fauci about gain of function and you asked him, have you done gain of function? and then found out they changed the definition in the day before. so when you were asking, did you define gain of function and then if you were going to ask him again, would you define gain of function to sort of set the premise of your question and get him in? i'll get him caught. we tried the best we could to define it by reading from the actual research paper. that barricade she had done. and you know, it involved creating a chimeric virus, combining to. but here's how they play games with it. boston university released in the last year. they took a i think it was a form of the covid virus. and they i think they the wild type and they mixed it with the omicron types. they took the wild base and they mixed and put a s protein from the omicron on it and instead of killing 100% of the mice, it killed 80% of mice. and they said, oh, it's it didn't gain function. it lost function, but it was a thousand times more infectious. so the wild type was deadly, but as infectious, omicron was in

not like the gains we saw yesterday in asia on this friday, but modest gains for the major indices. markets in tokyo and japan were offline due to the emperor's birthday you can't blame traders for taking a breather. the kospi in seoul with gains and adding value for the biggest listed companies on monday you aring e seeing cautious excitement with the announcements. one of the macro points that people are watching out for in asia today was the fact that home prices in january con contracted again, but at a slower clip than previous months signs of improvement for the sector you talk about chip stocks there is juice left to squeeze from the nvidia play notable nvidia players like tsmc with gains in the asian pacific. samsung is also seeing red byd and nio with price stocks and issues over whether or not this will cause problems for the sector in the tech space out there. something to watch that is something to tackle in the weeks ahead. good morning and happy hunting on wall street >> thank you, jp now we turn to london and the trade in europe with carolin roth carolin, good morning

banks and energy companies driving to gains. nasdaq getting a lived coming through from and in the u.s. up .1 of 1%. we are to comments from raphael bostic, slightly hawkish, and suggesting there is no rush to get a raise. retail sales coming in softer than expected. jobless claims pointing to a relatively resilient labor market. 4.25 on the u.s. 10 year. euro-dollar and focus, we have been hearing from ecb officials. governing council member suggesting march should be in the cards when considering and pondering a cut. 107 on euro-dollar. francis suggesting it would be better to cut slightly earlier than wait too long and terms of easing policy. 150 on the japanese yen. sounding pretty dovish, the currency down .2 of 1%. brent, 82.82, flat even the gains of around 1.1% we saw a noel yesterday. let's cross over to asia and bring in avril hong standing by in singapore. the rally is pronounced. avril: it is absolutely pronounced. if you take a look at the regions equity benchmark, msci asia pacific headed for its highest close in 2

unrealized gains are not income.he only way to make sense of the income taxes that has existed for a century i to stick with the original meaning of the 16th amendment. the court shouldto reaffirm there's no income without reization i welcome the courts question. >> music realization do you have a definition for that or an explanation of exactly what it is and how is it differentro attributes? >> thank you justice thomas. realization is going to be receipts but that in other instances it will be other types of enjoyment of economi gn such the taxpayer could but that gain to hisair her own uses and benefits that might be forgiveness ofr alone or it mit be assignment o iome to a third party. >> there certainly is realization here by the corporation if not taxpayers, right? it is not a case like appriaon of property work happened. you buy a property you are holding for 20 years. here is something that has happened. income is gone to the corporation, isnhat right? >> yeshe corporation as income d not dispute the corporat

gains around .9%. he had three state -- three straight days of gains.ly flat on the session. let's go cross asset now and have a look at these currencies. the road dollars at 107. softness there, that of the china story. the demand concerns outweigh the geopolitics. the middle east over defy the global stop. this is the best year in record for new listings. >> it is a fascinating place to be in a fascinating time to be here. rothschild just opened a new office. in the effort to diversify the capital markets in saudi arabia. >> other investors and officers that may have been weary are now deciding that the time could be read to take advantage of this boom. it is part of vision 2030 which was launched seven years ago at this point. this is one of the how does infrastructure markets in the world right now. up until very recently, capital markets were basically financials. there is a huge effort to diversify that. we are seeing a huge amount of listing flow. basically we are rivaling euro in terms of capital markets activity. that is very positive for the s

