Unchanged policy. Coming back from the typhoon slower by 116 points. We are talking about hsbc, one of the laggards here, missing out. The largecaps under pressure, 4819 right now. We are looking. When it comes to dollar dynamics, we did see a stronger dollar, which led to a hit. 379 right. 7 now. The china 10 year yield, we just got the pricing on the dollar bonds. Gold taking a retreat. Brent crude Holding Around 42. Tom lets bring you back to the top story in this region. Xi jinping will bring a major policy address later, in the next 20 to 30 minutes or so. Across the border in shenzhen, to talk about an integrated tech corridor to rival silicon valley. Stephen engle is following the story and joins us from hong kong. Steve, what are you looking for in this speech . Stephen i am looking for a better tagline. They are calling this a chinese socialist pilot zone with chinese characteristics. I think the greater bay is the grander scheme. And xily china wants to jinping with a trip so
A black man in Police Custody minneapolis has seen a 2nd night of demonstrations and looting with the National Guard called in to contain the chaos the officers involved in the death have been fired and a federal investigation is underway. And condemnation of china after approves a new security law in hong kong the decision is likely to further inflame tensions in the territory where protests have escalated this week. Im good good to have you with us its the power of the president s pen versus the power of social media donald trump has signed an executive order that aims to make social Media Companies liable for what users say on their platforms much like newspapers are trump signed the order after twitter fact checked his tweets about. Mail in voting earlier this week trump accuses twitter of trying to stifle free speech and influence the outcome of this years president ial election twitter says the tweets violated its rules. Im joined now by d. Ws Washington Bureau chief alexandra ph
24 hours. Larry kudlow says todays jobless claims figures show a big increase. The bank of england seen throwing holding fire for now. We have the Senate Passed the stimulus bill. That seems to be priced into risk assets. The market very much seeming to shift its focus to no Inflection Point in case the death toll worldwide. Green on the screen on the Msci Asia Pacific index overnight, but i mixed picture below the surface. U. S. And european futures in the red. The 10 year yield slipping seven basis points. In terms of g10 against the dollar, you are seeing the end the best performer. Commodities under pressure. Oil under pressure after a 9 gain over the past three days. Goldman saying even a halt in the price war cannot save oil from a huge glut in terms of their commentary on the oil market. They are saying crude surplus could be 14 Million Barrels a day in the second quarter. To get back to the u. S. Senate, it has passed a 2 trillion Coronavirus Relief package. The approval has co
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