And we take an expert look at the state of Digital Currencies and how big clinton standing with the pack show today so lets dive right in. And thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of hong kong on sunday to protest chinas newly proposed National Security legislation for the City Local Police reported at least 180. 00 arrest mostly due to Unlawful Assembly and Disorderly Conduct in a public place as protesters wind the streets of a popular shopping district in the city now the National Security law in question would ban succession and subversive activity as well as taking on foreign interference and terrorism in the special Administrative Region on monday the chairman of the Standing Committee of Chinas National Peoples Congress said the legislator is committed to passing the law. Remain committed to upholding the law based governance in hong kong and the. Constitution into special Administrative Region as stipulated. By johnny sic last week fine the system for interpreting the
Combine creating the u. K. s biggest internet and phone operator. And decision at don. The bank of england makes a rare earlymorning rate announcement imminently. We will speak to governor bailey leader on today about that decision, but a mission to china. The who considers investigating the source of the coronavirus as britain prepares to ease parts of its nationwide lockdown. Just under an hour away from the start of cash equity trading across europe. Lets take a look at where futures are trading. Actually, are we getting bank of england headlines now . Are. Yes, we bank of england votes unanimously to maintain its benchmark Interest Rate, to keep it unchanged at 0. 1 . No change in the kiwi program and no change in the Interest Rate. The pound is Holding Steady against the u. S. Dollar as a way there had been increased volatility in the pound heading into the decision. We are also getting a lot of indecision over how the expectations for how the coronavirus will hit the u. K. Voted
Haslinda, what are you seeing . Haslinda Industrial Production coming from march showing a strong recovery momentum. We saw what happened in march. It is pulling back from a historical plunge in the first two months of the year. Still there are some challenges if you take a look at the supply chain. China still faces supply risks from a global lucked out. Factory production global lockdown. Factory production still shut down in many parts. Bloomberg intelligence saying 70 of chinas imports were used for production in 2015. Still strong numbers in terms of Industrial Production coming in at 3. 9 versus the estimate of 1. 5 . If you want to track the trajectory Going Forward, we have to track those economies like korea, japan, taiwan. They supply china with the most technology parts, the u. S. And germany, even brazil. As long as they are not emerging from the lockdown in their respective countries, it wont be in issue for chinas own production. Industrial production for china year on ye
And the nasdaq is indicated up by 66 points lets take a look at whats happening in the treasury market the other thing worth watching, wti, crude oil prices. Last i saw up another 7 to 31. 51, so seeing wti above 30 a barrel the tenyear note is yielding 0. 64 . Andrew thank you, becky. Hope everybody had a great weekend. We have an update as we do every morning these days on the pandemic lets give you the total numbers right now. Global cases have reached 4. 7 million with 1. 4 million right here in the United States. More than 90,000 people in the United States have now died from this virus changes are coming to our nations airports as well. The tsa reportedly preparing now to check passenger temperatures at about a dozen locations as soon as this week. Airlines have begun urging the government to take steps in an attempt to keep potentially sick people off planes and make travelers feel more comfortable flying again, which is going to be so crucial not only to everybodys health but t
Major peers. Cofounder sewing softbank for reneging on a 3 billion deal. Shery take a look at how markets are trading at the moment. We are seeing upside for u. S. Futures, kind of flat right now, paring back some of those earlier gains that were already adding to the rally we saw late in the session in the u. S. But paring back some of those gains. Kiwi stocks gaining for a second session. Sydney futures higher by. 3 percent. As we head towards the rba Monetary Policy decision, not much change expected there although we are hearing from the treasurer that we could see a deep contraction this quarter. We are seeing crude gaining ground, extending gains above 21 a barrel as we see u. S. Build now slowing. The push to reopen state economies is clouding efforts to predict the official told from the coronavirus p he has ramped up his death production. Coronavirus. He has ramped up his death projections. Greg sullivan joins us now. President trump still pushing for the reopening of some sta