English premier league for at least the next 3 weeks because of the virus. A deadly mistake thats the warning from the World Health Organization to any country not moving to take tough measures against coronavirus it says europe is now the epicenter of the outbreak nations across the continent already imposing drastic new measures to contain the virus spain has declared a state of emergency from saturday allowing the government to confine people and evacuate buildings elsewhere Security Forces are being deployed to clear the streets across iran in the next 24 hours well 1st capital city is about to go into lockdown as well manilas 12000000. 00 residents will be confined from sunday more global sporting events have also been hit by the virus the English Premier League has been suspended until at least april and 2 more formula one races have been called off the Global Markets a pitch of slowed officer initially rallying indices in europe and the us rose after historic falls on thursday b
Reaches 514. And its game over for the English Premier League for these the next 3 weeks because of the virus. Hello the World Health Organization has warned that any country not moving to take tough measures against corona virus is making a deadly mistake it says europe is now the epicenter of the outbreak nations across the world are announcing drastic new measures to contain the virus spain has declared a state of emergency from saturday allowing the government to confine people and evacuated buildings Security Forces are being deployed to clear the streets right across iran in the next 24 hours and more global sporting events have been hit with the English Premier League suspended until at least april and 2 more formula one race is called off well the markets in europe in the u. S. Rose earlier after historic falls on thursday but the gains that faded and asian markets closed in negative territory well italy has reported another huge rise in its death toll from the virus jumping 25
Rain from a record breaking monsoon season in indonesia has thousands of flood victims blaming the government for not being prepared to. Conflict through the eyes of children a sneak peek at 2 critically acclaimed movies the viewing at the Berlin Film Festival. Hello the United States and south korea have indefinitely postponed joint military exercises as a result of the corona Virus Outbreak south korea has recorded its highest number of cases in a single day so far pushing the total number of people in fact its almost 1600 and in the middle east saudi arabia has announced its temporarily halting visas for both the on the pilgrimage and for people coming in from affected countries. Iraq has closed schools universities and banned public gatherings as well as flights from several countries and qatar has ordered the evacuation of cats harry and co wady says it citizens from iran due to the spread of infections there over the us President Donald Trump has appointed Vice President mike pen
Responsee coronavirus and we take your calls or you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal can join us on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Host good morning. It is monday, march 9, 2020. There are more than 500 confirmed coronavirus cases in the u. S. , and those numbers expected to go up this week. As federal, state, and local governments step up their response to the outbreak, we are spending the first part of the washington journal today asking how the coronavirus has impacted your community . If you live in eastern or central time zones, the number 202 7488000. If you live in the mountain or pacific time zones, 202 7488001 is the number. You can send us a text. That number is 202 7488003. If you do, please include your name and where you are from. Catch up with us on twitter, facebook. Good morning to you. You can start calling in now. We want to take you first to the covid19 dashboard being maintained by the Johns Hopkins university.
Medicaid reimbursement rates so it artificially depresses this number to 1. 00 that youre reading about in the minutes but if you look at the core c. P. I. The core Consumer Price index which strips out food and energy it has been running at or above 2 percent which is the feds target for 23 straight months now so i think that there needs to be some soul searching at the fed because the average American Family is not going to tell you that inflation is running too low so how would they be able to actually combat this. Well they say that they want to get inflation up to a certain range and that is code that is fed speak for saying we want to keep Monetary Policy easier for as long as it takes to get up to that 2 percent bogey and what how investors rightly read that message is that theyre going to continue growing the Balance Sheet and if need be and we know that the need be could. Could be happening with the coronavirus shock to the to the to the economy not just in china but here in t