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The p. M. I. Well dive deep into this in a bit. Look at the boards. The dollar still holds on to the retreat. That is helping some asian currencies out there. Ere holding on 706. We were near the 100day moving average. Were siegristance now that the dollar seems to be hovering around the twoweek lows despite the fact but were seeing the dollaryen pretty much at 168 but seeing at least six days of gains so far for the japanese currency. Watching oil price. We see it climbs once again. You are seeing w. T. I. Futures. 4 higher for brent crude. Gold snapped out of four dives declines. It is largely unchanged. Hovering around 62 basis points now. We have the First Official gauge for chinas economy in april. Weakened again. Investors are waiting to see what steps the pboc may take to bolster the economy. Our guest from citigroup joins us this morning. What is your assessment of the p. M. I. Data that we got. Nonmanufacturing. Manufacturing below the forecast. Still in expansion territory. A
Reduce the spread of covid19. Reliance on doctors to provide the safest strategies. Thee, a focus on protecting most vulnerable from exposure to covid19. That it isnder entrepreneurs who drive the texas economy. They need to restore livelihoods while all of us remain focused on protecting the lives of our fellow texans. We are texans. We got this. James hudgins. To thank you, governor. Over the past few months the state has faced unprecedented challenges. But your leadership combined with the incredible resilience , weexans across the state have made tremendous progress in the fight against covid19. We know that we need to get the texas economy back on track. We also know that this can only be done if we contain the spread of covid and keep texans safe. By your actions, today is a major step forward towards accomplishing that mission. I would like to thank our experts, theyr have worked very hard, as the governor said. I would like to thank all the members of the Strikeforce Team who h