Aljazeera. Where ever. I am fairly ok youre watching news stream home edition can we chat well apparently not very much longer in the United States the hugely popular chinese car it has been deemed a National Security threat alongside to talk we will pass whats behind president chants and in todays show and if you want you to be part of the conversation as well put your comments in the comments and you could be in the city. And looking forward to hearing these gifts i will say hello to the guests the guests were introduced themselves to you and im king link to where he hi my name is ken low and im a reporter for the South China Morning Post im based in hong kong and i cover Chinese Foreign policy is in china u. S. Relations im also host for the f. M. P. Podcast and site china which runs on chinas hot topics every week good to have to welcome back to the same mind i guess and our audience who you are going. Much like a researcher for Human Rights Watch i write and research your particul
Wisconsin protests. World Central Bank Leaders coming together virtually, Federal Reserve chair jay powell speaking at key economic conference and investors closely watching what he has to say. Ahead of the speech, few hours are lower. We are taking a look at decline at start of trading. S p and nasdaq hit record highs again yesterday. This morning dow futures down 88 points. Mornings with maria live right now. Global markets this morning are red across the board. Take a look at european indices, the cac quarante down 31 and the dax index lower by 52. In asia overnight markets mostly lower, worst performer was korea down more than 1 . Top stories that we are watching this morning. Night 3 of the Republican National convention honoring americas bravest, devoting their lives defending our freedom. Since 9 11 ive seen americas heros up close. Some of them saved my life. Service, its more a word to me, its a way of life. Maria meanwhile mike pence touting President Trumps economic success
An eye watering loss. Costsosses and rising mean bonuses are set to disappoint. We are seeing u. S. Futures flat. This, of course, after we had the regular session seeing record highs. At one point, topping the record reached in february before the pandemic. Every sector on the s p 500 was in the green. We have nikkei futures moving higher as we have the japanese yen under pressure. We have seen it fall against the u. S. Dollar for the past four sessions. Right now trading around the weakest in three weeks. In sydney, futures higher. We have the aussie dollar listed a little bit higher. We have a softer u. S. Dollar, not to mention higher commodity prices. We have kiwi stocks at the moment gaining ground after seeing the worst day in a month. This as we have rbnz expanding their qe program. Gains in the currency returns, commodity exports, unr holdings qnr holding steady. U. S. And chinese negotiators plan to discuss progress in the phase one trade deal. Pushing toset to be widen the a
In houston. Test the shares rise after hours as Quarterly Earnings beat the streets. Profitability meets the criteria for inclusion in the s p 500. We got a report earlier today that china is moving to close a u. S. Consulate, not being seen by some commentators at as some sit as serious as hong kong. Saying that asian would likely respond to the forced closure of that beijing would likely respond to the forced closure of its consulate. The possibility of potential cuts to its larger hong kong mission. He said cutting the Mission Staff in hong kong to 100 or 200 people is an option. China has pledged to respond to the u. S. Closing its houston consulate. Will come back to that and the Market Reaction in a moment. We are of course into earnings season. Lets get some of the lines from daimler. Considerable Global Economic outlook decline in 2020. In terms of other lines, it sees a bit to be positive in 2020 but lower than the prior year. Considerable it sees a considerable decline in glo
If we can bring the board up. Gold up 0. 2 . A lot of Market Participants looking at the Earnings Results and european stocks. Now lets get to the bloomberg first word news. Hi, laura. Thanks. Global coronavirus cases have topped 15 million. The u. S. , india and brazil account for nearly half of all confirmed infections and fatalities. Texas reported its biggest daily number of deaths. Australias budget deficit is set to hit a post world war ii ecord. The deficit will be more than double what it was the past year. It comes amid a surge in spending to mitt gate the impact of the virus on the economy. There are still some challenges times ahead. We continue tonight the decisions to provide support in the economy. We do have to get back into situation revival. The employees on their own income rather than rely on taxpayer support. Francine italy funding to rescue the economy hit by the pandemic. Bloomberg has been told the extra money will be used to help businesses and provide subsidies