we have come in from the widespread in the week let's get to jane foley. thank you for joining us what is the implication, if any, with the appointment of mr. ueda as the next bank of japan governor >> that is an interesting question this is the candidate that was not on most people's short lists for the likely replacement of kuroda if we look through the past, yes, he is a known economist and past member of the bank of japan, but not a lot is heard about his views in the very recent past. he has been publishing economic papers for some years. as you said, when we first heard this news, we saw the yen really pushing higher that was, i think, just because of relief. it wasn't going to be the candidate that the market thought it was going to be the current deputy governor of the bank of japan, who is a known dove the market is reacting on relief actually, you know, one point i really like to get across is that just because we have a different governor, the fundamentals of japan haven't sh changed overnight. almost irrespective of who takes the reins, they wi

joining me now is jane foley, head of fx strategy, rabobank. good morning to you, jane. shivers down my spine. fix, a technophobe so this put shivers down my spine. a lot of eo - le shivers down my spine. a lot of people are _ shivers down my spine. a lot of people are confused _ shivers down my spine. a lot of people are confused and - shivers down my spine. a lot of people are confused and think. people are confused and think is this bitcoin or another crypto, this thing to say is no, there is some common denominator to do with the technology these are built with something could block chain many of us would have heard of that the best way to think of that the best way to think of that as a computerised ledger it is very safe everybody has access to it at same time and things on it cannot be changed. that is where the similarity finishes. what the central banks are doing is thinking about alternative to cash, you use your smartphone as a wallet in the money on it would be the same as spending £10 in the shop or £5 for your copy, that's all it would be. they are saying pe

let�*s show you what�*s happening in asia which did follow suit: joining me now is jane foley, head of we say all the time, markets go up, they go down. currently they are going down, what is happening when it comes to what investors believe the federal do this year? i! investors believe the federal do this year?— investors believe the federal do this year? if we go back to january when _ do this year? if we go back to january when we _ do this year? if we go back to january when we had - do this year? if we go back to january when we had a - do this year? if we go back to january when we had a pretty| january when we had a pretty good month for stocks and other risky assets the market wasn�*t really believing what the fed was saying so the fed has been really consistent for quite a while in suggesting that rates may have to stay higher for longer but injanuary the market thought we see some signs of slowdown in the us economy and perhaps the bed will be cutting interest rates before the end of this year but in february we have seen stronger than expected us economic data and the marke

we asked jane foley, is there a floor under the dollar? we will have a chat, on bloomberg. ♪ met with putin in moscow, calling the relationship between the two countries quote, solid as a mountain. rishi sunak hinted he is seeking legal changes to the northern ireland protocol, something the eu has previously been opposed to. the u.k. prime minister was responding to criticism of his proposed trade agreement from the leader of northern ireland's unionist party. two economists told bloomberg it would unleash tens of billions of pounds of business investment for the u.k. a washington post report says meta-is preparing for thousands of job cuts beyond the 13% of its workforce fired in november. separately, bloomberg learned italy is investigating the facebook parent for an alleged 870 million euros in unpaid vat. meta says it disagrees with the idea that providing access to online platforms should attract a tax. global news, 24 hours a day, on air, and on bloomberg quicktake. powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120