Next few days, sending sterling to a high. And kim jongun declares north korea a Nuclear Power after the latest test proves the weapon can reach anywhere in the u. S. I can only tell you we will take care of it. We have general mattis in the room with us we have had a long discussion on it is a situation we will handle good morning yes, youre watching street signs. Glad youre with us once again what were witnessing one hour into the trading session is a fairly strong rally when it comes to the banking stockses. I do want to tell you what the banks are doing, theyre on track for the best day in two months we have the european banking index on a tear. This is on the back of comments coming from the fed chair jom , nominee, jay powell. We have progress when it comes also to the tax bill all of this is positive for the u. S. Banking sector which had a spectacular day yesterday, up by 2. 6 the best single day performance since early march on the back of those comments from mr. Powell were s
Rupert harrison joins us for the hour and in less than 15 minutes we speak to the Banca Popolare di milano ceo. Weekso look ahead to the Big Bank Earnings headlined by Goldman Sachs. Bank of america is coming up. The first thing we have to do is check the markets. A little bit of volatility, 16. 84 gaining from 0. 5. Overall european stocks a little bit down. There was movement after we heard from janet yellen that she would not mind a u. S. Economy that is a little heated up. That would help with growth and she believes that would help with consolidation of the labor market. Banks, i have put those in the cross asset check because we are speaking to the ceo of dpm. The european impetus is getting a little bit of left desk lift. Lift. Lets get to the bloomberg first word news. U. K. Economye the has been more resilient than expected since the brexit vote may be lulling people into a false sense of security according to a report. Concerns that written could lose its access to the Single