gains for the single company of 200 77 billion u.s. dollars in one session, gains of 60%.was up in the s&p close higher. futures in europe pointed to gains. ftse is flat. s&p futures looking to gain a 10th of a percent. nasdaq futures are unchanged, living at the 18,000 level. we've got speakers from the ecb coming up, so focus on the euro-dollar, 108. brent is down 6/10 of a percent. the housing crisis story in china is improving around margins. 3/10 of a percent of the gain. let's get back to earnings. the banking story, standard chartered shares are jumping after profit beat estimates. the lender announced a $1 billion buyback and plans to return money to investors as it looks to improve returns and boost its stock price. i'm joined by the chief executive. thank you for joining us. how are you feeling? >> very well. >> the buyback is in line with the last few years. are you lacking ambition? >> when we set the target, we've done five-and-a-half in two years, so we exceeded initial expectations. we were able to buy back the stock because we are doing well. we are investi

softbank extending gains nearly 12%.saw a return to profit helped by a focus on arm as the designer was listed in the u.s. and has gained after results this week. so the focus on arm in the shift around ai is something investors really like. nissan we are seeing it plunging the most since may of 2021. third-quarter numbers missed estimates and that is important when you consider better numbers from toyota. what some analysts are highlighting is operating profit is deteriorating in north america and they are saying sales could recover. the sustainability of recovery is going to be crucial. nissan dropping after its third quarter profit missed. the tory holdings is one to mention. they had better-than-expected numbers. get around up of stories in daybreak. bloomberg subscribers can go on their terminals and it is available on mobile in the bloomberg anywhere app. customize settings to get news on industries and assets you care about. this is bloomberg. ♪ lane cra 1 in 11 million. you're not gonna finish those salted nuts,

that is a gain of 5.4% today marks the seventh street daily gain for the crypto the longest winning streak that is coming from the success of the newly approved bitcoin etf the exchange traded funds solve the third largest daily influx totaling $403 million in inflows some of these are hitting lifetime highs, the pretty new, a month at half time old, bcl, j btc, grayscale's which is van x and franklins spot bitcoin etf all of them have a very good session, can bitcoin keep this going and if the crack 50000 have about 100,000 let's ask bitcoin foundation chairman in early investor in bitcoin brock pierce in a fox business exclusive. what does the success momentarily of the spot bitcoin etf's say about crypto currency is a viable option of inve investment. >> it is a major event for the united states. long overdue but what it says bitcoin is here to stay, regulators have approved the products existing so the retail public have easy safe access it's a phenomenal thing and says america is reporting bitcoin in a positive way. and i think were poised for all-time highs with the bitcoin coming up

asian stocks rally as tech earnings and ai enthusiasm power gains in the u.s. european futures point higher. japan slides into recession, prompting caution on the bank of japan bets. we look ahead to u.k. gdp data which could confirm britain has fallen into a recession of its own. airbus says it will deliver fewer planes than expected in 2024. we will discuss that anymore on another big morning for earnings in europe. let's recap airbus earnings, they delivered more aircraft than expected, but that is the outlook and deliveries for those aircraft for 2024 that is in focus. at last year, 735 aircraft delivered above the target of 720. this year they are looking to deliver 800 aircraft. the estimates had been a little higher than that. in terms of free cash flow, 4.4 billion euros. they are coming out with a special one euro per share dividend, and the deliveries expected from the aircraft maker, expected 800 versus the guesstimate of 826. this is an opportunity for airbus to get a further leg up against its rival boeing. we are going to be speaking to the coo of

going forward, the pace of job gains we saw in january. sustained so i think we will see slower job growth, no retrenchment in employment but more of a slowdown in job gains and less pressure on wages. haidi: how much are you watching geopolitical risk and domestic u.s. political risk? donald trump is the republican front-runner and he threatened steeper, more serious tariffs on china and other trading partners. how does that play into the domestic growth and inflation picture? >> there will be a lot of policy noise this year. geopolitical noise as well. we are expecting tensions to remain elevated. as we move into the second half of the year, with the u.s. elections, we expect more policy noise. the outlook when it comes to the economy and inflation, the key drivers, the trajectory for inflation and what happens for the fed which will be critical for the outlook. we are expecting the fed to start getting interest rates in may and we anticipate 100 basis point rate cuts. when it comes to the economy, we see some positive economic dynamics.

