Rice universities Public Policy hosted the event. It is over one hour. Welcome to the Baker Institute webinar. I am steve lewis. The head of our china studies program. We are happy to have you all this afternoon. Thank you for tuning in. I am hoping not only do you find it informative and unique colleague, but froma welcome respite domestic politics, which is never as important as aging asian affairs. I would like to thank all of you again. Our hardworking staff at the Baker Institute. My Research Assistant for helping. The foundation for endowing a lot of the events here. The doctor i have known her for 10 years one of our top scholars. I think it has been 10 years. She was a postdoc here for asian interested in media. Had her and her expertise in many of our past webinars on chinese politics. We are happy to have her again today. Also, we are happy this year because she is newly minted as an associate professor, tenured professor at media studies at the university of virginia. The on
Official cash rate being kept on hold, 0. 25 . They are prepared to provide additional stimulus. Just keeping you crossing these additional lines coming through. Monetary policy needs to support the economy for a long time. The economic recovery is on track. The funding may be ready before the end of the year. There is progress being made on additional monetary calls. There has been a rise in unemployment and an increase in firm closures. These lines crossing the terminal now. They kept that cash rate on hold as expected. Just keeping calm and carry on. You mentioned that november review of the Monetary Policy tool. A lot of questions that they will deploy are negative Interest Rates. This is what the market seems to be pricing in. You see that new zealand 10 year yield ever so slightly get into those record those for yields right now at 47 basis points. Lets check the markets to see what else we were expecting. A lot of central bank action. At these newg zealand assets right now. We a
The bloomberg. Back to school. Boris johnson appeals to parents to send children back to class even as a resurgence in the virus in europe hits hard. Saysu trade commissioner he is profoundly sorry for attending a golf dinner in the midst of the pandemic. Of as push higher on hopes thaw in u. S. China trade relations area and markets turn their attention to this weeks virtual jackson hole and the fed fighting crisis measures. Trump and powell both on thursday. More than 100,000 people protest against the fellow russian president in rainy minsk the belarusian president in rainy minsk. We are just under an hour away from the start of cash equity trading across europe and in the u. K. Lets take a look at futures this morning. We have some decent green a percentre than half gains across the indexes. One of the reasons is optimism that the u. S. And china are going to get along a little bit better amid reports administration is telling Tech Companies they can keep working with tencent. Take
Global virus infections tops 2. 5 million with more than 175,000 deaths. U. S. Cases climbed 5 . Their biggest increase since april 10. Its get you started when it comes to the state of trading in asia. We are setting up for this wednesdays session. Sophie kamaruddin in hong kong for us. Sophie we are seeing mckay futures edge slightly higher with s p eminis expecting more eruptions in the region after asia was led lower by india on tuesday. Earnings adding to that drag. The yen just Holding Steady in the face of a stronger dollar, which is trading at a twoweek high and gold just resuming gains with spot prices up 11 this year and bank of america is bullish on bullion, raising its cold 18 month target to 3000 an ounce. Moving onto oil now, wti for june back above 13 a barrel after slipping below 10 in the new york session, which was pricing weakness in the front month contract. They are allowing for negative options to be lifted from april 22. We are seeing the Oil Forward Curve shifti
Charles schwab takes advantage firm and israge said to be moving on rival Td Ameritrade. Apple overhaul Software Testing after finding glitches in its software. This is our second day at the new Economy Forum in beijing and we have plenty of great interviews ahead on our programs including mastercards device. Hairman also eurasia groups president as well. Competition was really focused on trade tensions, the risks for the global economy, the u. S. And china dynamic. We will see more conversations about today as well, but also more focus on technology, ai, 4g, and transitioning into 5g. Much it was very optimistic or hopeful is maybe a better word, hoping to come to some sort of heavy copper mines, but there was the idea that some of these issues are just going to remain issues forever, like Henry Kissinger saying the issue remain kong will problematic and other people saying the issue of sovereignty will be sensitive and will come up during trade negotiations. All of that has affected