Slog, which we are in right now. Slog, that is a pretty good way stalling economic recovery. Pandemic fatigue setting in. It is hard to swallow. The worlds better with covid, such a long way to go. Today we saw the pressure put on as investors left without a new stimulus deal and see a spike in cases of covid. Joe, were going to be digging into this slog. Joe it sort of feels like today is the day that its really daunting on people. This is really real. There really is a surge here. If you want to call it a different way. Kind of besides the point whether it is in europe where we are seeing hospitalizations, deaths, and of course cases on the rise. Hospitals in the u. S. Starting to see strains again i capacity. Of course, this is a major theme of the spring surge. Utah hospital starting to prepare to ration care. Reports out of texas, wisconsin, elsewhere. It seems like today was a day a lot of this set in. A lot of opening trade having a bad day. Romaine it is interesting to bring up
With the pandemic, so different in america. Francine im sorry, tom, you cannot forget about brexit. Almost there, and certainly by next monday, london will have moved to tier two, which is where you can still meet people outside but you cannot let people come into your home. We should have a better idea of what london will become over the next couple weeks. Is similar moved by the french president , emmanuel macron, announcing that eight cities will go in lockdown. That is hurting a lot of the stocks. Go, there are eight ways to and just because there is compressed time, are the chancellor of the exchequer and the Prime Minister on the same page . Francine they are on the same page, but we heard from the london mayor, who is from the labor party, and the opposition leader, asking for a national lockdown. We call it the circuit breaker. The idea is for two weeks we go back in lockdown so that the cases go down. This is not what the Prime Minister wants to do, but we also know that the l
Kong Police Arrest 15 democracy campaigners in connection with last years massive protests we hear from the pro democratic opposition about what the crackdown needs for their movement plus. The Civil Defense volunteers aiming to cheer up residents under a coronavirus lockdown in spain with a bit of song antics. Im married to evanston its good to have you with us africa has officially recorded more than a 1000 deaths from covert 19 but the United Nations Economic Commission for africa predicts that the pandemic will likely kill even in a best Case Scenario at least 300000 people on the continent and it could push 30000000 into extreme poverty africas 54 countries have so far reported a small fraction of the worlds coronavirus cases. But Health Officials say thats because of limited testing capability they warn that in the next 6 months africa could see as many as 10000000. 00 infections and Global Economic groups say well over 100000000000. 00 is needed to assist the continent. Well joi
First time since jay y. Lees arrest. Questions about the corporate structure. We have coverage in sydney with of the latest on the li keqiang trade mission. We will discuss malaysias crackdown on currency fixing. And from tokyo, an update on toshibas ongoing battle. And from new york, all the market action. And the word from a host of the fed the speakers. And on the day of the samsung agm, we will lifted the lid on the unique culture of the electronics a giant. This is daybreak asia coming live from bloomberg, u. S. And asian headquarters. I am betty liu in new york, it is just after 7 00 p. M. After 7 00s just a. M. In hong kong. I am shery ahn. It is not over. So much coming out, janet yellen and others. It was a factor. Not to mention, the chinese premiers visit in australia. Betty that is right. More clarity on what he meant by taking trade to the next level. What are we talking about . Clarity is really what we need when it comes to that meeting. But also clarity about where we a
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