But there is respect for the worst hit countries. Empty streets and shops closed to the Pandemic Forces the democratic republic of congo shut down its capital and commercial home. At a new attempt to treat covert 19 trials begin in the us using plants but transfusions from recovered patients. Britains Prime Minister has been moved to an intensive care unit with west wing coronavirus symptoms Boris Johnson was admitted to hospital on sunday night after being ill for more than 10 days foreign secretary dominic robb has been asked to deputize as there was worry chalons reports the news came after a day of scant information and repeated lines the Prime Ministers hospital stay was just a precaution said downing street Boris Johnson himself tweeted i went into hospital for some routine tests as im still experiencing coronavirus symptoms i mean good spirits and keeping in touch with my team as we Work Together to fight this virus and keep everyone safe but the reality was his condition was wo
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Seoul. Will be live in the bond route continues. The contagion when it comes to equities playing out in the asian session. We had that 600 point drop to the dow. Asianf extended in the session. A huge week when it comes to the data. Four centralbank meetings. You have australia, centralbank in the philippines and looking at the reserve bank of india. Very interesting to get any policy reaction to that fiscal situation of the tell by the latest budget. In the meantime, looking at treasury yields and the features looking at more downside and this is playing out in a negative way in asia. 30 minutes out from the oven in china and hong kong. Hang seng looked at the barometer when it comes to the bearish sentiment in this world as part of the world. David, were watching everything. There are a lot of trades play ing out. David it is getting worse as we speak. Markets open at the moment. On a markets like taiwan flip. We will at teachers on a significant decline. A lot of centralbank decisio
Home turf. Betty hello and welcome to daybreak asia. I am betty liu at Bloomberg Global headquarters in new york. Been on thes u. N. Voting on these tougher sanctions against north korea, but not tough enough, right . Of the oil embargo falling far short of that that was talked about were discussed by north korea. Still, this is going to cut north korean exports by about 90 , and that is still going to have some bite on north korea. Haidi absolutely. Looking at these numbers, the sanctions cutting 55 of north korean death, diesel, and heavy fuel. Energy short of that embargo as well as the freeze on his assets that have been sough t. It is a little bit of a compromise because it was widespread expectation that the sanctions would not have gotten the vote of china and russia. Betty ahead of all of this news, which was widely expected, the market had a steady day a seller day. A record for the s p, with leadingls and techs the way. The dow higher by 260 points. The nasdaq also gaining by
Lots to talk about in the markets. A lot of data coming out in the asiapacific. We are waiting for the trade numbers out of the philippines. Markets in manila are shut down on bad weather, but they will be coming out with trade data. We are getting exports coming through. Is your year on year increase in july. Expecting. T we were we are now looking at a drop of 3. 2 . We were expecting and improvement of 6. 5 . Lets wait until they do the math. We are expecting a 2. 4 billion deficit out of manila. To put this into context, it is one data point. Have a look at a broader term picture in manila, 2017 has been a special year, to say the least. Massive trade deficit out of manila. That comes down to the fact that the economy is improving. They are importing bigticket items into the country. From 2. 1 billion to 2. 4 billion. It is now at 2. 1 billion. It is a little bit less than the current the last reading in june. A massive deficit out of manila. Apart from that, there is obviously nor