They appeared together for the first time as democratic running mates. Let me introduce to you for the first time your next Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris. And joe, im so proud to stand with you. I do so mindful of all the heroic and ambitious women before me. Biden and harris both outlined their vision for the future. Drawing sharp contrasts between their ticket and President Trump and attacking his response to covid19. When other countries are following the science, trump pushed miracle cures he saw on fox news. Biden also acknowledged the historic nature of their campaign. This morning, all across the nation, little girls woke up, especially little black and brown girls, who so often feel overlooked and undervalued in their communities. But today, today just maybe theyre seeing themselves for the first time in a new way. Harriss Vice President ial candidacy also putting a spotlight on california. Governor newsom reflected on what the harris pick means to him as a
Week on the hole for global stocks. Lets get a first word news update. Heres leighann gerrans. Leighann president macron of france has appointed a new Prime Minister. Macron is preparing to reshuffle his government in the widely expected relaunch of his presidency for the final two years of his term. North Korean Leader kim jongun urging people to stay alert of coronavirus. He warned that complacency could lead to unimaginable and irreversible crisis or get despite the warning, he has reaffirmed north koreas claim to not have had a single case of covid19. This is widely doubted by Global Health officials. European president christine crisiss signature fighting tool is becoming the focus of disagreement among policymakers. Governing councilmembers face a potential risk over how much their emergency Bond Purchase Program should stay weighted toward weaker countries such as italy. That is according to multiple conversations with central bank officials. And hong kong, police have charged a
Party rooms, that could reopen after may 28. A mix of good news there. We have some good news in the markets as well. We are seeing more reopening of economies. It seems like you cant really fight the fed at this point. We are seeing a second day of gains in the region. Jakarta coming back from that holiday. We are seeing again of. 5 . Also, india reopened today as well. Things are looking better. Lets see what else we are watching out for. Singapore is in focus. The outlook is not looking so good. The governor is slashing the to 7 . From 4 the hang seng as well, look at that, we are close to 400 points higher today. We are talking about the valuations and the steepest discount into decades. You have seen some depth buying dip buying happening. Take a look, currencies are looking a little quiet given the fact that the u. K. Saw thin trading with the london closing yesterday. See a liquidity injection from the pboc after a hiatus of 70 something days. When it comes to the sing this a we
Haslinda, what are you seeing . Haslinda Industrial Production coming from march showing a strong recovery momentum. We saw what happened in march. It is pulling back from a historical plunge in the first two months of the year. Still there are some challenges if you take a look at the supply chain. China still faces supply risks from a global lucked out. Factory production global lockdown. Factory production still shut down in many parts. Bloomberg intelligence saying 70 of chinas imports were used for production in 2015. Still strong numbers in terms of Industrial Production coming in at 3. 9 versus the estimate of 1. 5 . If you want to track the trajectory Going Forward, we have to track those economies like korea, japan, taiwan. They supply china with the most technology parts, the u. S. And germany, even brazil. As long as they are not emerging from the lockdown in their respective countries, it wont be in issue for chinas own production. Industrial production for china year on ye
Rise as the fallout cripples the global economy. Avoid itsbe forced to growth targets for the year. Shery lets get a quick check of the markets. We are seeing u. S. Futures rising a 10th of 1 . This after u. S. Stocks fell for the first time in three days. We have a mixed corporate bag of earnings. Not to mention worsening economic data. U. S. Companies cutting a record 20. 2 million jobs in april. Tone comingsk off from increased coronavirus cases and deaths in italy and new york. 10 year yield at the highest level in three weeks. The u. S. Has increased the amount of debt plans to issue in quarterly refunding options. We have the s p 500 falling 7 10 of 1 . Utilities and Energy Leading the decline. Lets take a look at what oil is doing. It is rebounding. 2 . Er than higher by this after snapping a five day rally on supply glut. Saw data showing u. S. Gasoline demand is steadily recovery. Lets turn to our top story, the war of words between china and the u. S. Intensify yet again with