Government in Northern Ireland expires injust under two hours, with no agreement in sight. Sinn fein is refusing to be part of an Executive Led by the Democratic Unionist leader, Arlene Foster. The Northern Ireland secretary will have to decide whether to call a Snap Election. And the new £1 coin is released tomorrow but are these everyday machines ready for it . Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Theresa may will meet Nicola Sturgeon in scotland later for the First Time Since the snp announced their proposals for a second independence referendum. At the beginning of a week that will see article 50 triggered on wednesday, the Prime Minister will say she wants to build a more united nation. Tomorrow, the Scottish Parliament is expected to pass a vote in favour of seeking a new Scottish Independence referendum, which ms sturgeon wants to hold in autumn 2018 or spring 2019. Theresa may, though, has said now is not the time for it. Our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. It
Government in Northern Ireland expires injust under two hours, with no agreement in sight. Sinn fein is refusing to be part of an Executive Led by the Democratic Unionist leader, Arlene Foster. The Northern Ireland secretary will have to decide whether to call a Snap Election. And the new £1 coin is released tomorrow but are these everyday machines ready for it . Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Theresa may will meet Nicola Sturgeon in scotland later for the First Time Since the snp announced their proposals for a second independence referendum. At the beginning of a week that will see article 50 triggered on wednesday, the Prime Minister will say she wants to build a more united nation. Tomorrow, the Scottish Parliament is expected to pass a vote in favour of seeking a new Scottish Independence referendum, which ms sturgeon wants to hold in autumn 2018 or spring 2019. Theresa may, though, has said now is not the time for it. Our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. It
Government in Northern Ireland expires injust under two hours, with no agreement in sight. Sinn fein is refusing to be part of an Executive Led by the Democratic Unionist leader, Arlene Foster. The Northern Ireland secretary will have to decide whether to call a Snap Election. And the new £1 coin is released tomorrow but are these everyday machines ready for it . Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Theresa may will meet Nicola Sturgeon in scotland later for the First Time Since the snp announced their proposals for a second independence referendum. At the beginning of a week that will see article 50 triggered on wednesday, the Prime Minister will say she wants to build a more united nation. Tomorrow, the Scottish Parliament is expected to pass a vote in favour of seeking a new Scottish Independence referendum, which ms sturgeon wants to hold in autumn 2018 or spring 2019. Theresa may, though, has said now is not the time for it. Our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. It
It is an Interest Rate driven parade. Higher largelyd on the strength of Consumer Spending which rose by 3. 5 . Some optimism creeping into the stock market and bond market as well. All three major averages with gains. The gains are pretty broadbased. We only have two groups that are lower today, utilities and consumer staples. A lot of the groups are little changed. Financials gain. You have the big money centered and evenng well better, the regional banks rising today. The bond market today, you will see what is going on here. We have this recent trend of the yield curve flattening. Instead, today, we are seeing a bit of steepening. The 30 year yield going up for basis points. The two year yield up one basis point. After a day of steepening, it looks like theres a relief to some of these financials. We have the yield spreads in order here. The five and 30s in the middle and 10 and 30s on the bottom. The flattening of the various curves and then a bit of steepening today. Looksncrease
It is an Interest Rate driven parade. Higher largelyd on the strength of Consumer Spending which rose by 3. 5 . Some optimism creeping into the stock market and bond market as well. All three major averages with gains. The gains are pretty broadbased. We only have two groups that are lower today, utilities and consumer staples. A lot of the groups are little changed. Financials gain. You have the big money centered and evenng well better, the regional banks rising today. The bond market today, you will see what is going on here. We have this recent trend of the yield curve flattening. Instead, today, we are seeing a bit of steepening. The 30 year yield going up for basis points. The two year yield up one basis point. After a day of steepening, it looks like theres a relief to some of these financials. We have the yield spreads in order here. The five and 30s in the middle and 10 and 30s on the bottom. The flattening of the various curves and then a bit of steepening today. Looksncrease