Angela’s Merkel’s ability to restore her power in Germany should be decided in the next few days, as talks take place with Martin Schultz’s SPD.
In the meantime, Merkel’s ratings have unexpectedly “tanked” in the latest German polls. More than half of Germans believe she should not run for office in a poll conducted for t-online.com, as the Daily Express reports.
Brexit budget - Grim outlook as UK economic forecasts downgrade
Global shares hit another record high on Wednesday, propelled higher by what increasingly more call (ir)rational exuberance, and investors’ unflagging enthusiasm for tech stocks. That said, S&P futures are unchanged the morning before Thanksgiving (at least before the market open ramp), as are European stocks (Stoxx 600 is flat), despite the euphoria in the Asian session which saw the MSCI Asia Pac index hit a new all time high...
S&P 500 futures are higher, continuing on yesterday's momentum, after European and Asian shares also rose alongside a rebound in oil, as the year-end performance chase appears to be accelerating. There were several different moving parts in a mixed European session, in which early Euro strength gave way to weakness...
... which in turn pushed the Stoxx 600 and US index futures higher, rising above yesterday's session high on negligible volumes.
Authored by Mike Shedlock via themaven.net/mishtalk,
Who has a worse track record on the environment: President Trump or German Chancellor Angela Merkel?
Let's investigate.
Trump Stance and Results
On September 19, amid chatter that Trump might reverse his climate stance, CNBC reported Trump is still pulling out of Paris Agreement.
One day ago the LA Times reported As Trump administration touts coal at U.N U.S. cities and states target climate change.