That come back positive has declined very significantly. Last week, roughly 38 of the tests in new york were positive. This week, that number down to is 28 . New cases in new york are down 50 compared to one week ago. Fatalities are down 40 over the same period. In louisiana, the rate of positive test results have declined from 25 down to 15 in the last seven days alone. 18 states now show a decline in the number of positive tests in the last seven days. The last seven days, there has been significant progress. Half of all americans live in states that have now taken steps to open their economies. Just yesterday, governors gavin newsom, california, tim walz of minnesota, and tennessee announced additional plans to restart certain sectors. We ask every american to maintain vigilance and hygiene, social distancing and voluntary use of face coverings. We are opening our country and it is exciting to see. We have a lot of talent involved from governors down to people that just stand there
It was a very sarcastic question. Trump trumpident defends himself after widespread criticism regarding the treatment of the coronavirus. The holyly month of ramadan n bs with islams holiest sites largely empty amidst unprecedented restrictions. Leaders from around the world have united to launch an initiative to accelerate work on drugs, tests, and a vaccine for covid19. Coordinatedho, the campaign aims to ensure that any vaccines and treatments are available to all. Notable by their absence are china where the outbreak began and the u. S. Which has now recorded more than 50,000 deaths. Despite this, the state of georgia has gone ahead with reopening some nonessential businesses. There is better news from spain which has recorded its lowest number of deaths and more than a month and for the first time the number of spaniards that have recovered from covid19 has exceeded the number of new cases. Of of this as the holy month ramadan gets underway with coronavirus restrictions forcing mu
Powers. Protesters there angry at whitmers decision to extend the states stayathome orders until the middle of next month. Meanwhile, in states like georgia the governor there allowing gyms, hair salons, that to too parlors and some other tattoo parlors and some other nonessential buzzes to reopen businesses to reopen. A number of virusrelated elements to report to you. We begin with the death toll in this country. The chinese coronavirus has now killed more than 50,000 americans and infected almost 900,000 nationwide. More federal help is on the way for Small Business and their workers, and more money for hospitals and testing. President trump has just signed that mammoth 484 billion relief package that will give more Financial Support to struggling Small Businesses across america. The relief package provides 310 billion for the Paycheck Protection Program, 60 billion for disaster loans, 75 billion for hospitals, 25 billion for more testing. During todays signing event the oval office
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Ratios. Scarlet the russell 2000 only behind a third of 1 . I thought this was opposed to be the moment for small caps. Romaine the patient, grasshopper. Deeper. Lets dive taylor, what youre watching. Taylor i am taking a look at the yield curve. Take a look at the 210 spread, really steepening. This is only a week after the fed meeting last week. The steepest yield curve we have had since january 2018. Up 10 basis points. Those Inflation Expectations early rising as the 10 year approaches to percent. Approaches 2 . Sheet of 4lance trillion on the pink line. Mike wilson at Morgan Stanley says this is the biggest nonqe qe program he has seen. Pushing this economic expansion even further. I will shift over to Prepaid Debit Card green. Green dot. Is Company Sites that citi saying competition investments and new product launches have set up 2020 as a difficult to navigate year. Now, this eminent leadership transition may suggest downside risk. This was after the ceo and cfo quit the compan