But in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. Chair now recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. Shimkus, for five minutes. Shimkus thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, another group that to pause and thank is my Campaign Team and supporters. How diverse this group is. They are young and old, they are live in poor, they towns, villages, and isolated country roads. Ideology, rvative in they identify as republicans, libertarians, and even independents. These are the people who walked parades. They helped pass out balloons, political signs. Hey took down signs of all sizes. They organized fundraisers both big and small. Manned booths at county fairs. What causes people to give up talent, and heir their possessions to a candidate, party, or cause . T is at the heart of a representative democracy, our constitutional republic. Going to cast a vote for you, shouldnt you know their beliefs . About an l strongly issue, wouldnt you want to help a kind red spirit . Started to run fo
Top producers consider even deeper output curves. Shinzo abes state of emergency now covers the whole of japan after critics said his initial virus response offered to little, too late too little, too late. Shery breaking news out of south korea. We are getting the jobless rate coming in at 3. 8 . As expected, a rebound from the previous month of february. February was a 3. 3 . In the month of march coming in at 3. 8 . In line with estimates but still a rebound. Of course, we have seen weakness in retail and hospitality, employment, given this coronavirus pandemic. The government has tried to create jobs and that has helped the economy. They of course have already passed a 10 billion extra budget, but we are now seeing the jobless rate climbing to 3. 8 . This as president moon jaein has called for more aggressive measures on job creation. Of course, moons Ruling Democratic Party of korea just won the implementer elections. Take a look at how markets are trading at the moment. We are se
Testing kits that could be coming to the u. S. And potentially could stop the spread of the virus. China pmi is driving the charge here today in asia, that beat on manufacturing and nonmanufacturing. We will see if the vshaped recovery can actually sustain itself. Money coming out of the yen, the british pound and the euro as well. Wti brent as well taking a breather here today after falling to an 18 year low. Chinas Manufacturing Activity rebounded strongly in march, signaling the economy is demand. Ng amid external tom, what are the Key Takeaways . Of readings much higher than estimates, and smashing the numbers we got in february. Record lows for manufacturing back in february. Compared tombers when it comes to manufacturing pmi, one of the major components has rebounded. That is something to bear in mind. When it comes to the export oriented components, contractions in terms of things like new export orders. We can talk about the additional pressures more in terms of Global Economy
The press. Shes saying the dialogue could resume but shes saying the stop. Ue needs to she asks the republic whether they want to see hong kong full abyss. E pretty Strong Language from carrie lam. She says hong kongs economy is suffering further. Of course, shes already warned about the impact on the economy. David . Yeah. Dialogue can only resume after all the violence stops, which is line from what we heard from yesterday. Uptodate on everything she mentions here. In the meantime, of course, lets have a look at the damage far. Hang seng index down. The politicaling turmoil spread. That chinaat shanghai composite down, thats of thatgesting some gross falling to the Second Lowest this year in july, reflecting weak demand in china. Possibly more stimulus from the government to juice that economy. 6 . Hang seng down almost 1 hong kong stocks under pressure all morning with the airport to a standstill, even though things are starting to come back online. Those airline better. Et mcci, do
Your agenda. China sets an ambitious growth target around 5 for the year. Premiere league said success will need policy, support and efforts from all fronts. Tech stocks driving losses in hong kong. This is amd. Selling advanced a. I. Chips taylors for china. The Supreme Court rules donald trump can appear on the ballot. We bring you the latest in the race for the white house. Lets check in on these markets. A more aggressive target in terms over the Economic Growth picture for china, around 5 given the low base that last years growth target was set at. That seems ambitious. The question is how they get there of course. So far looking at. 3 after modest losses yesterday. The ftse 100 futures pointed to losses 19 points down. S p futures at 5127. The amd story, semiconductors will be in focus for us ginn they have failed to get the green light. Nasdaq futures at 18193, off by. 4 . Lets look at the like of gold and crypto today. Bitcoin in focus. Techs taking the biggest drop since janua