Prospects and rising virus numbers. Disney is laying off workers at its u. S. Theme parks and resorts as covid19 continues to hammer travel and demand for group entertainment. Ahead of the first u. S. President ial faceoff, that debate in cleveland happening in the next couple of hours. We are seeing asian markets looking like they will start the day pretty adrift. Chinese pmi numbers could show a steady decline further into more negative conditions. This is how u. S. Futures are trading after slippage in the overnight session with low volumes going into that debate. Contracts are pretty flat at the moment. Thinolume is expected and liquidity on the ground in asia with korean markets on a Public Holiday and the last day of trading before the golden week holidays takes the mainland Chinese Markets out of action. We are seeing a pretty flat start according to the futures session. In sydney, bearishness going into the open, looking like indicated downside of 1 when we get into cash tradin
Top aide who broke the lockdown rules. Lcome to surveillance i am nejra cehic in london. We get a sense of the u. S. China protests in hong kong. Equities, of course the u. K. Is closed for a bank holiday today. U. S. Cash stock and bond market closed as well. A positive sentiment coming through in u. S. Futures. Third day of dollar strength. That speaks a little more to a slight risk off tone. In terms of oil, it is being anchored around 33 dollars a barrel but in the green today. Confidencebusiness index is 79. 5. The estimate was 78. 5, so that coming in a little better than expected. In just a minute, we will speak with the Ifo Institute president clemens fuest. First, lets get to bloomberg first word news. Thank you, nejra. Were hit with tear gas in the city. New National Security legislation, being described as the vegas for hong kong since china took control in 1997. Here in the u. K. , Prime Minister Boris Johnsons most senior aides are facing growing calls, breaking lockdown r
Stephen beard good to have you with us asian stocks have been on the rise as governments and Central Banks take aggressive measures to fight the coronaVirus Outbreak and limits its Economic Impact on kongs hang seng index rose nearly 2 percent while in tokyo the nikkei index ended more than 8 percent higher shares also rose in Southeast Asia there are signs that Chinese Companies are slowly grinding back to life after weeks of lock downs and quarantines markets rallied after a surge in u. S. Markets and the i. M. F. Has announced 50000000000. 00 in funding for countries hit by the epidemic. And lets go down to correspondent in taipei those on han. Flickers of optimism there from asian markets youve been talking to managers and executives of chinese businesses do you see a similar optimism there. Well im afraid to asian underground doesnt look so optimistic though the Chinese Government figures are fishel figures show that over 70 percent of the of the production has been restarted it a
Hi, everybody. Im Jacob Heil Brun editor of the National Interest and harry has mag nan nussly asked me to chair this session which looks like it will be a corker. It is can sanctions bring about denuclearization or are they, and i will play editorial prerogative, a bloody waste of time. Our panelists today, first panelist to my immediate left is Lieutenant General wallace chip gregson, retired former head of the u. S. Marines in the pacific and a senior fellow here at the center for the National Interest. To my further left geographically but not politically is former Lieutenant Colonel danny davis who is a senior fellow at defense priorities. And danny is im pleased to say a regular contributor to the National Interest website. And finally to my right henri feron a senior fellow at the center for international policy. Now im reckoning that with all of the attention being bestowed upon tehran that pyongyang must be starting to feel a little lonely. And so id like to ask chip, what are
Nominee for the Federal Reserve. To be exact. [gavel] mr. Crapo this hearing will come to order. This morning we will consider the nominations of the honorable judy shelton to be a member of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve system. And dr. Christopher waller, to be a member of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve system. Welcome and congratulations to each of you for your nominations. I see friends and family in the room today and i welcome them as well. Were fortunate to have these two highly qualified nominees appearing today. These positions are critical to ensuring a safe, sound and vibrant Financial System and a healthy, growing economy. The Federal Reserve was created by congress as the nations central bank to promote a stable economy and a safer, more flexible Financial System. Among the Federal Reserves responsibilities is conducting the nations Monetary Policy with the mandate of promoting maximum employment, stable prices and moderate longterm Interest R