Protests take their toll. Shery china continues to push the liberalized market with a more flexible loan. Japan and south korea have come online. Lets get straight market action. Offie the nikkei 225 is. 3 . Best court of the again since 2016. Asian stocks are drifting toward the year end. We are digesting the latest figures. We are going to be getting hong kong trade numbers. Taking a look at was going on in sydney. We are seeing shares snap a threeyear game. Paul lets get you uptodate with the first word news. Wildfires in australia are expected to get worse this year week amid rising temperatures. 122 millions of million acres of land have burned. Nine People Killed and over 950 homes destroyed. Scott morrison says that firefighters battling the fires in New South Wales will be compensated. This is putting additional demands on our firefighters in particular. It means the turnouts and the callouts have been far more extensive than in previous years. This is beyond and above what is
Shery and a rocky road ahead for china. The worlds top auto market heads for an unprecedented second Straight Year of failed declines. Comingnd south korea online. Here is what to watch. Sophie stocks open higher with nikkei and topics opening with two. 2 . Data earlier this week showing a pickup in business spending and reduced prices. The yen looking steady after jay powells speech which reinforced the dollar has a negative bias. Which assets will benefit most from the feds 2020 outlook . We will check in on the open in seoul. 7 . Ospi up we have aussie shares moving to the downside with a risk on move this morning. Futures are also gaining ground. It lets check in on currencies this morning. The aussie dollar bumping its timeagain for a sixth moving below 68. 80. And the british pound back up above 132 above 1. 32. More on u. K. Politics now, heres a check of first word news. U. K. Votes later thursday in an election that will defined the relationship with the eu for years to come.
An inefficient flow of credit has been through these major issues, plaguing policymakers, but i could see a turning point. But we got yesterday late in the bothnoon was a bit on fronts when it comes to gdp coming in for china. Fourthquarter gdp beating expectations at 6. 8 on year. That was the first full year acceleration since 2010. On a nominal level, it looks more impressive. To go look at this chart. This is more impressive in terms of the this is more important in terms of the sustainability, which it has been driving the growth we have seen over the past 10 years for china. Heres the chart on your bloomberg. And whathe impulse, you are seeing is the amount of new credit needed to generate each dollar of output. . 28 int it just shy of 2017 falling from . 30 in 2016. Morgan stanley congress a turning point when it comes to credit efficiency. China has cycle for peaked and jpmorgan saying that inefficient credit allocations has started to bottom out, a little good news when it com
Center right now. Were starting to see more evidence of stimulation coming in. M a speculation. You are beginning to roll some of the Biggest Companies together in china. That is an effort. Yes. Exports as well. Still the best today rally in a month for the shanghai composite. You dont need shippers in the way that you once did. Maybe they need some help. This is the mna story of the morning. A story of the morning. Greases the story im really interested in. We all know what is happening with greece. Today he could see a deal. At last. We need to deal them by august 20 been that big ecb payment comes through. Another payment and another deadline. There is speculation that government will accelerate growth around state owned companies. Give us the rundown. We are seeing the shanghai composite higher. The rest of asia not looking so good. It is an interesting divergent. Quitembers were discouraging. Some market seeing some turnaround now. Japan of about 3 10 of 1 . Beenig story that has
The trigger on the economy at home but if youre looking at inflation that is where the concern is and those inflation was have piled on since the july meeting. Continuingd a spiraling lower and oil prices and that will eventually push back a fed rate rise. Only about one third think that a rate hike will happen in september. It used to be a 5050. Beforenny isnt it when we thought the stimulus would end in the u. S. The market would selloff. Now a delay in the rate rise and the market still sells off its because they are focusing on why the rate rise will not come. By 1 10 of a percent. We will be seeing how all of these markets open across the board and there will be some interesting movers. Keep your eye on richemont. We are talking watches. The exports from watches are following. Down 40 in china. That is a phenomenal statistic. That is showing the woes of Consumer Sentiment in china not wanting to buy foreign goods and especially not after a devaluation. Think about what august is g