The vote 11 40 eastern, a final vote around 1 30 this afternoon. Now, live coverage of the u. S. Senate here on cspan2. The chaplain lord god, in these difficult and challenging times, remind us that the earth belongs to you, and you have not abandoned it unite us with the understanding that you are our father, and we are all members of the human family. We pray for all who have been impacted by the pain of this us to crisis season. Use our senators to make the weak strong, the sick healthy, and the broken whole. Lord, surround those who have been shaken by anguish with your divine presence and peace. We pray in your loving name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer the clerk will read a communication to the senate. The clerk washington, d. C. , jun
Day. Thet issues and trade, ongoing battle between the u. S. And potential cyber warfare. Here in california. A lot of people commute. It is a feeling our colleagues in asia have been living with for weeks. How are markets opening up over there . Paul some unambiguous signals. New zealand has been open for an 2. 5 , aready off by move down of similar magnitude for futures in australia. 4. 5 , theures are off kospi weaker as well. We continue to see strength in the japanese yen. A lot of data coming out of japan today, retail sales, tokyo cpi, both of those contracting, even before the coronavirus outbreak. Take a look at the yields, big move down. Of at a fresh record low. 83. Global stocks plunging to fourmonth lows, u. S. Equities falling the most since august 2011 as anxiety over the coronavirus deepens. Lets get to Abigail Doolittle in new york. A lot of red. And id be on the close. Averages all down more than 4 , there was a rebound rally attempt. Turned briefly higher, but that i
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The world trade coming to an end. We have seen bond yields climb up. Have seen the u. S. 10 year moving out of the haven currencies and haven bonds. The yen seeing more weakness if you can call it suffering. That, bund futures seeing those yields go up as we see prices get sold off. Lets have a look at the first word news. Lets get to new york. We start with the reserve bank of australia. It is maintaining its glass thefull view, reiterating economy is emerging from a soft patch while also forecasting no acceleration in wage growth and inflation barely reach the bottom of its target. Growth oferly updated 2 , rising to 2. 75 by the end of 2020 and 3 in the year after. Embrace of virtual banks is going beyond its own shores. It says it wants to become a regional hub with advanced data expertise. Doing soauthority says will improve banking authorities at home. Managing director robbie menon says Southeast Asia presents a huge opportunity for virtual banks. We see some of these players be
Many businesses nearby have been ordered to close until after the celebrations large numbers of people have been told to leave beijing and return to their hometowns october the 1st is expected to be a demonstration of chinas military might as well as its confidence in the future under president xi jinping but there are protests in hong kong against chinese rule there are allegations being made involving human rights and of course there is the trade war with the United States but some analysts believe the biggest problem that china is going to be facing in the coming years is its own economy china has made significant efforts to open up trade particularly to Foreign Investors but experts warn there arent enough private businesses to generate innovation and create jobs they say the government of xi jinping is increasing its domination of chinas economy weve seen since he took power is hes an authoritarian i mean hes an authoritarian like that again like putin. I mean they all come from v