And so, for today were going to be talking about what did freedom mean and in particular, well be thinking about what did freedom mean to the free people, right. And in january of 1865, secretary of war, Edwin Stanton and Union General William Sherman had a meeting with 20 preachers in savannah, georgia, they were preachers, teachers, lay persons, and they wanted to find out from these preachers basically what is it that free people wanted from freedom . What did they expect and particularly wanted to know what did they expect in the aftermath of the emancipation proclamation. The group of 20 people, who was representative of free black folks in the community, selected one person, garrison frazier, a 67yearold man, to be the representative of the community. And to speak for them. And so, general sherman asked them or asked him, basically, what did he understand freedom to mean, especially in light of the emancipation proclamation. He said taking us from under the yolk of bondage to whe
Two million for the nante straight week. And the fed could hold further guidance until the fall. B. O. J. Upped the board for Small Businesses. The question you may be asking yourself in the market today is where the focus will shift in todays session from reopening to escalation. Hong kong very much the focus over the abandonment of the growth target for this year which was widely anticipate. The central bank that we learned overnight is india unexpectedly cutting rates with g. D. P. Set to shrink. We had that note from goldman talking about the worst recession ever in the Second Quarter for india. Weve got a 40basispoint rate cut to 4 from india today. Little bit of weakness in the rupee. In terms of the broader market, youre seeing the hang seng lead those losses in asia there is red on the screen across asian markets. Also u. S. And european futures pointing to a lower open. A clear risk coming through today. The 10year treasury yield drops by three basis points toward the 64 and o
Security law over hong kong sparks outrage from the opposition. We will be live in beijing at the National Peoples conference with the latest. President trump, a pledge of retaliation. The hang seng leaves asian stocks lower as u. S. Senators lower rates. And the fed could hold further guidance until the fall. Bets on a boe journey toward up support for small business. We are just under an hour away from the start of cash equity trading in europe. We will take a look first at futures after the hang seng fell 5 . Youre a stocks, ftse, and dax futures all down one euro stoxx, ftse, and dax futures all down 1 or more. On the majorps European Equity indexes. In terms of u. S. Futures, halfpercent drops, basically, across the dow jones, s p, and nasdaq futures contracts. It looks like it could be a negative open, even before we talk about big budget deficits. Anna indeed. Lets get to some of the earnings. We get some numbers out of burberry, the luxury clothing business based in the u. K. ,
Kong which has galvanize the beltway and the press. We will be seen much more of that, im sure, through the day. Statements by the administration, the condemnation. I will point out that the idea of will we see protests this weekend . Francine im looking forward to catching up with selina wang shortly. Lets get to bloomberg first word news in new york city. Top hong kong activists are calling for protest. The National Peoples congress is expected to pass a legislation that would force for kong to implement laws active treason and subversion. For the first time in decades, china has abandoned the practice affecting annual targets for economic growth. Instead, it will shift the stimulus focus with jobs. U. K. Posted record budget aticit last month, standing 76 billion. There is an unprecedented amount of money to prevent the clash crash of the economy. An executive at oxford has recruited more than 10,000 people to take part. The u. S. Has pledged 1. 2 billion towards the vaccine develop
Of citigroup, although Tobias Levkovich will join us later. On a serious note, things deteriorate in hong kong in the last 24 hours. Francine a lot of the focus is on china. We have the National Peoples congress and the premier talking about targets being abandoned because it is too difficult to predict gdp and they want to create 9 million jobs, less than the 11 million jobs in 2019. We will have to see what happens with hong kong, the lobbying passing through. The u. S. Will weigh in and china is pushing back. I would focus on china all day today. Tom absolutely would. Jon ferro way out front on the tensions of washington and beijing. Here is ritika gupta. Ritika hong kong activists are calling for protests against a new china security role. The National Peoples congress is expected to pass the islation forcing hong kong acts of treason and subversion. President trump well react very strongly. China abandoned its practice of setting a target for Economic Growth and will shift its foc