been suspended for two years by the international tennis federation for testing positive for mulled oniumaustralian open. mark crumpton. it's just after 6:30 p.m. wednesday in new york, 8:30 a.m. in sydney. paul allen has a look at the markets. paul: good morning. another very strong lead from wall street, but it's not translating into big gains. we are expecting modest gains on but declines on the nikkei. the new zealand dollar did spike very powerfully this morning after the bank of new zealand decided to keep the cash rate on hold at 2.1 to 5%, concerned about the strength of the dollar pushing toward 71 u.s. cents, but also balancing that against a red-hot housing market. to staykorea expected at 1.5%. expecting a cut, but there is a consensus there will be a cut sometime down the track in 2016. a word about china as well, inflation data out of there, cpi expected to remain steady, while the producer price index is expected to improve slightly to oil% largely thanks to prices. markets in china, hong kong, and china were all closed today. ♪ this is "bloomberg west." the french governme