The democratic nominee holds a 52 to 42 advantage. Support for each candidate is getting more solid as voting day approaches. Meanwhile, the survey also says that biden has a six percentage point lead in a Battle Ground state with confidence. In hong kong, protests have resumed after Police Arrest hundreds of people. Among other things, demonstrators were protesting the decision to delay Legislative Council elections for a year because of coronavirus. Worlds newcome the coronavirus epicenter, and it has surpassed brazil as the second worst hit country. Cases forrted 90,000 the second day in a row. Unlike the u. S. And brazil, indias caseload is still accelerating fulltime in the u. K. , british Prime Minister Boris Johnson is gambling on a no deal brexit. Johnson will tell the European Union today he is willing to walk away rather than compromise on what he sees as the Core Principles of leaving the block. He has set an october 15 deadline for the deal. The big Sticking Point is the is
Poisoning. Lets get to the first word news with leighann gerrans. Shows joe a new poll biden has a doubledigit lead over President Trump. Ae democratic nominee has 5242 advantage. Meanwhile, the survey also says in theden has a 6 lead battleground state wisconsin. In germany, chancellor Angela Merkel is now ready to link the nord stream 2 gas pipeline the poisoning of a russian dissident. Merkel, whoift for said that the russian backed pipeline should be completed and remains a separate issue. The kremlin has said it sees no issue that germany will block nordstrom. Moscow has denied any involvement in the poisoning. Now in hong kong, protests have resumed after weeks of calm. Police arrested hundreds of people. Among other things, demonstrators were protesting the decision to delay Legislative Council relaxants for a year Council Elections for a year because of coronavirus. India has surpassed brazil as the second worst hit country. India reported more than 19,000 cases more than 90,00
Rates on hold at one quarter of 1 . The rbnz saying they are going to be they are committed to reviewing their quantitative easing program. The policy committee reached consensus on this decision. They are saying they are prepared to provide additional stimulus as is necessary. All the economists we talked to the benchmark Interest Rate in new zealand staying on one quarter of 1 . Little to no reaction on the new zealand daughter new Zealand Dollar. 64 u. S. Cents. Tom lets get some of the views from our guests at the bloomberg summit. Sharing their views on the prospects of a recovery from the pandemic. I do not think anybody can be confident with the kind of uncertainties that prevail. I would put say is my odds on a v shaped recovery. How we are going to share the burden in a credible way. It is not just financial and fiscal support. It is also regulatory charges we have undertaken to support the economy. As recently as early april, i saw china could only i thought china could only
The bloomberg terminal. A grim milestone. One Million People have now tested positive for the coronavirus with more than 50,000 deaths worldwide. The Asian Development bank estimates the cost of the pandemic at 4. 1 trillion. We will get through this, you was Vice President mike pence tells bloomberg that the economy will rebound from mounting unemployment as the government ramps up virus testing. We are testing over 100,000 americans a day. We literally are tracking every single day the number of cases that are coming out, where they are coming out. Pullback, oil markets reassess President Trumps tweet on output cuts with brent and of uti giving up some of yesterdays gains. We will double big into that story. Just under an hour away from the start of cash equity trading here in europe. Lets take a look at futures right now. They are down in terms of european futures. Downed arrows with futures 6 10 of 1 . Euro stoxx, ftse, dax futures also down. Lets take a look at u. S. Futures. We a
From istanbul to london to washington, our bloomberg voices are on the ground with this mornings top stories. We begin with a pause in the trade war. President trump hailed the signing of the 86 page document as an important step towards a fairer trade deal with china. We take a momentous step, one that has never been taken before with china, toward a future of fair and reciprocal trade as we side phase one as we sign phase one of the historic trade deal between the United States and china. Alix joining me on the phone from washington is shawn donnan, bloomberg trade reporter. What is the day to story the day two story . Some there are already question about chinas purchase commitments. We heard overnight a real emphasis on the role of the market in this, saying they will live up to these commitments if it is with Chinese Consumer demand and if the prices are right. That is not what the Trump Administration wants to hear. Secondly, a lot of tariffs remain in place, and there are Big Qu