Opecs cuts may be draining the glut. The bank of japan prepares for unscheduled talks as the coronavirus keeps extra pressure on the economy. Help for Small Business tops the agenda. Downside are seeing a start to trading on this final friday session of the week. Overwhelmingly, the concern over these escalating tensions between washington and beijing, and now also, beijings expected move to impose the National Security law on hong kong and we are watching, in particular, the start of mainland trading as well as hong kong trading and trading in the hong kong dollar but in the meantime, we are seeing a downside view when it comes to nikkei futures as well as kospi. Sydney futures looking to extend losses of. 4 in the previous session although we could expect to see some modest gains when it comes to the Energy Sector given the gains and that story when it comes to the continued rally in oil prices. We are also watching trading in new zealand. We had retail Sales Numbers out in the last
Central governments state of Emergency Declaration for tokyo and six other prefectures. Officials want to reduce humantohuman contact by at least 70 , but tokyo authorities confirmed a large infection cluster over the weekend. 92 people linked to a hospital, including patients and staff, have tested positive for the virus. Translator the daily increase of infections is straining Public Health sectors. Another cluster infection occurred at a hospital in the central prefecture, with 16 people affected. The hospital has suspended operations and treatment for outpatients. Its also stopped accepting emergency patients. A Police Station in the western city of kobe has also been hit by the virus. Ten officers including the station chief and his deputy have tested positive. Some of the officers had attended a party at a pub in late march to welcome their new commanding officer. About 120 employees at the station are selfisolating at home. A secretary for a Ruling Party Lawmaker has become the
We will hear from japanese epidemics at the center for strategic and international studies. Good afternoon. Thanks for joining us. I am mike green and a professor at georgetown, we are delighted to have all of you join us in discussion over the next two hours with four of japans rising academic thinkers on Foreign Policy and economic affairs. This is the seventh cohort we have invited under a program called strategic japan. Eight years ago we discussed with the Prime Ministers Office how to expand Strategic Thinking dialogue, planning between the us and japan. One thing to think about which was new for japan was the need to go beyond the traditional bureaucratic sources and to tap into the growing expertise among japans academic experts on issues that affect foreignpolicy and to bring more academics into the tent in japan and expand the dialogue with the us and to make sure japanese scholars who are making an impact in japan are sharing their ideas with the us, getting reactions and re
What curves. Output curves. Kathleen and the biggest demonstration in hong kong in months. The protests will drag on into the new year. Markets have opened. What do you see . Gaining. 2 . Sx 200 ceosurprise resignation of futures are pointing higher. Policy decisions from the fed and ecb as well as aramcos big trading debut in riyadh. And the fed will close out its current session this week with Prime Minister of a going to win a deal. We are waiting on japan final Third Quarter read which could be revised up. We will get a reading on chinas credit data. Seeing the offshore yuan holding steady, the weekly gain trading at the midlevels. The aussie dollar under pressure this morning. The line of 68. 10, easing compared to dwindling odds for the fed rate cut in 2020. Aussie benchmark bonds are mirroring treasuries, falling for a Third Session and looking at cable, marginally lower but above 131 at a sevenmonth high. A big week for british politics and progress of brexit. More on that stor
She has one of the voices of Rocknroll Tina Turner turns 80. Im sorry kelly welcome to the Program Every day like a hollywood movie scripts thieves have broken into one of europes most renowned museums and made off with a haul of priceless 18th century jewelry now police in the german city of dresden are still looking for the robbers while the devastated Museum Officials try to work out what theyve lost. Dresden screenful museum home to one of europes greatest collections of treasures now its a crime scene after burglars snatched up to 95. 00 pieces of early 18th century jewelry from these cabinets including diamonds and rubies this is one of the sets that was stolen exactly how many items were taken from this set is still unknown Dresden Police say the thieves entered through a window c. C. T. V. Footage shows them heading straight to a display cabinet and smashing the glass with an axe before making off with the treasure but the time or thought is a rifle the burglars were long gone