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4 buiillion in wealth managemen. our markets business on the debt side, even relative to the last first quarter last year, we re up more than 10%. in equities, substantial improvement over the fourth quarter of last year. the only business which is slightly down is our transaction banking business. but that s a function of the fact that we have exited a number of countries and also exited a number of high-risk clients. let us especially talk about clients. you are saying in that letter to employees that clients are coming back. are clients reassured about the stability of deutsche? when you look at the performance q1 number, we are north of 14%. that s a very strong capital position from which we re coming. the funding position of the bank has substantially improved. we now are able to talk to our clients based on a completely different starting point. and we see that reflected. many people came back when they heard about the settlement with the department of just ....
we do say good morning on this thursday. we re going to start with the sweeping plans to significantly rewrite tax code for the first time in more than three decades. the president s financial team unveiled the proposal calling for tacks on businesses to be slashed by more than 50%, and they re also promising individual benefits. the plan is designed to boost economic growth but it was summed up in a single page that was short on specifics. abc s stephanie ramos has the latest from washington d.c. good morning, stephanie. reporter: hey kendis and diane, good morning. there are many elements to president trump s tax reform plan, but tax experts say it will benefit both u.s. households and the wealthy. initially, it was a campaign promise. you don t mind having lower taxes, do you? reporter: but now just two days before his 100th day in office, president trump s new tax reform plan is out, and his team is calling it the biggest tax cut in history. it s a great ....
yes. we ve seen clouds locked in all day. 63 degrees right now but the thing is we don t have the rain around. we just have these clouds locked in. big area of low pressure giving us cloud cover. later today, though, it s going to move up into new england and pull the cloiuds with it. a little more in the way of clearing happening farther off to our west. here s what it s going to look like around lunchtime. mid-60s. cloudy skies, happy hour. more clouds breaking and more sunshine trying to peak through, temperatures in the mid-70s and by dinnertime, even more clearing. i ll show you when the 80s return and we ll look at the weekend forecast straight ahead. thank you, sheena. we re looking at what is going on in virginia. there s a fairfax investigation going on. erika gonzalez has information now. reporter: good morning. we re right outside of glasgow middle school. there is police presence here this morning but this has nothing to do with the school. all facul ....
another huge quarter for silicon valley‘s tech titans. but can the likes of google and amazon keep on growing? plus, consumer confidence up, business confidence up stock markets up. how long can the trump bump last? we take stock of the president s first 100 days at the helm of the world s top economy. welcome to world business report. begin me that 8.5 minutes and i will give you an exciting snapshot of the world of business and money. also coming up more surprises from president trump as he vows to renegotiate the us trade deal with south korea. we ll be getting the reaction from asia. but first. we start in silicon valley where three of the biggest names in technology have been reporting their numbers for the last three months. we are talking about the tech titans google, amazon and microsoft. and it seems they are just getting bigger and bigger. the numbers are jaw dropping, take a look. kicking off with google. along with rival facebook it dominates online ....
target, prices refusing to budget in march. haidi: china s oil giants benefit from cruise gradual recovery. opec says producers are unified in rebalancing the market. rishaad: the region s banks are starting to report earnings, so far reflecting a general upturn in the economy. right, let s have a look at what has been going on today, dominated by currency markets to some extent with mario draghi beast. d as an elusive doing nothing to cement a vision that tapering will start when it comes to the monetary policy situation in europe. suggestingindicates more power to move currency markets. we are looking ahead as well to data out of the united states, a first read of first-quarter gdp later today, as slew of japanese news as well. haidi: extraordinary monetary policy around the world. take a look at this chart #5548, fed, boj, boe, ecb, starting to see that the versions, no surprise is from the boj or ecb, exitario draghi saying an is too early to talk about, things are ....