we speak to the ukrainian finance director, natalie jaresko. that exclusive interview right here on "the pulse." 9:00 in london. good morning. you are watching "the pulse." i'm guy johnson. francine lacqua is not here today. she will be back on monday. we are speaking on ifo, but right now i'm going to bring you the numbers. hans will be able to break them down. ifo confidence may number at 108.5. median forecast 108.3. the current assessment index 114 point -- i think we are seeing a slight dip. essentially, fairly stable numbers being generated. at the moment, what you're seeing is while you are seeing a reduction in things like pmi and maybe headline gdp numbers what you are starting to see is a pickup in investment again. we will break that down further in a moment. let's talk about greece. let's talk about what has been happening over the last 24 hours. speaking in riga, angela merkel has reiterated their is "still a lot to do" regarding talks with greece. >> i will have some bilateral talks and have already spoken last night with the fren