the german economy boosting 2.2%. 2.3% for 2017 , but it came in at 2.2%. an impact on your dollar, one. 1939 1.1939. we had a little volatility over the last couple days. markets we are hoping will grow worldwide, and tend to focus on earnings. today, we will talk a lot about that. of 48le bit of zigzagging hours. yield at 2.54. coming up on bloomberg: surveillance. , talking with a leader from armstrong, and another guest bolus act oldish expectations. ceo frank del rio. let s get straight to bloomberg first word news. here s nejra cehic. a reportina has claiming officials are reviewing the country s foreign exchange holdings, recommending selling or holding purchases of the u.s. treasury, might have quoted a wrong source. the state administration of foreign exchange said we think a report might have had wrong sources or may have fake news. there was a report that it wasn t clear whether the recommendation was adopted. u.s. president donald trump has agreed tha