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slightly lower given the gains that we saw yesterday. nasdaq futures pointing to a modest gains.ese markets continuing to power through the caution we are hearing from fed speakers. let's look at across assets. we had a successful -- pretty successful auction of 10 year treasuries around $42 billion worth yesterday. treasuries did not move a lot on that. there was concern from some that it may not be the appetite to absorb that. that did not come to pass. the yen is coming a slightly lower in terms of what was offered. we continue to weigh up the china data. we look at the market reaction. that deflationary funk that china remains in that has fallen quick considerably but also in prices as well. the euro-dollar at 107. close to $80 a barrel. you are seeing strength coming through for iron ore as well. iron ore prices are up 2%. let's cross over to the asian markets there and get the deep dive with a wrong. let's get to that. i saved the best for last. that is what helped you get out to its biggest client november of last year. that is lifting other semiconductor related stocks. s

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_ and they push back initial gains that had success in the black— gains that had success in the blacking not for the lack of effort _ disappointing not for the lack of effort on the part of the ukrainians. part of that is the russians_ ukrainians. part of that is the russians are a formidable foe that are — russians are a formidable foe that are quite good at artillery attritional warfare and — artillery attritional warfare and that is what we settled into, — and that is what we settled into, almost a law one style or with— into, almost a law one style or with drones and displays into russian _ with drones and displays into russian advantages. if you deprive _ russian advantages. if you deprive one side of ammunition and shells — deprive one side of ammunition and shells and missiles than bil and shells and missiles than big surprise that the invaders will big surprise that the invaders wiii start— big surprise that the invaders will start to meet gains. eugene _ will start to meet gains. eugene i want your thoughts on that as well?— that as well? the russians don't have _ that as wel

european stocks did gain in the previous session.picking up the if the medics coming through from earnings winnings and losers. we saw in particular the lights of -- the likes of bp earnings. plenty more to come here on "daybreak asia." this is bloomberg. ♪ haidi: taking a look across asian markets as we get into half an hour of trading in some of these major markets including japan and tokyo. an hour and a half into the start of trading here in sydney. the nikkei down by about .5%. the fluctuating session. we are seeing that retreat from tech. some earnings support coming through. the nikkei seeing a bit of a decline. we are also seeing a bit of a rebound when it comes to the yen after it hit its weakest level in the week. tech is seeing the biggest sector seeing that drag. a bigger picture across korean stocks. the kospi how by more than 1% after we had a bit of a pullback. the best weekly gain since 2020. seeing a little bit up profit taking. here in australia, it is broadly and pretty optimistic session. consumer discretionary se

profit taking, given the run-up we saw, the ai powered run up last week and the gains on the back of that. global markets come on those highs. today, a mixed picture across asian markets, flat across msci asia pacific. we will break down what is happening. a couple downgrades for chinese corporations, part of the mix. european futures getting close to the 500 level, locking in further gains on friday, just lower by about zero point 2%. positioning for a bit of a loss when it comes to european markets. when it comes to ftse, lower by zero point 2%, watching the oil majors and minors as we look at profits. s&p futures down 0.2% after ending the friday session flat on the back of an ai powered rally. nasdaq futures 18,000 level, marginal be current -- marginally current. this will be the focus in terms of expectations around the fed with personal consumption expenditures index key as well as manufacturing data and gdp. let's take a look across asset. let's look at the u.s. 10 year, the benchmark yields down around two basis points across the curve. looking at the euro-dollar, 1.08 on a

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that gained another 23,000 jobs. retail gained jobs. the job growth is across sectors. healthcare this strong , a diversity of job growth. >> what category is struggling to find workers? i am walking down san francisco city streets and almost every sign has a help wanted sign. >> leisure and hospitality continue to look for workers. it is really true. even in healthcare, certified nurse assistants, people who do the real work in the long-term care home , long-term care facility owners will tell you their struggles to find workers. retail, as you say, the restaurant. the variety of these jobs, within the social services, the direct support nationals, independent living coaches, job coaches, they are not having trouble finding jobs. again, a number of entry-level jobs, employers, especially the tight labor market. >> why do you think that is? are there other jobs available that are a little bit more attractive than some of those other jobs? >> exactly. >> we have also seen during the pandemic, the exodus of workers and some of the lower wage jobs, restaurants in particula

