A grim milestone disappointing chinas death toll from the corona virus despite a near total lockdown the cases keep mounting. Also coming up for men not executed in india a punishment for a gang rape on a delhi bus that puts the international spotlight on violence against women in the country. I want to go johnson good to have you with us. The worldwide death toll from the corona virus has passed 10000 and as infections spread the United States most populous state california has advised its 40000000 citizens to stay at home the announcement in california follows an extraordinary alert from the u. S. State Department Americans have been told not to travel out of the country under any circumstances citizens abroad should return to the u. S. Immediately unless they plan to remain overseas. U. S. Airports are grinding to a halt this empty airport in seattle very flecks a nationwide attempt to curb further spreading of the coronavirus instructions to isolate are also becoming more urgent th
For several hours, there are reports that the stimulus package now being prepared maybe the first of many, in other words, congressman Congress Rather and the administration will throw whatever they have at the virus problem. The fed is pumping a trillion dollars into the economy and that appears to be helping market sentiment. Green across the board there. All of them up limit, 5 up. Lets see how we open at the market this morning. Now, again, when we open this morning prices will be freed up so we can move up from the 5 gain and looking at etfs, here is anxiety indicater. Do you realize it was 1. 3 a few days ago . Gold this morning i believe is down a little bit more. Okay, we will find it. Look at the average price of gasoline. 2. 30. Ten cents lower than a week ago. Gas is falling really fast. I call that good news. The whole country maybe slowing down as we separate out but the virus news coming quick and fast. The wife of canadas Prime Minister Trudeau Sophie tested positive. Pr
Senior fellow of the john l. China center at brookings. Its my pleasure to welcome you to this important event on chinas longterm Economic Outlook and its global implications. This event is unusual in present day washington for at least three reasons. First, as it has been widely perceived, people here have been preoccupied with Current Issues and the immediate challenges. As the year 2020 has barely begun, there are already several pressing geopolitical dilemmas on which our policymakers must focus. As we cross into the new decade, it will be important to look ahead toward chinas economic progress and the challenges it will present, both for china and for the world. Chinas Rapid Economic Development has arguably been and will continue to be the most consequential global story of the 21st century, and its ramificatio ramifications surely go far beyond the economic domain. It is important to note that traditionally and perhaps even today, china tends to take a longterm perspective and t
Yeah, please be seated. Good morning. Im chang lee, director and the senior fellow of the john l. China center at brookings. Its my pleasure to welcome you to this important event on chinas longterm Economic Outlook and its global implications. This event is unusual in present day washington for at least three reasons. First, as it has been widely perceived, people here have been preoccupied with Current Issues and the immediate challenges. As the year 2020 has barely begun, there are already several pressing geopolitical dilemmas on which our policymakers must focus. As we cross into the new decade, it will be important to look ahead toward chinas economic progress and the challenges it will present, both for china and for the world. Chinas Rapid Economic Development has arguably been and will continue to be the most consequential global story of the 21st century, and its ramifications ramifications surely go far beyond the economic domain. It is important to note that traditionally a
Its my pleasure to welcome you to this impo please be seated good morning, im chain lee director and the senior fellow of the john l. China center at brookings. Its my pleasure to welcome you to this important event on chinas longterm Economic Outlook and its global implications. This event is unusual in present day washington for at least three reasons. First, as it has been widely perceived, people here have been preoccupied with Current Issues and the immediate challenges. As the year 2020 has barely begun, there are already several pressing geopolitical dilemmas on which our policymakers must focus. As we cross into the new decade, it will be important to look ahead toward chinas economic progress and the challenges it will present, both for china and for the world. Chinas Rapid Economic Development has arguably been and will continue to be the most consequential global story of the 21st century, and its ramifications ramifications surely go far beyond the economic domain. It is im