Terms. That is a bit worse than the preliminary figure of minus 27. 8 announced in august, which was already a record. Corporate Capital Spending was the biggest drag. Businesses are holding off from making investments due to the uncertain economic outlook. Personal consumption, which accounts for more than half of japans gdp, was hit hard as well. The quarter on quarter was revised to minus 7. 9 from minus 8. 2 announced earlier. Campaigning to choose the next leader of japans main ruling party and the country is officially getting under way. Three political heavyweights are vying to succeed Prime Minister abe shinzo who is also president of the liberal democratic party. Abe is stepping down because of health issues. The chief cabinet secretary Suga Yoshihide has been one of abes closest aides and a popular spokesperson throughout abes eight yeaears in office. Suga promises to continue abes policies including his goal of containing the newew corononavi while maintaining economic activ
Because of health issues. Former ldp secretarygeneral Ishiba Shigeru, chief cabinet secretary Suga Yoshihide, and ldp policy chief kisishida fumi are vying for the leadership. But Campaign Activities are being confined to major cities becacause of the coronavirus. Translator i will once again devote myself to regional revitalization. I want to achieve a great reset to rewrite japapans bluepririn. Ototherwise, our country wont able to survive the next era. Translator i vow to keep on pushing forward the policies of Prime Minister abe. The top priority is coronavirus countermeasures. At all costs, i will stop an explosive spread like wewe saw the u. S. And europe and protect the lives and health of the people. Translator i will listen carefully and turn the voices of the masses into political energy. Disparity and division have been growing in japan and around the world. I will tackle this modern issue and foster cooperation. 535 votes will decide the winner next monday. 394 of those wil
Tariffs for those that dont, markets this morning look like this. We have a fractional gain for futures indicating a gain at the tart of trading this morning with the dow futures up 14 and nasdaq up as well. 13 points higher and s p right now higher by 1 point this after the nasdaq closed at record high yesterday. It was the 35th record close of the year. The dow and the s p 500 also closing higher on the session yesterday at 4 00 oclock on wall street. Tesla charging ahead once again, the stock driving past 2,000 a share ahead of stock split. The stock this morning up 2 and a half percent, plus take a trip to the upside down, how you can experience the world of Stranger Things from your car. Mornings with maria is live right now. Global markets this morning have a firmer tone. Take a look at european indices, recovery in france losing steam, however, purchase index below expectations, meanwhile french president emmanuel mac roan and Angela Merkel warning of new lockdowns even though c
Americans and ongoing battle of stimulus this morning. Heavy haters, walmart, home depot and kohls reporting Quarterly Earnings, we have all the numbers and impact. Lets check numbers, we are looking at a firmer tone, futures indicating a gain at start of trading, about 55 points nasdaq with record close yesterday adding to it this morning with another gain of 35 points. S p 500 ending the day yesterday less than 5 points away from a new record high close when the dow was down 86 but the nasdaq was up 110, the race to acquire tiktok, stock is surging this morning after reportedly throwing its hat to the ring and what it means to microsoft and ongoing battle this morning. Oracle shares up 2 and a half percent. Men being told not to have one alcoholic drink a day. Whats behind the warning . Mornings with maria is live right now. Ftse 100 up 11, cac quarante up 17 and dax index in germany higher by 66 points. European Central Bank President warning banks arent likely to fullery recover fr
Excuse to oppose capitalism america israel they try to hijack legitimate protest so legitimate protests i justify and would join but the extremists on both sides doesnt serve the interest of justice but the president never knocks the right wing. Well he did win in. Charlotte he did condemn the nazis he did condemned the way tax cuts he condemned he said there were good people on both sides who were she and said that there are bad people on both sides im glad he said that yes there are bad people on both sides look i wrote a column about that which i said because hes a person of the right he should go out of his way to condemn the right more often im a person who is generally on the liberal side so i go out of my way to criticize the extremists on the left and i think thats a legitimate point to make. Ok there were reports that the president was asked to address the nation and he declined when were going to pass the president s dealing with major problems we see a completely different m