japanese stocks lead gains as traders away u.s. cpi data, which could show inflation falling below 3% for the first time in about three years. a pivotal day for the bank of england with u.k. jobs and wages data set to provide more clues for the central banks great path ahead. plus, president biden pushes for a six-week pause in fighting in gaza as israel launches more strikes on the southern city of roff up. thus the geopolitics, checking on the markets, a pause on the s&p. you held above but -- about 5000 by the end of the those. the heat coming through in japan. we will unpack that for you. u.s. futures currently low by a 10th of a percent. s&p holding above the 5000 level. nasdaq, 17,500. looking to take a 10th off the top. european futures looking out losses after notching a fresh record on a 12 month basis for european stocks yesterday. very solid session for the european equity markets yesterday, taking a breather as we await the data out of the u.k. and the cpi print. ftse 100, 7548, holding in positive territory. let's hold

gains of a little over 3% across the chinese benchmark. are building on that with upside of around 5/10 of a percent. european futures looking to build modestly on the gains that came through yesterday. another record on a 12 month basis for european stocks. a lot of that is down to the earnings story on the central bank question, there seems to be consensus around caution. that is coming through the ecb saying we must be patient and cautious. and then saying we should be in no rush to cut, we are open to that in the second half of the year, modestly in positive territory. ftse 100 -- nasdaq futures without focus on tech currently 100 futures down to 10th of a percent. that's have a look across asset. another big auction coming through later today. that will be something of a test for treasury markets as they absorb the fed speak. we are expecting a hear from fed speakers later today after digesting what was said. u.s. tenure at 4.09. a little bit of strength coming through for the single currency on the back of softness from the u.s. doll

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gains of 34.7%. that's a 52-week high.avid, we look forward to having you on again as you progress towards cash flow positive and eventually profitability. we hope you'll come back. >> appreciate t liz. thanks so much, real pleasure. say hi to delta. liz: i will. first, we have to talk about sticker shock. it's nothing to love this valentine's day. a dozen roses and a box of chocolates will cost you a pretty penny. and again, why do they call it a pretty penny? it's an ugly penny if costing you a pretty penny. headed out to 90--year-old chocolate shop in the heart of new york city to find out how high inflation is raising the blood pressure of those looking for gifts for their sweet heart. who's got the best ticker symbol for valentine's day? got to be love sack. ticker love. modern furniture company that became a darling during the pandemic because everybody wanted cozy furniture. it's up about 54% over just the last three months. we're coming right back with much more. look at dow up triple digits, 102 points. ♪ (luke) t

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that's a gain of 16%. chip company involved in artificial intelligence and reported a wildly strong quarter. i want you to consider it to be riding the coattails of nvidia, arm and broadcom. next is old fave enphase energy. solar power company that called the bottom on solar sales earlier this week causing the stock to rally 16%, taking up solar edge and generac along with it. quinn street, insurance marketing specialist, jumped 14.5% on a spectacular quarter. and rounding it all out is sonos, up 10.5%. sophisticated sound systems for your home and it's part of a large cohort of home improvement stocks that are working. and here i'm thinking about companies like trex that just reported a big quarter. didn't we say we should be buying the stock of home depot? if those are too obscure let's talk larger names. walt disney jumped 11.5% today on a terrific turnaround quarter fueled by dividend boost. after years of underperformance that have really hurt me. wynn resorts. another charitable trust name. vaulted 6

, but do we expect above average gains?o you want to be above or below? not necessarily. valuations are high, not a bit extreme. i think we got through a good earning season we can talk about expectationings for earnings ahead for the tech sector more broadly. but in general we don't see a particularly high risk for the allocation we would have for equity. >> neutral on equities why not more positives all the big banks in the u.s., they're trying to jack up their forecast for the s&p 500 that's sort of almost out of consensus that neutral equities use. >> that's maybe not so bad it's going to be relative to what in particular now where we see where treasuries are also real yields are high and what's our perspective for the year no matter what, it's going to be the fed cutting policy rates we think about the risk/reward trade-off here and the return on the volatility we think it's a better bet to be overweight in the u.s. we've already had a lot of good news and a lot of strong performance. >> no, absolutely. what about cash

