Financial leaders on the economic recovery from culinary to help developing nations recover from the pandemic follow and longterm impact of children not attending in person passing. This is one hour. I am ceo, i have the pleasure of being the moderator for today. This is precisely the focus of this Years World Bank annual meeting which will take place starting week of october 12 and convene Global Leaders from governments, business and civil society. To set the stage for the meeting will hear today from World Bank Group president David Malpass, and what it will take to tackle this crisis, and how we can turn this into an opportunity to build a path towards the resilient and includes a recovery. He will be joined in conversation with nils stieglitz, president of Frankfort School finance and management. But first well hear from doctor jens weidman, president of the Deutsche Bundesbank who join guest from his office in frankfort. He is been president of the German Central Bank since may 2
We will hear exclusively from the economy minister in japan. Betty just moments ago, breaking news out of europe, germanys chancellor Angela Merkel, her push to unite for parties together into a Coalition Government seems to have collapsed. They were just running up against that deadline. This is going to put germany into uncharted territory. And really puts Angela Merkels job on the line. You can see there is immediate Market Reaction already in the currency markets in particular, the euro dropping right as the news broke about the talks. It was already uncertain if Angela Merkel could pull this off and it looks like at least for now, the answer is no. We talked about how intense these negotiations have been come and they were in deliberations for 12 hours on sunday. It seems like there is more uncertainty, we could possibly see another election triggered. Merkels job could be on the line. Atre was a lot of doubt even the beginning after the election earlier this year that they would
Committee is suspended who was immediately for. Olympic officials banned russia from the upcoming winter games over state sponsored doping clean athletes will only be allowed to eat as neutral. And a state of emergency in Southern California as firefighters battle severe wildfires almost two hundred thousand people are ordered to evacuate. Plus look out for those bitcoin millionaires as the cryptocurrency breaks through the Twelve Thousand dollar barrier the champagne corks are popping for some lucky investors will find out whats inflating the bit when bubble. And. They met him it is the first black woman to win britains prestigious turner prize for our she is also the oldest at sixty three we will look at her work. Im sorry kelly welcome to the Program Great to have you with us. U. S. President donald trump is expected to announce today that he will move americas embassy in israel to jerusalem recognizing the city as the capital of the jewish state it is a major change in american pol
5 billion this year. As donald trump insists he is the least racist person, the s minister calls him an asteroid of awfulness. This is Bloomberg Markets middle east. I am yousef gamal eldin in dubai. U. S. Markets close for mlk day. The Asian Session off to a strong start. The global map gives us the pulse. Gains in the hang seng, up. 6 . Asx 200 up as well,. 3 . On the foreignexchange side, a move in the mexican peso off the back of positive whispers around ,he future outlook for nafta the yen rising to a high against the dollar. Some of it on governor kurodas comments, but also Short Covering from traders. Interesting moves in commodities. The weaker dollar feeding into these trades. 1. 2 , leading the complex higher, even after china data missed expectations. Lets cross the board and let me show you other key asset classes. Brent crude, a lot of commentary , still new highest close in three years. More opec members calling for cuts to be kept through the end of the year. Story. Gain
London. These are the people that we are going to speak to shortly. Dalioversation with ray is coming up shortly from china. We will be talking to Standard Chartered chief finance officer after it they said that they want to give back to shareholders and focus on dividends. We were gaining a touch on the stoxx 600. At the moment is pretty much unchanged. A lot of the impetus on the stocks will be what we hear from from washington, d. C. The u. S. 10whether year yield will go above 3 . Now lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. The European Union will tomorrow challenge theresa may when it publishes a dropped brexit treaty. According to a person familiar with the matter, the bloc is said to set out in legal detail how the terms of the transition period will go. U. S. White House Communications director is scheduled to be interviewed privately to date by the House Intelligence Committee, which is investigating russian interference in the 2016 election. According to house off