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The damage. The bridge on the kuma river was washed away. The road on the riverbank collapsed. Mud and parts of uprooted trees have made it inside buildings, some up to the second floor. This man says his 67yearold father was found said at his house that was flooded. Tla translator i have regrets about fighting with my father a lot. I wish i had my kids visit him more often. Flooding has turned fields and greenhouses into swamps. One farmer says his 60 greenhouses were affected and that the timing could not have been worse. Translator it was just before the harvest. The whole area around here was completely destroyed. The amount of damage may be around 93,000. Aside from the economic damage, the extreme rain is presenting a new threat in the age of the coronavirirus. People in evacuation shelters are taking precautions to keep the virus at bay. The destruction also hit areas outside kyushu. In kyoto, a mud slide plowed into three cars near an interchange. Two drivers suffffed minor inj
[applause] and ask for your job ration for the numbers of the national committee. Epidemic spreading and it is the most challenging Public Health emergency that china has encountered. We are fighting it with the sacrifice of our nation. Strategicde major achievements in response to covid19. We are promoting development. We fulfilled the targets and tests for economic and social development this year. The debut of the work in 2019 in first few modes of 2020 china faces many challenges. This let them and when this foundation reached the goal of prosperity the economy remained stable over all. The gdp rose 99 point with a 6. 1 increase over the previous year. New jobs were added. The Unemployment Rate was below 5. 3. Consumer prices rose by 2. 9 . A basic equilibrium was maintained in the balance of payments. The economic structure continued to improve, and the Development Priorities of regions are better aligned. Total retail sales of consumer goods exceeded 40 trillion yuan, and consump
National committee of the cppcc for their comments. The covid19 epidemic is the thee fastest spreading, most extensive, and most challenging Public Health emergency china has encountered since the founding of the peoples republic. Under the strong leadership of the Central Committee of the communist party of china with comrade xi jinping at its core, and through the hard work and sacrifice of our entire nation, we have made major strategic achievements in our response to covid19. At present, the epidemic has not yet come to an end, while the tasks we face in promoting development are immense. We must redouble our efforts to minimize the losses resulting from the virus and fulfill the targets and tasks for economic and social development this year. First, a review of our work in 2019 and the first few months of 2020. In pursuing Development Last year, china faced many difficulties and challenges. World Economic Growth was weak, International Economic and trade frictions intensified, and
60 billion kiwi dollars. It is projecting a contraction of its gdp in the Second Quarter to 21. 8 . New zealand maintaining its benchmark Interest Rate at 0. 25 , all pretty much as expected. The rbnz has been at the forefront of supporting the 0. 5 already. Ates under a lot of pressure for this fiscal stimulus, as weve been saying, to double to 60 billion kiwi dollars. Facing a lot of scrutiny on whether to take rates to negative. We will see if it does that later on. For now, keeping rates steady. Kathleen bring in hays. It does seem like rbnz did exactly what the markets expected. Absolutely. There was no changing sentiment in the key rate. 75 basis points move in midmarch, that emergency front, the rbnz saying they are prepared to cut the cash rate further, taking it lower, then that door gets opened even wider. They are saying that the balance of economic risk remains to the downside. Forhey are looking contraction in secondquarter big that would be quite a hole to fill. They are