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-- >> i guess is it them gaining against each other?ou know, we're talking about companies that all in some way are going to be using a.i. to change how they appeal to consumers. >> or gaining people like me and maybe karen, you know, other people on this desk who have apple devices and who are not using a.i. services right now. aside from -- >> not from apple. >> not that you're paying for. >> right that's true. >> yeah. >> why you are smirking over there? >> i'm -- >> listen. >> a slow chip market? is that -- >> that's what they said citing slow chip market. not the right kinds of chips >> exactly that's intel's story in a nutshell yeah, they live in an alternate universe but there's a price, and we had this conversation when they reported, 38ish, that's a level where i think if it gets down there, you buy it with both hands. >>> coming up, not just big tech reporting after the bell sketchers and decker moving in very different directions. more on that ahead there's no sure-fire way to prevent accidents at work. so talk to your agent

the counteroffensive did not make the gains that were hoped.ed us to this point where ukraine is right now? i give the ukrainians success for repelling the russian invasion in the early weeks of the war in 2022, and kyiv still stands, and they push back initial gains and they've had incredible success in the black sea, but no doubt the counteroffensive was disappointing, not for the lack of effort on the part of the ukrainians. part of that is the russians are a formidable foe, that are not too good at expeditional warfare but they're quite good at artillery attritional warfare and that is what we've settled into — almost a world war i style war with drones and this— plays into russian advantages. if you deprive one side of ammunition and shells and missiles than big surprise that the invaders will start to meet gains. eugene i want your thoughts on that as well? the russians don't have the strength to have major operational strategic gains. they did what they could at the beginning of the war, they failed in kharkiv, almost in kyiv and are hol

there you go we are seeing gains today, but really not very convincing gains.he ftse 100 is up 0.1%. the smi is bouncing back from yesterday's nestle weakness and up 0.4%. the cac 40 is hitting another record high this morning dax is pulling back just a little bit when it comes to the sectors, this is the picture. telco and utilities under performing on the other side of the board, chemicals and autos showing leadership chemicals is on the back of basf a quick check of u.s. futures this morning after the excitement this week, it looks like u.s.markets will take a breather here. s&p is off 3 points. the nasdaq is off 33 points. the dow jones industrial average is set to fall by 3. let's get more on the market moves with dan scott great to catch up with you what do you make after the stellar gains for the markets and record highs and take profits or do you add on to your equity exposure? >> good morning, carolin i would say there is a bit of momentum in the market in fact, you can see there are a few drivers on the positive side and positive momentum side one bei

hang seng gains of 0.4%.entum stalling and investors waiting for any clarity of, are we going to get any sort of support measures coming through with this meeting with president xi with regulators? there is hope. hope is also waning in some ways. haslinda: it is about confidence, it is about trust. in japan it is coming back from lunch, fluctuating with tech under pressure. traders reassessing the flat rate cut bets. not march, will it be may? mitsubishi is one stock we are watching, surging on the nonstock buyback. ¥500 billion. that is supporting the stock at this point. taking a look at japanese yen, steady after falling to the weakest level since november. but really it is about the weaker dollar supporting the currency. the nikkei 2%. the yen at 147.85. yvonne: joining us now is our mliv strategist out of singapore. mary, let's talk about china. seems like things are stalling in terms of this rally and you are saying jawboning is not enough. mary: absolutely. we have seen this time and time again. we get

biggest two-day gain since 320.his us to do without its returned to profit after three, four quarters of losses. and also, because of arm. it has 90 -- 90% stake in arm in arm is going gangbusters. we saw the stock surge in excess of 30%. that pivot, that change in strategy to focus on ai is paying off. david: that's right. one of the comments coming through out of jeffrey's is, when it was all about alibaba in the past, it's about arm at this point in time. certainly the conversation around the buyback mentioning that, you have net income -- if not net income, net loss. and now it's not moving. the buyback might actually get a boost. this according to jeffries. once it expires in march, if they do sell, that might turn into more cash for them to use besides buying back shares our concern. lots of assets for the softbank story. certainly, the move today is really, i would imagine, all about that massive move we saw in arm, for example. causing the: it also has to do with ptm. selling a lot of it stakes. most gesture

