President trump slams beijing for coronavirus. Xi jinping hits back saying the pandemic should not be politicized, focusing instead on Carbon Neutral pledge. Do your part. Boris johnson calls on britons to obey the new virus rules, warning of many more deaths. Frankfurt. N good morning, one red line across the bloomberg terminal before we begin to the prevarication at the fed. Mersch is saying the Pandemic Program flexibility must not apply to qe. A couple of other lines. Lets begin to them. He says hes not aware of any push to extend. These are breaking lines. I know you are looking at these as well. What else have we got . Annmarie yes, he is a hawk, obviously, but he does not want the flexibility to apply to older asset purchasing programs. We are going to talk about the fed. An inflation debate taking place. Clearly, this is something we are seeing take place at the ecb also. Trillion in terms of emergency. What will happen next in terms of size and scope . Lets circle back. The ha
That are against sanctions against iran. And leaked documents outlining 2 trillion worth of transactions and a failure by banks to catch suspicious funds. Its is one bank named and shares fall to a 25 year low. We will come back to hsbc in a moment. A very good moment. 6 00 a. M. Where you are. I am. One 9 00 a. M. Where china and the yuan and the e. M. That whole narrative plays into markets. As you look into the fx story. China will grow and it will be the only g20 country to grow. If youre waking up in the city of london today, you are questioning whether or not we will see another lock down. Radioyor talking to lbc saying he will potentially talk about fresh restrictions today and we have the u. K. Chief medical officer saying the u. K. Is at a critical point. A balancing act for the government. What do you do with restrictions while maintaining the economy . Indy. Indeed. Setting the bank of england on a different path for a status quo mission. Bifurcatione is a and i do like that
The governors of new mexico, kansas and guam as well as douglas holtzeakin, former director of the Congressional Budget Office. This virtual hearing is just over four hours. The committee will come to order. Authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time. Before we begin todays hearing, i want to remind you of a few matters including some regulation accompanying House Resolution 965. I would ask all members to keep themselves on me was. This will minimize disturbances not being recognized with background noise they made only again one at a time. If you are participating today please remain with us during the hearing t that she recommends vendors identify themselves and facilitate the chairs recognition. I would also ask members to be patient this hearing is entitled the need for Financial Aid to americas states and territories during the pandemic. I now recognize myself for four minutes to give an Opening Statement of the 189,000 people have lost their lives to the virus las
11 30 eastern this morning. That vote series will include the first test for the latest republican Coronavirus Relief bill 60 votes will be needed to advance the measure. Live to the u. S. Floor of the senate here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will ms. Smith open the senate with prayer. The chaplain let us pray. O god, who sits on a lofty throne, we acknowledge your sovereignty over our nation and world. Keep us from becoming so desensitized to falsehood that we abort your plan for our lives. Lord, we are unworthy to approach your throne, for we are merely sinners, saved by your loving grace. Remove our guilt and forgive our sins. May we respond to your forgiveness by obeying your command for us to pray for our nation. Lord, use our senators today as messengers of truth, unity, and peace. Inspire them to stand for right, regardless of the consequences. We pray in your holy name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join m
Outbreak of covid19 has led to an unprecedented Public Health crisis and a dire economic crisis. We have lost over 110,000 people to the disease, and 40 million remain unemployed. Back in february as the band that it was worse, we knew we needed to take action to help our Small Businesses survive the economic downturn. We started working with the sba and governors around the country to leverage the sba disaster resources available. Can you please mute . Anyone should be muted. Everyone should be muted. As the virus continues to spread, or state and local governments began imposing stayathome orders and business closures. We quickly realized Congress Needed to do more to meet the full scope of the problem, and that is when we started working on what ultimately became the cares act. To help Small Businesses and eligible nonprofits, congress created a new Paycheck Protection Program, expanded eligibility to the program and provided payment and interest relief for current sba borrowers. I