THE SMI IS UP BY .2% PLUS OF THE CONVERSATIONS, ANALYSIS START RIGHT NOW. ♪ >> NEWSMAKERS AND MARKET MOVERS, THIS IS "THE PULSE WITH FRANCINE LACQUA." TOM: GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO "THE PULSE." I AM TOM MACKENZIE. THESE ARE YOUR TOP STORIES.DONALD TRUMP HAS HELD TALKS WITH HIS NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM FUELING SPECULATION THE U.S. IS ABOUT TO TAKE A MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN ISRAEL'S MILITARY ACTION IN IRAN. BLOOMBERG UNDERSTANDS YESTERDAY'S MEETING IN WASHINGTON LASTED MORE THAN AN HOUR. IT WAS FOLLOWED BY A CAL ...

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Higher inflation data out today, higher than estimated, at least. To what extent does that does that tie into the BOE's thinking. Do we get a more hawkish BOE than maybe, maybe that maybe some had suggested.Yeah. I think that the BOE is likely to be more cautious going forward. Look, we got what.What do they inflation report today show as it showed us that core inflation is bobbing around three and a half. Retail inflation around 4% and services inflation is closer to 5%. None of those numbers are telegraph ...

What is your uh assessment of the likelihood for the US to be actively participating militarily in this campaign against Iran uh in the coming days. I think President Trump is likely to view uh an opportunity really to carry on or to benefit from the success of the Israeli campaign or Israeli strikes against uh Iran's leadership, nuclear program, military facilities and infrastructure. So he is riding the wave here.Uh he's seen very little in terms of a response that is effective from the Iranian leadership ...

So the figures are astronomical and there is a way to make sense of this stuff. And I'm going to use the acronym c, T Chips Data Talent. So those are the three pillars of AI development.And basically, you can kind of make sense of what all of these different AI firms are doing based on where they have weaknesses in those areas. So if you think about that, they have got the chips, they most definitely have got the data, but it's the talent where it's seeming like they're needing to pick up pace a little bit. ...

So we have been on the show tracking the weakness of the USD over the course of this year. And I guess the question that people are is asking is whether this is just a temporary pullback in relation to the uncertainty surrounding economic policies stemming from the US, or is it a structural retrenchment and a real diversification play away from the USD that's taking place. Joumanna, that's the multi-trillion dollar question that everyone is indeed trying to answer.If history is any guide, definitely price f ...

There's a number of big questions we don't know the answers to. We don't know whether the US is going to get involved. We don't know what kind of escalation we're going to be seeing. We don't know what the Fed is going to do a little bit later on.Is today just a day for sitting on your hands. Do you have a clear sense of direction. I think we're just waiting to the Fed in the short term.And I think this Fed meeting is really interesting in the short term and for day traders, I think there'll be quite a bit ...

What are Donald Trump's options at this point. Well, Tom, ever since President Trump left that G7 summit early to focus on the geopolitical situation in the Middle East, that has been the number one question. What are his options here.What is he thinking. Can we get insight into what is going on in President Trump's mind. We know that we had this reportedly one hour meeting with his national security team in Washington.There was no statement put out afterwards. So unclear what was discussed in that meeting. ...

warranty. You have a judicial warrant. I see the warrant. I will let go when you show me the judicial warrant.Where is it. Step back. Step back. Step back.You don't have authority to arrest US citizens. Sir, you don't have the authority to arrest US citizens. security details.Number one is going to go with him. All right, hang on. Where's number one.Hold on. Hold on. Hold on.At that elevator, I was separated from someone named Edgardo, who I had just met a couple of minutes earlier. Edgardo is in ICE detent ...

Many banks have adopted policies that were kind of to promote uh the idea that we should do something about climate change. Now the US United States government seems to be not recognizing climate change. Has it changed your policies at all in the way you look at climate change or you're not really that involved in that issue. So look, we are involved in that issue.We are a very large we're the largest investment bank outside of the US. So we've always had a presence in the US including a presence in the ene ...