The big day is here in the United States. Super tuesday. Can joe biden continue challenging Bernie Sanders . Will Michael Bloomberg or Elizabeth Warren claim their first date . First, more first state . First, more coronavirus cases in the u. S. Two employees in china contracted the virus, or cases in south korea, iran. The fed jumping in but u. S. Stocks still tumbling. What are you watching ahead of the open . Paul the u. S. Reaction really setting us up for wednesday. New zealand, already open and already weaker by half of 1 . Up day on monday no, a big update on tuesday, a down day on monday. Futures here in sydney are off by 1. 3 . The market up by almost three quarters of 1 yesterday. Nikkei futures pointing south by more than 2. 5 . We look at currencies, the aussie dollar actually gained amid all of this, knocking on the door of . 66. Gdp for australia a little later on for the Fourth Quarter. Those numbers are expected to be healthy but they are of course backward looking. The
Many expect to more in the first half of the year. Time now for global exchange. We are going to bring your todays market moving news from all around the world. From hong kong to new york to washington, or bloomberg voices are on the ground with this mornings top stories. Coronavirus cases around the world are over 93,000. Joining me now is yvonne man, and with some data to go with it that is not so supportive. Yvonne right. South korea now topping 5600 cases. The government there now seeking 9. 1 billion to help businesses. We have seen surging cases in italy and iran. Rate for this is now at 3. 4 . We also saw in the u. S. , reporting its ninth death, and china, more signs of containment. We saw the number of total cases have topped 80,000. We also learned of 15,000 that dischargedred and from the hospital. China come of the total death toll now at 2981. We saw car sales out of Mainland China falling a record 80 as this virus keeps shoppers away, and you see more pressure added to th
Minutes 20 minutes or so has seen lows across safe havens to dollarchina as well. For eighttrack volumeheavy daytoday. Day today. We are on track for 35 billion today. It is a busy day of trade. Trades inxas, 55,000 the first 60 minutes on a front and contract in west texas. Iran is launching what it calls revenge attacks with missile launches onto bases that host u. S. Troops. What to me know so far about irans actions what do we know so far about irans actions . It was a series of attacks on these two bases. The Islamic Revolutionary guard corps claimed responsibility quickly. In the be interesting uns u. S. Response. There has been a lossoflife and how much damage was done . They were on high alert with those facilities, because i ran have thes thought to highest amount of short range missiles in the region and this was thought to be the retaliation to expect. Iran has been saying that they will avenge the death of the general and are calling it a terer operation murder martyr opera
That wascal leaders challenges both internal and external. How long are you willing to take before you take legal action . We are very patient. Like china is allowed to have industrial policy. All Central Banks are moving towards lower rates and i dont think china can escape that. Warhe headlines, the trade has put america on their heel as far as investing in china. Facedancial leaders have in the economic future. Medium term policy continues to be positive. It is straight ahead on this special edition of bloomberg best. Hello and welcome. On this special edition of bloomberg best, we will look back at 2019 in asia by revisiting some of the years most interesting interviews with newsmakers, policymakers and leading figures in business and finance will stop lets begin with the conversation with a powerful than figure at the center of the chinese economy. Never conducted an interview with foreign media until he sat down with bloomberg. Began on then topic of trade negotiations between ch
Indonesia. They are expected to keep the key policy rate at 5 . Rishaad we got the nifty futures in india with about 43 minutes before the start of the session, off a little bit. Will we get another record high . We found ourselves in this position yesterday. The market up 1. 1 . Currently wise, flat below the 71 rupee level. Tenure yields under some pressure. We have this story from the bank of india suggesting they are comfortable with a bigger budget gap, which would mean there would be less bond issuance. 6. 71 . 10 year, we go to new york and su keenan. The house of representatives have impeached President Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of congress. He pressure ukraine to political rival, joe biden. It is only the third time in u. S. History lawmakers have invoked this constitutional sanction of the president. The impeachment will pass to the senate for a trial. A rate cut in australia are in doubt after a strong jobs report for november. The bond yield gained as inloyer