:00:00. > :00:09.of the island's care system and also warned that some young
:00:10. > :00:15.Now on BBC News all the latest business news live from Singapore.
:00:16. > :00:24.Australia's central bank is said to make its latest policy decision.
:00:25. > :00:28.Will it change course? And we find out if women CEOs can close the
:00:29. > :00:39.gendered gap by catering to other women. Good morning Asia hello
:00:40. > :00:44.world, glad you could join us for this Tuesday edition. I am Rico
:00:45. > :00:49.Hizon. We start off with the central bank in Australia and it is widely
:00:50. > :00:54.expected that the Reserve Bank will leave rates on hold at its meeting
:00:55. > :01:00.today. The rate is currently sit at a historic 1.5%, where they have
:01:01. > :01:03.been since August last year. With a strengthening jobs market and a
:01:04. > :01:07.cooling housing sector, is the bank likely to change course in the
:01:08. > :01:13.coming months? Earlier I asked an economist based in Sydney. I think
:01:14. > :01:17.they are sitting on the fence and now and that will probably remain
:01:18. > :01:21.the story going into next year. It is possible, though, that the
:01:22. > :01:26.Reserve Bank may come out and say well, just like the bank of Canada
:01:27. > :01:29.and the Bank of England, they need to think about, eventually, raising
:01:30. > :01:36.interest rates. If they do that it is a story of the second half or
:01:37. > :01:40.possibly even later, in 2018. Right now indicated on the economy are
:01:41. > :01:46.mixed. Employment is strong but the housing sector is slowing. The
:01:47. > :01:50.economic data for Australia right now, is it a debate over whether the
:01:51. > :01:55.glass is half empty or half full? When is it headed in the second
:01:56. > :02:00.half? That is correct. Most economists see interest rates on
:02:01. > :02:03.hold but there are a number who see rate hikes on the horizon. Another
:02:04. > :02:08.handful who see rate cuts. It depends on your perspective. My
:02:09. > :02:12.feeling is we still have a relatively sluggish growth in
:02:13. > :02:15.Australia. The recession but certainly not booming and probably
:02:16. > :02:21.not enough to give upwards pressure on wages. By the time we reach the
:02:22. > :02:25.end of 2018 or going into 2019, the economy should be strong enough to
:02:26. > :02:31.withstand interest rate hikes. Right now I think it is far too early. How
:02:32. > :02:35.about the state of the resource economy? When are we likely to see
:02:36. > :02:39.that ounce and back was to mark it has been suffering over the past few
:02:40. > :02:44.years. It certainly hasn't had been drag on the economy. The big thing
:02:45. > :02:50.there is the slump in mining investment. It earlier it boomed
:02:51. > :02:54.recently it has been slumping. That is a drag on states like Western
:02:55. > :02:58.Australia. That drag is getting close to the bottom and I think that
:02:59. > :03:05.the worst is probably over for the mining sector. But we are a long way
:03:06. > :03:11.from going back to a boom. This is not 2004, 2005, in the foothills of
:03:12. > :03:15.the massive boom. I think we are in for a long workout. A drag on the
:03:16. > :03:16.economy from the slump in the mining sector is over.
:03:17. > :03:25.A key measure of inflation meant in Southeast Asia remains close to the
:03:26. > :03:31.central bank's target. The consumer price index climbed in June. The
:03:32. > :03:36.increase is due mostly to a sharp rise in fruit and vegetable prices,
:03:37. > :03:44.caused by drought. Core inflation which excludes volatile food and oil
:03:45. > :03:48.prices was lower at 1.5%. US car sales continue to slow in June,
:03:49. > :03:53.marking the sixth straight month in decline. The two big car makers in
:03:54. > :04:01.the country of reported that total sales fell about 5% from the
:04:02. > :04:04.previous month. The sale space was 16.5 million units. That is
:04:05. > :04:12.considerably down from 2016 when sales hit a record 17.5 million. The
:04:13. > :04:15.chief executive of Tesla says that the first model number three will be
:04:16. > :04:20.rolling off the company's assembly line this week. It is their first
:04:21. > :04:29.mass-market car and it expects to ramp up production by the end of the
:04:30. > :04:33.year. Tesla delivered thousands of electric cars and sedans in the
:04:34. > :04:37.first half of 2017. That is at the lower end of its own forecast. They
:04:38. > :04:46.said a severe shortfall in new battery packs had constrained
:04:47. > :04:49.vehicle manufacturing. Four ex Berkley 's bankers including the
:04:50. > :04:55.former chief executive have appeared in court in the UK charged with
:04:56. > :04:59.fraud. The charges relate to the way Berkley has raised billions of
:05:00. > :05:05.pounds from Qatari investors during 2008. It is the first time that any
