so the currency moves there, yongghi, might affect some of the exporters. yongghi? >> and ramin, we are approaching the last week of august. what else is in store for global investors? >> well, of course with the fomc meeting minutes out of the way now, the next focus may likely be on the jackson hole, wyoming, economic symposium at the end of this month, where fed chairman bernanke will be giving a speech, and he tends to give a little bit of information or hints as to what he or the federal reserve may be inclined to do, so that could be another focus. let's shift to the euro and in europe, of course, key meetings there between german chancellor merkel and the greek prime minister samaras on friday and that will give further indications as to the direction of the euro and of course eurozone debt and bond yield, so still some key events there to look forward to for the markets but for now the nikkei and the topix in the first few minutes of trading lower this thursday morning. back to you, yongghi. >> all right, ramin, thank you very much. that was ramin mellegard

yongghi? >> yes, ramin, a lot of focus on the development in europe also on central banks but anything else on the economic front today which may move markets? >> yeah, economic data this week has been pretty light, but there will be durable goods orders later today in the u.s. and that covers pretty much everything from fridges and rice cookers to cars, so that's going to be a big piece of data for investors to watch out for, and of course economic data out of the u.s. has been relatively upbeat, but again, nothing to get too excited about, hence the focus on what the federal reserve may do or say, so that's another big focus for investors in japan as well. we'll watch out for any other signals which may affect stocks. yongghi, back to you. >> that was ramin mellegard at the tokyo stock exchange. and that's all for now in business news. i am going to leave you with the latest market figures. >>> people in japan have been wrestling with the consequences of using nuclear power ever since last y