Bailey and also to chairman powell. Yesterday, the continued inflationary trend and the outright deflationary trend in switzerland. The numbers in europe in inflation on price change are simply grim, and you are dead on about unemployment. Overnight, Goldman Sachs readjusted their Unemployment Rates, and they get Steve Englander of Standard Chartered bank, a stunning statistic, francine 25 Unemployment Rates modeled out now by Goldman Sachs. And of course we get claims at 8 30 this morning. Francine we will have plenty more on that throughout the day. Its good to first word news with richie good lets go to first word news with they take a to first lets go word news with ritika gupta. Ritika wanted to play all sides of the equation, reopening the country too soon could lead to coronavirus flareups. He warned about the impact on children in schools reopened. President trump called that comment unacceptable. Has seizedortedly the mobile phone of the intelligence committee, richard burr. A
Much needed rest. Guy johnson helping out, and we are thrilled by that. Guy, it is so exceptional to see a leader ill and certainly within this crisis. Give us the mood among the government, among dominic raab and others, the emotion right now around 10 downing street. Guy clearly everybody is hoping that the Prime Minister gets well and soon. This could not come at a worse time for britain as the country continues to fight the outbreak of the virus. I drove past this morning, and it is very busy down there as the world waits for news over what is happening to the prime unitter, moved to the icu in st. Thomas to make sure he was close to a ventilator. Clearly his situation has deteriorated recently, significantly. We understand he is still conscious, news remains limited. We now have a government that is led by dominic raab. He is the secretary of state and the foreign secretary. The u. K. Has government by cabinet. He will need to maintain a consensus within that cabinet. I suspect th
Markets could hit that Circuit Breaker limit. It is incredible when we think about the volatility. It doesnt seem like the Federal Reserves jay powell has calms kets by any has combed has calmed markets by any means. Francine lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news in new york city with viviana hurtado. Viviana we begin with the most extreme effort yet to slow the march of the coronavirus in the United States. The cdc recommending events of 50 people or more not be held for two months sports, weddings, parades, concerts. All of these are on a twoavoid list. The economic slump in china is worse than analysts feared be the coronavirus leading to factories, shops, restaurants enclosed across the nation. Industrial outlets plunging 2. 5 . Retail sales were down more than 20 . Now the first oneonone debate between president ial hopefuls joe biden and Bernie Sanders. They sparred on ideological lines over how the government should respond to the coronaVirus Outbreak. Mr. Sanders s
Allegiance to the regime. Those who dont make it into the fun metropolis are often king and tom green. Have fun in pyongyang starts february 28th on w. This week well story. Turkey we go exiles from china try to preserve the culture of colombia souvenirs from a drug note. And we begin in berlin a syrian man whos seeking asylum is extremely worried about his family back home to live in it live proppants serious army backed by russian fighter jets is trying to recapture the region. Checks the news from syria on social media all the time where did the latest bomb fall who or what was hit while he is in safety here in germany the rest of his family are in mortal danger and. He is desperately worried. For. Drink i think of my children do they have anything to eat do they have a warm blanket or. His sons mohammad and 9 and 10 years old he had to leave them with their grandparents and if he thought it too dangerous to flee with them if the internet is working he calls them several times a day
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