Interest rate at 5. 5 . Of course, dave, it is widely expected all 20 economists we surveyed expected as much. But the question is really whether or not governor adrian orr will sound hawkish, given that inflation is still far from where he wants it to be, which is one, two, 3 right now. We had headline inflation in the Second Quarter at about 6 . So rbnz staying pat for a second time in a row at 5. 5 . Remember, this is the central bank that has done 525 basis point hike. It has been pretty aggressive ahead of the curve, way ahead of the fed. And now it is keeping its rate standing pat at 5. 5 for a second time in a row. Dave. Yep. Yeah. So were looking at, to your point there where there is some commentary on inflation and how restrictive rates are and theyre saying already restrictive and that should be enough to return inflation to target. Were just going through some of the phrasing here on the statement because that i guess in some ways, short of hearing from the governor himself
Youre watching daybreak. Asia coming to you live from new york, sydney and hong kong. Were counting down to asias major market opens the top stories this hour. Asian stocks set to follow wall street lower as strong us retail sales signal rates may be higher for longer. Dollar strength sinking apac currencies to this years low decision day for the reserve bank of new zealand. With cooler inflation and higher unemployment supporting another hold. Plus, china said to mull cutting stamp duty on stock trades as defensive reaction to a surprise rate cut shows president xi facing more tough choices. Lets take a look at us. Futures now down. The stock market had kind of a tough day today. Were seeing now some green on the screen. However, just basically still pretty much unchanged. And in fact, the the feeling here was that retail sales in the us stronger than expected. Why wasnt that good for stocks . Because Neel Kashkari, part of it at least, president minneapolis fed says he doesnt think t
Good morning. This is bloomberg daybreak europe. Im lizzie burden in london. And these are the stories that set your agenda. Surprise cut. Chinas central bank unexpectedly cuts its key lending rate by the most since 2020, as Industrial Production, retail sales and fixed assets data all miss estimates. Asia markets are mixed. Donald trump is indicted in atlanta over alleged efforts to undo his 2020 election defeat in georgia, adding a fourth criminal case against the former president. Plus, what Warren Buffett is buying and selling. Well bring you the latest 13 f filings as hedge funds look to gain from the hype over artificial intelligence. Well, good morning. Welcome to tuesday. And it might be august, but its a busy one. Youve got traders betting that the fed is going to keep rates higher for longer. So treasury yields have been steadying in early trading in asia. But you did see the ten year yield climb to its highest since november yesterday. The two year yield, which of course is
Economists were expecting at least a 4 . Property investment is a sore point, still eight. 5 down. Worse still 8. 5 down. A slight pickup in the jobless rate. I cannot seem to find a be. It seems like a miss across the board on activity numbers coming through. We are still waiting on some other numbers. In some ways we thought this would be soft but not this soft but the rate cuts in the seven day. Markets are not really reacting as much. Yvonne currency continues to be something traders are ignoring, pboc fixes given the pressures we are sitting on the currencies. Yields are taken higher globally. We could be seeing a scenario of 754 china but looking at how markets do say were seeing slight declines so taking it in stride right now. Maybe a cushion in markets in terms of sentiment. The retail sales print is the lowest we have seen since last december. National bureau of statistics should start their press briefing to give more context. And we have helen chow out of bank of america. W
Absolutely, you go ahead. Whenever you are ready. Thank you to cnn viewers around the world. Its good to see you guys. Thank you and good morning everyone. Appreciate, john roberts factchecking from the sea. Good morning, good afternoon. [laughter] its not my fault, its on the paper. After receiving his daily intelligence briefing this morning the president led a National Economic Council Listening session with ceos of small and Community Banks. Since 2008 the number of small banks has declined 30 . The dramatic increase in regulation following the financial crisis has been a Major Driving force in the decline of these banks. Doddfrank alone has resulted in 22,000 pages of new regulations. While large banks can hire armies of complaints officers whose sole purpose is to ensure they meet the evergrowing number of regulations it increases the cost of doing business for Community Banks leaving some not to engage in some forms of lending were simply due to the time and costs involved. Our