Entered a new wave of cases. Europes twin battles. E. U. Leaders make no progress. Chancellor merkel says finding compromise will be difficult as france and belgium are said to have urged e. U. Leaders to step up contingency plans for a nodeal brexit. Very good morning to you and happy friday. What a week it has been. Witharted the week off optimism and euphoria with markets on a high into vaccine news and we will be ending the week on a much more sobering tone. The news coming out in the United States, california imposing a new curfew, with pressure on officials. We wake up to a public clash between Steven Mnuchin and jay powell on unused lending funds and we saw that hit the futures market. S p 500 futures paring some of those losses. We have nasdaq futures relatively flat this morning. Treasury yields steady. In the pound, north of 132. We do have sources telling bloombergs that Emmanuel Macron is urging his e. U. Counterparts to start drawing up contingency plans for a nodeal brexi
Foreign journalists in the country this footage was posted on social media. Ordinary by the recent had also been warned by official text message that they could Face Criminal Charges if they took part in unsanctioned rallies. But tens of thousands defied the warning turning out to be godless this time to march towards a Detention Center in minsk on their way they called for the freeing of dozens of people who have been arrested since the protests began. Rights group says there are now 77 Political Prisoners in better reuss including a number of key opposition figures on friday the us and the European Union gets better loose with sanctions for rigging the president ial vote in new guest and for the harsh and frequent crackdowns on protesters ever since the sanctions target key officials theyre not you could go himself minsk swiftly announced counter sanctions against the e. U. Though its not clear what form these would take all what or who they would target. The 1st of the 2020 nobel pr
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[applause] and ask for your job ration for the numbers of the national committee. Epidemic spreading and it is the most challenging Public Health emergency that china has encountered. We are fighting it with the sacrifice of our nation. Strategicde major achievements in response to covid19. We are promoting development. We fulfilled the targets and tests for economic and social development this year. The debut of the work in 2019 in first few modes of 2020 china faces many challenges. This let them and when this foundation reached the goal of prosperity the economy remained stable over all. The gdp rose 99 point with a 6. 1 increase over the previous year. New jobs were added. The Unemployment Rate was below 5. 3. Consumer prices rose by 2. 9 . A basic equilibrium was maintained in the balance of payments. The economic structure continued to improve, and the Development Priorities of regions are better aligned. Total retail sales of consumer goods exceeded 40 trillion yuan, and consump
National committee of the cppcc for their comments. The covid19 epidemic is the thee fastest spreading, most extensive, and most challenging Public Health emergency china has encountered since the founding of the peoples republic. Under the strong leadership of the Central Committee of the communist party of china with comrade xi jinping at its core, and through the hard work and sacrifice of our entire nation, we have made major strategic achievements in our response to covid19. At present, the epidemic has not yet come to an end, while the tasks we face in promoting development are immense. We must redouble our efforts to minimize the losses resulting from the virus and fulfill the targets and tasks for economic and social development this year. First, a review of our work in 2019 and the first few months of 2020. In pursuing Development Last year, china faced many difficulties and challenges. World Economic Growth was weak, International Economic and trade frictions intensified, and