tried and on terrorism charges were laid out that her supporters say are baseless were in istanbul at least seventeen people are dead and more than one hundred fifty are missing as wildfires continue to ravage Northern California people going back to their homes were turned to entire neighborhoods reduced to ashes. Thanks very much for your company. We want to start off in spain where the standoff between madrid and barcelona has intensified after an emergency Cabinet Meeting spains Prime Minister has demanded clarification from catalan leaders after they signe