jim farley joining us there from ford motor's. up next, a slew of earnings from the u.k.. earnings are due. we drilled down into the earnings and we want to get numbers from the drug sector as well. anna: different directions, the dollar drops after weaker than expected u.s. growth. china's central bank response by strengthening its currency by the most since 2005. what will today's euro zone inflation and gdp figures mean for the ecb? and brexit blues come award about the eu referendum since consumer confidence to the lowest level since 2014. ♪ anna: welcome to "countdown." we are getting a host of breaking news coming through this morning. let's get to rbs with some numbers coming through there. 2.4 billion pounds operating expenses. tax forg profit before a 21 million pounds and a net loss of 968 million pounds. they were revealing a ct one ratio here of 14.6% in the first quarter down from 15.5% in december. a ratio of 5.3%. of course, the numbers are only part of the story. the bigger structural story we need to talk about and digest this morning. let's get to our u.k