that's a gain of 4.4% right now. later in the show our countdown closer, george ball -- he's a pretty conservative guy, has been in the industry forever -- he has some advice right now on how to play bitcoin's moving target. in the meantime, we need to show you the leader on the s&p 500. it is a pretty significant jump in the carbon-free energy price or constellation brand. constellation energy, rather. up 15.25%, that is an all-time high. the driver? stronger than expected guidance and a boost to its dividend of at least 10% annually. folks, this is not just a one-day move. the stock has doubled in a year. but perhaps most notable is the reason it gave today for its better guidance. the company citing, quote, customer demand for clean energy. the near-constant debate in washington, d.c. over clean energy, and we've talked about that, is actually taking a back seat at this hour to the looming government shutdown part 900. i mean, how many times are we going go through? president biden meeting the top four congression

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slow and narrow so i am focused on bread there of job gains which industries causing jobs in america this clearly is a time where secretary paul does not seem worried about the market almost every won with a front row seat watching closely is a lot more nervous, just to pre-pandemic norms slowed further. >> steve moore what will you be focused on in twoma minutes. >> stephanie nailed it never seen this in last 25 years where you see is a divergence in terms of how many jobs out there a instruction in the number in the in the survey of people who are -- taking the survey themselves, here is the thing: other big thing happening in employment situation right now we talked about this week after week month after month the biggest employer in the last six months maria has been what? government, government and healthcare, if we get jobs we want to see those jobs in the industries that make things, manufacturing, construction, wholesale mining business services want jobs we should be shrinking government jobs my god where you think a -- why keep spending so much money. >> one area we have se

the nikkei raising earlier gains. the yield on the policy sensitive to year hitting the highest since 2011, slightly firmer on the yen above 150 on the greenback. tom: avril hong, thank you. let's get more analysis on the japan story. that inflation print coming in hotter than expected. topping the estimates, supporting the case for the boj to move towards ending its ultra easy monetary policy. let's bring in bloomberg's mliv strategist mark cranfield. what do you make of the data that has come out of japan and the market pricing around when the boj finally moves? mark: this cpi is certainly getting enough traction to justify the bank of japan moving to the exit door. it might not seem very exciting by global standards, but they have been talking about being on 2%. the numbers were slightly above expectations. if you look at the two-year yields, if you compared on a g10 basis, the yields are not very high at all. but significantly they now pricing at least one rate hike from the bank of japan. the march meeting comes

with the nasdaq leading the gains now with the check on the pre-market gainers. you see the trade desk up 19%. applied materials up 13%. you have lam research and kla corp up 2% and 4%. ahead of the open, the dow and p s s&p are on pace for the sixth straight weekly gain. >>> let's check the bond market. the two-year note is higher at 4.61%. the ten-year note at 4.269. >>> othere we go with oil and wi being lower at .75%. brent is off by that and rbob is down 1.5%. that is the u.s. set up. let's get a check on the action in asia and europe with jp ong and arabile gumede in the london newsroom. jp, how are things in asia? >> contessa, good morning. looking at one of the encouraging sessions across the board from tokyo to singapore where most equities closed in the green. you have to take each market on its own to figure out what was driving optimism. in south korea, the officials extending new incentive packages and measures to support the valuation of companies and tax breaks to make sure companies are more investable. out in australia, a different picture becaus

but the property index is showing gains, up 0.8%. because be in south korea, currently at 2651, up a full percentage point so far. let's look cross assets. more issuance across the treasury market on the corporate and sovereign front. the u.s. 10-year at 4.28. 1.08 on the euro-dollar, down 0.1% rate brent crude relatively stable despite geo-clinical risks and concern about demand out of china, currently down 0.4%. iron ore currently down 0.9%. you can tie that to concerns about the china story, 116 on iron ore. let's get back to macro and the fed. bond traders no longer expecting that the fed will lower interest rates by more than 75 basis points this year, bringing their view in line with the fed's dot plot brainless bring in mliv strategist mark cranfield. this felt inevitable, the move towards that view of 75 points by the and that of this year, what is the risk for treasuries from here? >> the irony is it has taken traders so long to get in line with the fed's view of three dot plots, they might be too late. they have got gdp dat

