Planning to sell bonds and admitting gdp targets this year stemming from uncertainties due to the Global Pandemic. Ourinda lets get to markets, anger markets coanchor Tom Mackenzie in the forbidden city. China dropped its gdp target for the First Time Since 1994. That is significant. Tom it is. Our bloomberg sources expected they would do this, but the economists werent entirely sure. They have dropped the gdp target completely, facing up to the economic reality. This was the result of the coronavirus. You saw First Quarter gdp in china drop. Surveys suggest you will get 1. 8 growth for 2020. They are giving themselves space to react to this virus and put a floor under Growth Without tying themselves in knots over an artificially high gdp. High gdp target. Stimulus was a focus for investors. You got that line about the special government bonds quoted at being raised to 3. 7 5 trillion yuan. Alsoeficit target as well when you think about stimulus, you want to think about the deficit tar
Going to session lows area traders have been looking past the escalating tensions to signs of the pandemic recovery. Hong kong is bracing for what the biggest protest in months as the City Government meets to discuss criminalizing disrespect for chinas National Anthem. Shery looking at markets trading at the moment, u. S. Futures are down. 1 as the s p 500 and the rest of the broader markets are in the green. Still fading in late trading sessions. The s p 500 going back below the 3000 level. It had stayed up but bloomberg reported the u. S. Is mulling sanctions on u. S. Officials and firms over Hong Kong Chinese officials and firms over hong kong. We got chipmakers exposed to china tumbling at the end of the session. The usual laggards led the gains today which was an interesting rotation when it comes to the markets. We had data, Consumer Confidence was stabilizing in may. Looking at a mixed session in asia as we get these conflicting signals like concerns over the u. S. China relatio
Index to session lows in the final halfhour. Asian markets face an uncertain retention ofs want u. S. Actions. Meanwhile, hong kong braces for what could be the biggest protesting month as the City Government needs to discuss criminalizing disrespect for chinas National Anthem. Haidi lets get a look at the markets, which are being jolted by prospects of more u. S. China tensions, the prospect of these further sanctions from washington to beijing as well as Key Developments in hong kong as we get the second reading of this controversial bill as well as the expectations of more protests. Held by newg upside zealand markets. We heard from the annual testimony report there could be more mobility to the countrys Financial Institutions, hearing from the governor. Upside in kiwi trading at the moment. U. S. Futures stumbling. A little downside when it comes to trading in the futures on the back of the failure to hold onto the key psychological 3000 level for the snp, geopolitical concerns get
President donald trump. And right please ready for more protests in hong kong the Legislative Council will soon begin debating a controversial new law. Welcome to aljazeera the World Health Organization is warning of tough days ahead for latin america with the current virus still accelerating across the region and more daily infections than are being reported there than in the u. S. Or even europe brazil registering nearly 17000 new cases in the past 24 hours in a couple of hours a u. S. Ban will come into place on foreign travelers coming into brazil for coming from brazil pardon me where infection numbers and deaths continue to search the white house is hoping to ramp up testing in the United States with plans to buy 100000000 swabs and vials by the end of the year and russias president Vladimir Putin has declared that the country is past the peak of the epidemic despite reporting its. Highest daily death toll truth about begins our coverage with the challenges facing brazil. Away fr
We are also watching currency, the dollar has been the big story this week. The euro as well as its counterpart. We are taking a pause from the rally after the ecb, but if we see a gain today, that would take that streak for the longest in 16 years of nine days straight. So far it is flat. Flirting withlar . 70 for the first time this year. The dollar weakening across the board with the exception of the yen. Dollaryen, and offshore hovering. We are watching the bond markets as well. The mliv question is, the yields we are seeing, will they disrupt the equity rally . The u. S. 10 year after the u. S. Jobless numbers that fell again, treasuries ing the worst brent slipping after they did extend cuts after a breakthrough with iraq. Tom the European Central bank did put its money where its mouth is, announcing a bigger than expected increase in emergency bond buying, responding to what it calls the unprecedented contraction in the euro area economy. Kathleen hays has the story. What is dri