Cheerleading forward as we expect politicians to do. The underlying math on the thursday past was outright graham. Outright graham. Whether it was germany or russia. Increasedew york city 9. 8 yesterday. That is a huge fall back from the end of may story we have been getting. Francine if you look at the pattern, if it is anything like we saw in france, gets better and then gets worse and then get better. Bear with us and good luck to everyone. Lets get to the bloomberg first word news in new york city. There china hasnt had an economic report like this in decades. The coronavirus pushing the countrys economy into a contraction in the First Quarter. Gdp shrinking to 6. 8 from a year ago, the worst performance since at least 1992. Recovery will not be easy. Coronavirus has hammered business around the world. China will have to demand will have to rely on fragile domestic demand. It is a threephase process. The president says some phases could begin literally tomorrow. The guidelines mark
Of that will be technical selling. The bond market is a little bit unusual not so much happening in yields here, but in europe you are seeing pretty strong support. The time now for the market moving news from our new york team. We want to begin with china and that historic economic slump. Ae first contraction in backdated. We have our correspondent with all of the details. Mike it was actually worse than you expected, 6. 8 decline, the worst since they started reporting quarterly in china back in 1992. The economy has not contracted the fullyear basis since 1970s. We will watch that. One reason the numbers were not worse, if you look at the second number, smaller than expected, Industrial Production of on. 1 , factories returning to work. The problem for them is with the rest of the world unlock and there is nobody to buy their stuff. Consumers are not buying. Lockdowns were lifted but people are still reluctant to go out and spend. Retail sales down 15. 8 this is important because th
The dow is down 538, s p, nasdaq red as well. Now, right now, i want to show you live pictures of the white house. We have just been told that we are going to be waiting for the president to sign the 2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package, the house just passed that about an hour ago. Liz is going to have some info on some of the beatendown businesses left out of the massive rescue plan. We are watching the white house. We are going to bring you that event when it starts live right here on fox business. And the work and learn from home culture gets off the ground. There is one company thats working to get your business set up for this new reality. We have got a fox business exclusive with the ceo of avaya and the Remote Work Solutions its been using from wuhan to italy to here at home. Plus avoiding the Doctors Office is a big priority as the u. S. Becomes the epicenter of the covid19 pandemic. A Company Delivers Telehealth Services to doctors and patients, they do all of this remotel
Could you suggest which specific areas of the country could have guidelines relaxed . Trump i think there will all Start Talking about that in a few minutes, tony will talk about it, but cant say lets close. People dont want to close. I say it again and again. The reason i do is that i want you to report it eventually. Reporter when you talk to president xi tonight, what do you want to talk to him about . President trump it is his call. I think we will have a beautiful call. It is tonight at 9 00. We will be talking about the virus. Reporter the market rally again, up over 4000 points in the last three days, largest increase since 1931. The Economic Activity has passed . President trump no, it has not passed but it has come along way. They think we are doing a really good job in terms of running this whole situation in terms of the virus. I think they feel that the administration, myself and the administration, are doing a good being very important in keeping people informed, because t
Thanksa list yesterday to amazon packages. Yesterday was a key point for the nasdaq at 9000 word we also have a record high. 9000. We also have a record high with apple. A good litmus test when it comes to risk. Ecb Commission President that they may be having to have an extension for the transition. Itiing up, we speak to the c chief u. S. Economist and get his outlook for 2020. Lets get straight to first word news in new york city. Israel wheren Benjamin Netanyahu fought off challenges to his leadership. He won a landslide in the race to lead his party. He will lead it into israels third election. It comes amidst an election scandal for the Prime Minister. He has recently been indicted on charges of bribery and fraud. The transition for the u. K. s exit may need to be extended, according to ursula von the lion. According to ursula. She says the plan to secure a trade deal by the end of 2020 is optimistic. And a false alarm japans estate broadcaster, who mistakenly issued at alert say