Economic indicators are looking very poor right now and the figures relate to the 1st quarter of the year and of course the pandemic only really took hold in march so what about it begs the question what about whats happening right now what about whats going to happen in may and in june and if the rest of the year the u. K. Prime minister baraks johnson is leading his 1st weekly Cabinet Meeting since falling ill with coronavirus the government is under pressure after new figures pushed the number of deaths to more than 26000 or theres some positive signs in spain which has recorded its lowest daily increase in new cases since a state of emergency was declared 6 weeks ago the Health Ministry has also recorded 268 new deaths. And for the 1st time in 2 months theres been no new domestic cases recorded in south korea restrictions have eased down the british communities being allowed to hold events marking borders birthday Robert Wright is in seoul with more. Weve been seeing numbers of aro
Americans that suddenly found themselves out of work this is just another bleak indicator we seem to be reporting on them every day that reminds us just how bad things have gotten in the United States as a result of the stay at home orders that were probably put in place to you know keep americans safe and well it has certainly resulted in a lower number of deaths than was initially projected there are certainly some very dire impacts economically and this is the latest measure of that now for his part of the u. S. President has been speaking at the white house today he was meeting with yet another governor this time new jersey of course a very hard hit state about reopening the economy this is something that is going to be done very gradually and as a result this means that the sort of jobs returning is not going to be a very quick snap back even as the u. S. President continues to project optimism why is he continuing to sort of cheerily the economy of this economic recovery well bec