Rice universities Public Policy hosted the event. It is over one hour. Welcome to the Baker Institute webinar. I am steve lewis. The head of our china studies program. We are happy to have you all this afternoon. Thank you for tuning in. I am hoping not only do you find it informative and unique colleague, but froma welcome respite domestic politics, which is never as important as aging asian affairs. I would like to thank all of you again. Our hardworking staff at the Baker Institute. My Research Assistant for helping. The foundation for endowing a lot of the events here. The doctor i have known her for 10 years one of our top scholars. I think it has been 10 years. She was a postdoc here for asian interested in media. Had her and her expertise in many of our past webinars on chinese politics. We are happy to have her again today. Also, we are happy this year because she is newly minted as an associate professor, tenured professor at media studies at the university of virginia. The on
Economist poll were expecting 54. 2. So it is well north of that. The jobs number well wait for the details of that tomorrow. Im really curious as to what is happening in the employment picture right now. But over the next few days, well get more employee information on that following last thursdays blowout data. But this is a very, very strong number. How did that translate into perception of what is happening with the economy now while Global Equity markets as kaley said, starting to weaken very strongly. The china data helping out. But some investors despite what were seeing, strategists saying the returns to be limited. The c. I. O. Of hedge fund capital is not particularly optimistic. The economy is in a very troubled place. Frankly, the worlds in a very troubled place. The market is across all Asset Classes, the markets are incredibly volatile. The performance within asset class is incredibly dispersed. Thats going to be with us as the Global Economy is likely to move in these fi
Hundreds of demonstrators are outside the us embassy in baghdad for a second day today, theyre protesting the us strikes against militia targets in iraq and the Embassy Security forces they were firing tear gas and rubber bullets some protesters tried to climb the compounds exterior walls, others were throwing rocks and trying to set fires. Reid binion reports. At some of the great warriors come. As job and they were there instantaneously President Trump responding to the tuesday attack on the us embassy in baghdad that attack following us air strikes on iran backed Militia Group in iraq, trump blaming iran for the Embassy Attack issuing a threat against a country tweeting in part quote iran will be held fully responsible for lives lost or damage incurred any of our facilities. They will pay a very big price. This is not a warning she is a threat the us military response to tuesdays attack was swift. Apache helicopters flying over the embassy in a show of force defense officials sendin
Here in u. K. , there was a general election. We are in a blackout period until the polls close at 10 00 p. M. Pound at 1. 3020. 2 . Toxx europe 600 gained day two of trading. It is above 2 trillion in terms of valuation. Plus oil supply cuts will not prevent a surplus in 2020. That is according to the ia. We speak to the president of the Swiss National bank. That interview, 10 30 a. M. U. K. Time. Lets get to bloomberg first word news. Today, the u. K. Goes to the polls. It is the nations first election in over a decade and the first since the brexit vote. It is the first december vote in nearly a century. Polls close it 10 00 p. M. U. K. Time. The House Judiciary Committee is set to conclude a debate on articles of impeachment against trump. The likely result is a partyline vote that will send the measure to the floor of the house. The democratic majority is expected to beat back a number of republican amendments. Israel is headed for its third election in less than a year. The parli
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