we have talked about mccoury, the reserve bank of australia, and westpac, too. the u.s. what is going on with the other banks and indeed there at bloomberg? >> a lot of the banks -- buildings have been evacuated. channel 7, the media organization directly across the they from the lindt cafe, had some quite extraordinary pictures in the early minutes of this siege before police evacuated the building. people are allowed to arrive at our office. we had a guest arrive a short time ago. obviously, security has been stepped up. there are additional measures in place. i'm not going to broadcast what they are. it coming and going from the office has become more difficult. we have not been evacuated. >> keep safe, paul allen. just around the corner from martin place where this ongoing situation continues, this ongoing siege is continuing with an unnamed number of hostages, and at least one gunman holding them. the australian stock exchange, evacuated, but it's brokers have continued trading normally. what have we got there? >> we are looking at more or the levels we've seen all

we're talking about the reserve bank of australia as well as westpac.len atet to paul ai the bloomberg bureau around the corner. past 30 minutes have been enlightening. we had a press conference with the new south wales premier and the state police commissioner as well. --frequently returned referred to one armed defender suggest there is only one -- an armed offender, suggesting there is only one, but when pushed, said there is at least one. it may be 10 staff and potentially up to 30 customers in the store as well, 40 hostages maybe. he says that people have been with otherconcern arrests around the city and says that none of them are connected to the instance happening in martin place. he says the officers know what they are doing and are trained for this and he is confident the outcome will be peaceful and positive. the police commissioner was prescient if he knew the motivation for this attack and said that at this stage there has not been one established -- was questioned if he knew the motivation for this attack and said that at the stage there h

that is where westpac says the bank of japan will turn a blind which the speed at dollar-yen is movinghe euro-dollar. we are seeing euro-dollar give up its gains this week. you have a couple of different things in play here. on january 22, quantitative easing. that is the train of expectation. treasury yields in the united states of america hitting a 16-month high. you are seeing a big drop year on year in the producer prices in germany. flat or better than estimated inflation numbers in germany. epic volatility, the highest level since september of 2013. >> these are the bloomberg top headlines. french president franÇois hollande has floated the idea of using sanctions on russia. he is the first major european leader to suggest using -- easing moscow's pain. his views put him at odds with most eastern european countries as well as the u.s. the central bank will continue to boost japan's monetary base at an annual pace. the boj governor faces a challenge from falling oil prices as he tries to reflate the economy. has pushednce klm back delivery of some aircraft following its third prof