Was with bill winters of Standard Chartered who saw first hand what was happening in wuhan. He said the u. S. And u. K. Were too late in dealing with coronavirus. Mr. Johnson, who is still selfisolating at downing street, he has given up doing the daily briefing. He has given that to michael gove. Unprepared andl we watch what comes next. The amount of traffic in london is still quite palpable compared to france and italy when they are in complete shutdown. , i drove around a bit yesterday and it is a 15 of what it once was. A lot of good conversation today, Jeffrey Sachs will join us in moments. We are thrilled to bring you laureate Michael Spence of new ,ork city, and at 12 00 noon david westin in conversation with the Vice President of the United States. Lets get to the first word news. Viviana china accusing the u. S. Of trying to shift the blame for its own coronavirus outbreak, responding to the report that china concealed the extent of the problem. The u. S. Intelligence communi
And im watching copper acteding better than expected up 1 . Now for a quick look at the week ahead. It is quite a week. Tomorrow earnings from bank of america and Goldman Sachs. Then Morgan Stanley. Then the inaugural meeting of the u. S. China economic dialogue will take place in washington. At 8 30 on wednesday we get u. S. Housing starts data. Economists forecast a jump for the first time in four months. Then thursday, followed by the president 45 minutes later. And the bank of japan will release its Monetary Policy decisions. At 8 30 eastern its weekly jobless claims. Then friday well have earnings rom General Electric and honey well. And then shell watch her episode of game of thrones. Overnight we have important and encouraging Economic News from china. Joining us now from hong kong, it looks like a beat pretty much across the board. Take us through it. Good morning. A big set of numbers for china, shows that theyre on tract to contribute one third of Global Growth this year. Its