this yearerhaps in q4 you will start to cd kleins and u.s.hale productions and then you will see declines elsewhere. -- you'll start to see declines in u.s. shale productions and then you will see declines elsewhere. markus: he was talking about the most recent oil price falls. kazakhstan is suffering from the low oil prices as their currency lost more than a quarter of its value in just hours. the sharp drop came as authorities announced they would drop their efforts to prop up the currency. alongsider pressure, the wider economy is low oil prices dampen growth. is also suffering as china and other countries have devalued their currencies. the currency markets and the oil markets have contributed to a cocktail of, well, a pretty bleak session this thursday when it comes to global stocks. we saw european shares trading sharply down, similar picture for the frank furred fax and ftse 100, also slipping. was seen as taking its cue from asia where the shanghai composite was down, another bad day for that chinese index. stateside, we are also seei