If you consider yourself undecided or supporting another candidate, because that 2027488002. As we get a call we will show you headlines from across United States from last nights bait. Good morning. Go ahead. Ms. Welker caller before the debate i lets night debate. I was very impressed with the job that donald trump did. But before that i really bought and the lies misrepresentations that the media was trying to portray trump as the biggest racist. Debate, i did a little pastrch into joe bidens and Donald Trumps policies. Once you do the research yourself, i promise, you will come out to one conclusion. That joe biden is the biggest racist politician to ever run for office. Host but you are calling on the line for those who support him. Mistake. Made a i should have host dialed in. Then we will stop you there i should have dialed indifferently. Host then we will stop you there. We have marini, supporting joe biden. Me,er this is strange for in 2016 i voted democrat. I have donald trum
Detention they are playing out within markets. Time now for todays top market moving news from washington and new york. We want to begin in washington, where President Trump extended his National Warning for social distancing in the United States until the end of april, abandoning his easter goal. Pres. Trump we can expect that by june 1, we will be well on our way to recovery. We think by june 1, a lot of great things will be happening. That was aspirational when i said easter. I said it would be great if we could do it by easter. Alix joining me from washington is kevin cirilli. What did we learn in terms of how the government is looking at the lockdown in the u. S. . Kevin President Trump has significantly backed off the claim that he would be able to get life back to normal by easter, now making that marker june 1. Thatresident pushing back timetable to june 1. Over the weekend, talking with sources, i can tell you that the conversation around the next form of economic stimulus wou
The pound is trading up i about 0. 2 . Ultimately what the extra supply is going to do to the shape of the curve, but certainly, this is what many people have been anticipating would be delivered. Italy also announcing it is going to increase its fiscal stimulus to help the economy out , an economy that continues to remain largely in lockdown, along with the population. Lets get more on how Insurance Companies are dealing with what we are seeing at the moment. The u. K. s prudential is a Health Insurer and asset manager as well. Joining us now is mike wells, ceo of prudential plc. Good afternoon. How is the company being affected by what is happening . Todaywe Just Announced 2019 results, were you had a number of convergences occur. Earnings were up 20 . The majority of our markets in x hong kong come very strong and resilient. It is an indication of what youre seeing now, which is market by market, we still see doubledigit growth in Southeast Asian markets, and as we are sitting here
Meaning less demand for oil. Meanwhile similar story in bond market, yield on 10year treasury below 4 tenths of a percent overnight. Now we are staying right under and it is down 28 basis points. Again, another indication of a recession at hand. The 30year following 1 for the first time in history. The 30year bond, the yield there at. 883 . Thats down 40 basis points this morning. Global markets reacting to all of this this morning in the stock market. Deep selloff in europe. The cac quarante down 335 points. That is 6 and a half percent and dax index in germany lower by 672. Overnight in asia across the board. Chinese experts tumbled in the month of january, more signs of trouble in japan as well. First quarter gdp lower in japan showing the economy contracted 7. 1 from the previous quarter. Thats a sharp contraction in japan. This on top of the Coronavirus Crisis, cases in the United States and abroad are growing. The white house looking into emergency measures. Overseas italy report
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