[applause] mr. Bruno democratic senator al gore. [applause] mr. Bruno and retired vice admiral james stockdale, who is the Vice President ial nominee. [applause] mr. Bruno for independent candidate ross perot. [applause] mr. Bruno now, the ground rules for tonights debate. Each candidate will have two minutes for an opening statement. I will then present the issues to be discussed. For each topic, the candidates will have a minute and 15 seconds to respond. Then this will be followed by a fiveminute discussion period in which they can ask questions of each other if they so choose. Now, the order of response has been determined by a drawing and well rotate with each topic. At the end of the debate, each candidate will have two minutes for a closing statement. Our radio and tv audience should know that the candidates were given an equal allocation of auditorium seats for their supporters. So, id like to ask the audience here in the theater to please refrain from applause or any partisan
Exchange begins right now zb morning im Contessa Brewer in for Brian Sullivan we begin with breaking news on European Union gdp figures Joumanna Bercetche is with us. We just got the eurozone gdp numbers coming in at 0. 1 rise for the quarter that equates to a 0. 9 jump for the year so still above that 0 flat line detail on individual countries a lot of focus on german gdp coming in at 0 , so essentially stag nating but no recession year on year translated to 0. 4 for germany. France grew at 0. 9 , the uk at 1. 1 , the u. S. 2. 3 . So still very weak compared to other g10 nations. We are not seeing a huge reaction in markets. We are still ending the week on a positive tone. It has been a good couple of days the eurozone stoxx 600 going from record close to fresh record close in determine any, up 0. 2 , in line with the forecast gdp thats it for our eurozone gdp summup here is how stock futures are setting up after yesterdays more than 128point loss for the dow. S p futures are up 8 poi
A bluff but the consequences are already quite real Boris Johnson wants the e. U. To take a no deal breaks seriously forcing the bloc back to the negotiating table but with every lurch toward his october 31st deadline the pound has reacted it slid steadily against the dollar leading up to johnsons election as conservative party leader it fell after his meeting with german chancellor Angela Merkel failed to produce a breakthrough and then today a slide of more than one percent before recovering some losses. There have been fleeting gains here and there but at about a 1. 22 the pound is muddling around lows last seen more than 2 years ago and it could get worse analysts polled by bloomberg predict a node that could dump the currency to a 34 year low of a 1. 10. Driving those forecasts is the sheer lack of uncertainty over what a no deal would bring coming out do you have any sort of agreement its a leap into the unknown its going to stall to happen before so they would want some sort of
A bluff but the consequences are already quite real Boris Johnson wants the e. U. To take a no deal breaks seriously forcing the bloc back to the negotiating table but with every lurch toward his october 31st deadline the pound has reacted it slid steadily against the dollar leading up to johnsons election as conservative party leader it fell after his meeting with german chancellor Angela Merkel failed to produce a breakthrough and then today a slide of more than one percent before recovering some losses. There have been fleeting gains here and there but at about a 1. 22 the pound is muddling around lows last seen more than 2 years ago and it could get worse analysts polled by bloomberg predict a node that could dump the currency to a 34 year low of a 1. 10. Driving those forecasts is the sheer lack of uncertainty over what a no deal would bring coming out of the e. U. Of any sort of agreement its a leap into the unknown its something thats hope to happen before so they would want som
Chip away at stock prices in asia as straight as a way to clarity on when the conflict will end hong kongs hang seng index slates north point 4 percent during festive trading because of concerns of a lack of progress in talks between the 2 sides markets in china also faulted on fears the dispute is pushing us towards a global recession stocks in the United States and it wednesday higher but remain lower for the month thanks to the trade war with beijing and the notorious inverted yield curve. And there is something to discuss now with our Financial Market correspondent ashutosh upon day who is standing by for us at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange could you please elaborate a bit for us on this inverted yield curve well its not thought it. Well typically governments be more money for boarding for a longer period of time to 10 years than they paid for 5 or 2 years and when you thats compensated for same flesh earn and also compensate investors for risking their money for a longer period of