:05:06. > :05:12.UK bank has faced charges over the way they behaved during the
:05:13. > :05:16.financial crash. A recent survey by the consultancy group found that
:05:17. > :05:21.women occupy only one quarter of senior management positions
:05:22. > :05:24.worldwide. Some have found that creating businesses that cater to
:05:25. > :05:28.other women can be a smoother path to success. But does this approach
:05:29. > :05:41.to reinforce a gender divide in business? Sol cycle. It is loud,
:05:42. > :05:45.dark and it is popular. That popularity has propelled his brand
:05:46. > :05:51.of stationary cycling from a single studio to a national phenomenon and
:05:52. > :05:58.soon it will be on the public stock exchange. It does its dependence on
:05:59. > :06:01.women speak to the wider trend of women studying female focused
:06:02. > :06:07.companies. What investors are looking for is businesses with sound
:06:08. > :06:12.fundamentals. Can you grow your business, are you making returns on
:06:13. > :06:17.your capital? Studies have shown the women are more reluctant to get into
:06:18. > :06:21.business and a good in is solving a problem you face personally. That
:06:22. > :06:27.was how the tampon alternative Flex was born. I never wanted to be an
:06:28. > :06:31.entrepreneur. Quite frankly I was terrified of becoming an
:06:32. > :06:38.entrepreneur. The likelihood of success is slim to none. But I was
:06:39. > :06:44.very passionate about this problem and I knew I had to solve it. But if
:06:45. > :06:49.female entrepreneurs only focus on solving their own problems, or
:06:50. > :06:52.catering to women, they risked reinforcing the same stereotypes
:06:53. > :06:57.that have plagued women in business for years. The stereotypes and
:06:58. > :07:00.preconceptions about what men and women are good at the traits that
:07:01. > :07:07.they possess a more exaggerated than reality. In most businesses, in
:07:08. > :07:11.reality, men and women are equally likely to have the traits needed to
:07:12. > :07:16.be successful. The problem is the perception rather than reality. Less
:07:17. > :07:19.than 5% of Fortune 500 countries have female CEOs. And while more
:07:20. > :07:24.women than ever are starting businesses, it is still far less
:07:25. > :07:27.than men. If the economy is ever going to receive the full benefits
:07:28. > :07:38.of gender equality, everyone will need to rethink what business --
:07:39. > :07:41.businesses women can succeed in. The Chinese president is in Moscow for
:07:42. > :07:45.talks with Vladimir Putin ahead of the G20 Summit in Germany later this
:07:46. > :07:48.week will there is plenty to discuss between the two leaders. The two
:07:49. > :07:52.countries are major trading partners and they are expected to sign a
:07:53. > :07:58.number of deals that this meeting. But even though China's one bel, won
:07:59. > :08:02.road plan goes through much of Central Asia, Russia will largely
:08:03. > :08:09.missed out on the economic benefits. Earlier I spoke to a Russian
:08:10. > :08:12.business specialist. I asked of the one. One road initiative will cause
:08:13. > :08:17.any friction between the two leaders. Russia does not participate
:08:18. > :08:31.exactly in this initiative but it supports it. And because the Russian
:08:32. > :08:38.union is going along... Both are want to create free-trade zones
:08:39. > :08:43.which will contribute to the incontinent. Will China also be
:08:44. > :08:51.losing by bypassing a large chunk of Russia? I would not say China will
:08:52. > :08:55.lose something. We know from the gas contract between Russia and China,
:08:56. > :09:04.both countries benefit a lot. Russia allows a lot of gas pipes in order
:09:05. > :09:11.to share. Sherrod a competitive price. I'm sure the two countries
:09:12. > :09:15.can arrange a good price for both. Despite the situation between Russia
:09:16. > :09:20.and China at the moment, traders up by over 26% between the two
:09:21. > :09:31.countries. What drives this higher trade? Trade has been developing
:09:32. > :09:34.investment and opportunity with finance and mass media and
:09:35. > :09:42.education. Many different fields are developing and just now the Chinese
:09:43. > :09:50.President is coming to Moscow to discuss mutual bilateral relations
:09:51. > :10:01.until 2020. Because until then, trade should reach $200 billion.
:10:02. > :10:04.Before we go, let's have a quick look at how Asian markets are faring
:10:05. > :10:14.at in the morning trade this Tuesday. All are in positive
:10:15. > :10:20.territory. To the All Ordinaries gaining 35 points. This is due to
:10:21. > :10:24.rising oil prices and investor appetite for financial stocks which
:10:25. > :10:27.helped to boost most of the US and European equities while the dollar
:10:28. > :10:30.rebounded on exchange markets. Thank you for investing your time with us.
:10:31. > :10:34.Have a productive Tuesday.