Landmark thank you so much for your Company Everyone well with just 4 weeks to go until election day u. S. President donald trump and 1st lady maloney have both tested positive for the coronavirus on the white house says the president is experiencing quote mild symptoms trump announced the news on twitter shortly after it was confirmed that is tough 8 hope ics had contracted covert 19 shed been traveling all week with the president who was last seen on wednesday tossing caps into a group of supporters at a Campaign Event while trying to do that he and his wife would quarantine immediately but his doctors that the president would continue to carry out his duties in the white house quote without disruption. A very serious and significant moment for the u. S. A lot of questions you know you correspondent in blue cross from a u. S. Election team is here with me on the set what have you learned about the president s condition so as weve already said he and his wife coronavirus hes experienc
Country seems to be fueling some kind of negative sentiment worldwide. Tom i agreed to start there for the western world. Its not just about china. There disinflation, we dont need a bunch of charts this early in the morning but the vector of deflation and disinflation in china from the beginning of covid and they did covid differently than we did but im sorry, its disinflationary and get you down to a run rate of a positive 1 even with the present deflation and thats not good enough. Jonathan at the same time, the western developed markets are finding inflation and we had deflation in china and people are asking, we are in it now so how long will it last . Lisa and is this the bottom . It could have a more inflationary time later on. How much does china matter as a disinflationary force for the rest of the world at a time were places like the u. S. Are moving away from importing some of their goods and the eu is trying to be more aggressive with lyft service. And we have budget defici
Later in the programme well get the inside track on a tech company which aims to tackle the worldwide problem of poor eyesight. A new survey has found that online spending in the uk has fallen for the First Time Since 2013. Today we want to know whether your expectations of the future are affecting your Spending Decisions . Do get in touch just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to Business Live. So Emmanuel Macron has won the french presidency, and now the hard work begins. His first challenge will be to form a government with crucial parliamentary elections in june. The outcome of that will determine how much power the new president has to tackle the lengthy list of economic problems. France has had a high Unemployment Rate for decades currently around 10 of the workforce or 3 million people. That compares with less than half 4. 3 across the border in germany. The problem is worse for young people 24 of those between the ages of 15 and 2a dont have a job. The other big iss