Manufacturers fell to minus 34. The Previous Survey was minus 8. The index shows the difference between the percentage of companies saying business is good and those says its bad. The index declined for the sixth straight quauarter to its lowes since 2009. Thats due to a sharp drop in exports and production in april and may when japan was under a state of emergency. Business sentiment also worsened among nonmanufacturing sectors such as tourism and retail. Turning to hong kong. Residents are waking up on this anniversary of the handover from britain. It is the first day that chinas National Security law for hong kong is in effect marking a new historic day for the territory. The committee unanimously approved the law on tuesday. The law defines four criminal acts that it says endangers National Security, secession, subversionon, organizatation an terrorist activities and collusion with a foreign country or with external elements. People convicted could face up to life imimprisonment. M
Abc7 news anchor liz kreutz is live now to give us the big picture perspective of what this means. Liz . Hi, kristen. Weve been talking a lot about our local businesses and how theyre doing, but these numbers out today give a really big picture look at the overall toll retail is taking right now because of this pandemic. We spoke to the president of mountain hardwear based in richmond to get his take on what all of this means moving forward. Weve all seen it, the crazy online discounts. 80 off ann taylor, 60 off j crew, macys. While it might sound nice, something detrimental is happening to the retail business. But just how bad it is . What is the state of the Retail Industry right now . Its at a stand still. The president of richmondbased mountain happ hardwear. Despite Curbside Pickup beginning this week in the bay area, even at places like rei which sales their products, he says he is not holding his breath. I dont see that changing anything significantly. I dont think consumers eve
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