making good progress in the kupensk area, this is south of kupinsk, in the kislovka area, we are gainingold, increasing , so to speak, the control zone, yes, then the control zone in the sense that we occupied the heights, we are gaining a foothold on them, and some of the following ... are over for in order for at least someone to continue the fight, to the front, they transfer infantry from the deepest rear, where the ukrainians ended, how many of them are left in this deepest rear, if they really transfer it, then that’s where, well, they didn’t end, yes, because mobilization continues, it will continue , no one is going to finish it... it is going to, yes, but nevertheless, in principle, almost the entire first line of defense on the ukrainian side, it was filled with territorial defense troops, who were precisely from the recently mobilized ukrainians , uh , it’s too early to say that they are running out and especially the armed forces are running out, but indeed the transfer of reinforcements is going to the hottest directions, this is the artyomovsk direction, this is the kupinsk

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we have broad-based gains in wages, . broad—based gains in wages, especially in services.ing a little below 2%, which is a sustainable rate, but i don't put too much weight on this idea that wages have been the thing that has caused prices to rise. it is the opposite. prices increased a lot over the last couple of years, people became poorer and they duly try to push their advantage in wage negotiations. what we actually see is wage growth slowing on trend now that and workers have managed to recoup a little of the income in real terms that was lost last year. by real terms that was lost last year. by the end of the year, wages should be grown comfortably in the 4% — 5% range, inflation should be around 2%, and the bank of england should be happy enough with this scenario probably to lower interest rates to 4% by the end of the year. probably to lower interest rates to 496 by the end of the year.- 496 by the end of the year. senior economist. _ 496 by the end of the year. senior economist, thank _ 496 by the end of the year. senior economist, thank you _ 496 by the end of

solid gains in hong kong as well.hen there is the japan story, losing momentum, not at the 1989 a high but the optimism remains. japanese equities outperform. the nikkei is down 3/10 of a percent. let's look at how things are shaping up. we have fed minutes later today. the month of january, where they think cuts could happen. the next move could in fact be a hike. that is an outlier view but the fed minutes come out today. euro-dollar is one only needs and gains for single currency. wage data is coming in softer off the record highs in the pound, a little softness in you yields coming down with andrew bailey suggesting they don't need to hit that target before they cut. brent is $82, gaining 3/10 of a percent, tighter output. back to the corporate moment, hsbc shares are down after a profit missed estimates. the bank surprised investors with an impairment charge relating to investments. speaking to bloomberg noel quinn described it as a technical issue. >> i'm pleased that we have reported 30 billion which is a recor

gaines. you participated in a small group i was with earlier. i learned something, this entire thing is based on the idea that people are one way or the other. as i understand it, is it true that people go all the way with transgender? that they still have to take hormones? if a boy becomes a girl, he still has -- he does not become a girl all the way, he still has to take hormones to deal with this? >> different governing bodies in different sports have different rules. for example, the international governing body of swimming now has implemented a rule that says , if you about male puberty, you cannot compete with women but you have other sports, such as soccer, that says, it is a testosterone threshold. i believe it is 10 animals per liter of testosterone, any person, male, female can possess and still be allowed to play on the women's team. it changes my sport. the ncaa had a like a policy in 2010 adjusted 12 months of hormone replacement therapy. >> if you don't have an answer, that is o

european futures with a gain of 4/10 of 1%. ftse 100 futures in the u.k. looking to add 21 points up for tenths of a percent. s&p futures after the modest losses pointing to gains of a 10th of a percent. nasdaq futures up by 35 points. expectations of a march cut has essentially been phased out by traders and expectations of may have also been dialed back. you have this but -- the fed speakers and the strong ism data coming in at a four month high. the prices component also picking up as well. just feeling into the narrative that markets have gone over in terms of the extent of cutting christ in around the federal reserve. we continue to watch the cross as a board with the focus on oil. just recapping the moves in treasury markets because you did, over two days, see a significant tick up in yields across treasuries. two-year yields in terms of the two day move. the highest level we've seen in about a year. paring some of those losses in the session. oil continues to be in focus today as does iron ore purity saw prices softer on concerns around demand linke