that s a 13.8% increase month on month. pretty good, alix. israel: alix: can it last? and coming up this hour we ll speak to valley grant, senior vice president and henry mcveigh, ahead of global ma am row and asset allocation with his report on economy and investments. the main macronews that happened was beijing following through on the threat of retaliation, china ordering the u.s. to close the consulate in chengdu and comes after the foreed closer of a chinese mission in houston. sharon chin the asian bureau chief, how big of a disruption is it between the two countries? sharon: i mean the whole dispute over the consulates, the u.s. asking china to shut its houston consulate and china asking the u.s. to shut down its consulate in chengdu has en a severe reaction and the worst they ve taken in the last few years. here it was immediate, people on the ground expressing support for the chinese government. there was a lot of security on the scene in front of the consulate in c
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