central bank cut the key interest rate again to 6 and a quarter this makes it the 5th consecutive interest rate cut and the central bank announce that it might take a pause now and assess the ruble which had been the best performing currency in emerging markets this year pared gains after comments that further cuts were less likely over in asia japan led the entire asian markets higher this week with the nikkei hitting fresh 52 week highs today boosted by the positive trade headlines japan is now poised to issue a forecast of 1.4 percent in economic growth for the fiscal year starting april 1st taking into account the expected boost from an upcoming stimulus package this was a surprise as most analysts estimated this to come in lower this stimulus package is now worth $121000000000.00 in public spending and this is in addition to other private sector outlays over in shanghai the markets got an early christmas present from the fed as it reiterated its dovish stance to the markets stocks then jumped higher friday as u.s. trade negotiators had offered to cancel a new china tariffs and reduce

central bank cut the key interest rate again to 6 and a quarter this makes it the 5th consecutive interest rate cut and the central bank announce that it might take a pause now and assess the ruble which had been the best performing currency in emerging markets this year pared gains after comments that further cuts were less likely over in asia japan led the entire asian markets higher this week with the nikkei hitting fresh 52 week highs today boosted by the positive trade headlines japan is now poised to issue a forecast of 1.4 percent in economic growth for the fiscal year starting april 1st taking into account the expected boost from an upcoming stimulus package this was a surprise as most analysts estimated this to come in lower this stimulus package is now worth $121000000000.00 in public spending and this is in addition to other private sector outlays over in shanghai the markets got an early christmas present from the fed as it reiterated its dovish stance to the markets stocks then jump higher friday as u.s. trade negotiators had offered to cancel a new china tariffs and reduce ex

central bank cut the key interest rate again to 6 and a quarter this makes it the 5th consecutive interest rate cut and the central bank announce that it might take a pause now and assess the ruble which had been the best performing currency in emerging markets this year pared gains after comments that further cuts were less likely over in asia japan led the entire asian markets higher this week with the nikkei hitting fresh $52.00 week highs today boosted by the positive trade headlines japan is now poised to issue a forecast of 1.4 percent in economic growth for the fiscal year starting april 1st taking into account the expected boost from an upcoming stimulus package this was a surprise as most analysts estimated this to come in lower this stimulus package is now worth $121000000000.00 in public spending and this is in addition to other private sector outlays over in shanghai the markets got an early christmas present from the fed as it reiterated its dovish stance to the markets stocks then jumped higher friday as u.s. trade negotiators had offered to cancel a new china tariffs and red

bank maybe not so much because of the central bank but let's get into this a little bit more detail. join me every thursday on the all excitement and i'll be speaking to get us to the world of politics sport this list i'm sure those lists i'll see that. i had a spiritual experience. and i had the little girl that died in the fire sent their columns. to say 5 year old son who are looking for a kidney reaching. 54 years old age but 21 years on good role model. for a crime i didn't commit. my own stupidity was innocent doesn't read to understand that nobody would listen. you know your new. trial was pretty much your for. the family or had them building for the wall. tell you nobody. caught. was. not people you will permit and all. approved of jimmy hasn't forgiven himself for something. i knew she was in there and i knew exactly what i was doing. people life. sometimes there's no explanation. during the great depression which i'm old enough to remember there was most of my family were working class there wasn't it was bed you know much worse objectively than today but there was an expec

however, with world prices stable, that has allowed the central bank to cut interest rates. that has helped to stabilize the economy, and things are looking a little bit more quiet on the geopolitical front. russian stocks up about 44% this year. then you look at greece, we've got european central bank rate as a helpng greece the rest of the european economies. you have political stabilization there with a recent election returning a majority for one of greece's to all traditional parties. no more indication there. greece is going to be healing up the eurozone. greek stocks up 50%. yousef: chris, those are some of the out performers, but what does that tell us about what could do well in 2020? is it the traditional case of rotating out, inflated assets, or perhaps those that are not as richly valued? chris: we have certainly seen that theme already. you think about the major markets, financial doing better. some guests this morning and asia talking about financials facing a better year. next year, small caps as well. you get outliers this year on the negative side. it could

do you expect that to be the path for the central bank in russia in 2020? what is your outlook? and for the russian economy? alan: so investing in russian equities is an oil and big deep value play. going back to what annmarie hordern was talking about my what he's been driven by is broadening the economy. in whata lot of faith the world bank looks at as the ease of doing business. he's had some success. it's all about the emerging middle class. can they get that? russia, brazil, even china toy certain extent, that is the big test. nejra: alan higgins from coutts staying with us. from deadlock and a new prime minister to a new divorce deal, brexit has dominated the agenda again in 20. we will take a look at what 2020 has in store. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ nejra: this is "bloomberg daybreak: europe." some of the most valuable startups in the u.s. could be ready to go public in 2020, according to new analysis. annmarie hordern has the details. what's the morning call? >> next year, these are the ipo names we could potentially be discussing. and km talking about strike, mkm talki

but that's all the street has become the main venue of anti-government protests russian street dates back to the 16th century tracing the tigris river it's an important access route to both tahrir square and the central bank demonstrators see this historic avenue as a strategic defense point to prevent security forces from marching on to here square but holding it has come at a price a banner to commemorate those killed hangs on a burnt building next to the barricades the protesters who guard them fear being targeted and don't want to show their faces or. we advanced here because we want to block the road there are government employees going to work here and we're trying to make civil disobedience we will not withdraw until this response to our demands to get rid of all of the party. this is not the 1st time russian street bears witness to a revolt historian he was born here and has studied the streets to mulch was passed it was here where iraqis rose up against the british occupation in 1920 the british and did up crushing that rebellion in 1988 student protesters took to russians t

sweden's central bank, they just say no to the negative interest rate experiment. will other banks follow? timening for the obtained -- for the umpteenth time -- can positive interest rates happen? and the president responds to the high crimes and misdemeanors of impeachment. good morning, everyone. this is "bloomberg surveillance ," live from our world headquarters in new york. london, annam edwards in for francine lacqua this money. how will the nation note or observe the queen's speech today to the assembled? anna: it is going to be interesting because we get a new government, which means a new queen's speech, but i think everyone in the country is saying, haven't we had one of these? this will look quite similar. but there is more of a chance of getting brexit through this time. now that we have that substantial majority. tom: in the next hour, we will be able to see some of the pageantry. pageant,, always a first word news with viviana hurtado. viviana: we begin with the impeachment drama in washington, d.c. impeached the house president trump on charges of --