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Institute, i am delighted to host a conversation today was the director general for economic and Financial Affairs at the european commission, he has been there since they were 2020. Our conversation today will be about the economy of the European Union and the European Union with a response to the covid19 crisis. We will also touch upon the European Union and commissions broader Economic Policy agenda as we hopefully recover from the crisis, its evolving fiscal institutions and its management of the european macroeconomy. So it should be an interesting conversation and obviously particular important given the worldwide economic crisis we have found ourselves in. Let me introduce i guess today, he is the di ....
The markets are focusing on what jay powell said yesterday. The market is also focusing on what we are seeing across the globe. The number of infections being weighed compared to the extra Monetary Policy being put out there. Investors weighing better economic figures against the continued increase in virus cases. In other news, metals advance with copper climbing for the fourth day. Manufacturing and services in china. That adds to a bit of optimism. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news with leighann gerrans. China has approved Landmark National security legislation for hong kong at the end of a threeday meeting in beijing for the nations top legislative body. Representativee confirmed the vote. The u. S. Said it is suspending hong kongs special status, making it harder to export sensitive American Te ....
Right now the focus is on states and cities that are holding back on reopening and phased reopening plans at this stage here. Looks like it is relatively contained but all of this in an environment where the number of cases has picked and the World Health Organization says the worse could be yet to come. Interesting development as well in england they were reordered to institute lockdown measures. That is follows on heels with other Foreign Countries bedevil ed openings not going necessarily to plan. Im not talk being about what is rapping in russia, india, spikes in cases in japan and the seoul, south korea area. The fear this seems to way on the markets eventually. Something that will slow certainly the reopenings and the economy and recovery that many hoped to see from that. Very tepid. No matter what happens today. Looking like a boffo month for all the majo ....
Airline heavily criticizing the bailout deal the worlds biggest lighting maker has made a product that can degrade the virus and disinfect indoor areas all the applications we are putting into the markets are safe the good news is that it is also good for covid19. South koreas minister agrees to step down after north korea shows footage of it blowing up on the border a warm welcome from street signs. The stoxx 600 is in the green. There have been a few significant positive developments in the last 24 hours, we had those strong retail numbers come through providing a boost in the u. S. And europe. On the health care front, we had Health Care News the uk major drug trial found that a 60yearold steroid, very common, widely available, cheap drug actually reduces the mortality rate of Covid Patients this is the first drug they have found that reduces death from the vie vus. We h ....