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Australian Prime Minister Morrison: Stimulus Focused on Keeping Jobs
Mar.11 -- Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison unveils the details of the country’s economic stimulus plan to counteract the impact of coronavirus on the economy. He speaks to reporters in Canberra.
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Global Shippers May Lose About $20 Billion If Container Rates Fall
Apr.27 -- Tim Huxley, chairman of Mandarin Shipping Ltd., Hong Kong’s leading provider of container feeder tonnage, discusses how the coronavirus outbreak is affecting the industry. He speaks with Shery Ahn and Haidi Stroud-Watts on...
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China Pledges Stronger Monetary Policies to Support Economy
May.10 -- China's central bank said the country faces unprecedented economic challenges from the coronavirus pandemic and it will resort to "more powerful" policies to counter the hit to growth. Tom Mackenzie reports on "Bloomberg...
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Newsom Sets Out Next Phase of California's Virus Fight
Apr.15 -- Governor Gavin Newsom laid out plans to tackle the challenges of providing tests and tracking patients, as well as providing rough benchmarks for reopening California's economy, as the state's fight against the coronavirus...
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Hilton: Industry Won't Return to Pre-Covid Levels Anytime Soon
Jun.12 -- Alan Watts, Asia Pacific president at Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc., discusses how the coronavirus outbreak is affecting the hotel operator's businesses in the region. He speaks with Haslinda Amin and Yvnne Man on "Bloomberg...
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U.K. Jobless Claims Start Amid Virus Outbreak
Apr.21 -- Rain Newton-Smith, chief economist at the Confederation of British Industry, looks at how the coronavirus outbreak is affecting the country's economy and the government's efforts to support growth. U.K. jobless claims increased...
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California Sees $54 billion Budget Deficit Amid Shutdowns
May.07 -- California Governor Gavin Newsom says "more federal support" is needed as the state is projecting a $54 billion budget deficit through June 2021 amid surging unemployment caused by the pandemic-related shutdowns. He speaks at...
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Siemens Scraps 2020 Guidance Amid Virus Outbreak
May.08 -- Siemens AG abandoned its full-year sales and earnings forecasts after Europe’s largest engineering company saw profit sink at all divisions amid an industrial slump caused by the coronavirus. Oliver Sachgau reports on...
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ADB: Policymakers Should Cooperate to Contain Virus Within 3 Months
May.15 -- James Villafuerte, senior economist at the Asian Development Bank, looks at how the coronavirus outbreak is affecting economies and policies. The cost of the pandemic could reach as much as $8.8 trillion, or almost 10% of...
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New York, New Jersey Deaths Double in 3 Days
Apr.02 -- Coronavirus deaths in the U.S. continue to climb sharply in New York and New Jersey with governors releasing data showing a doubling of fatalities in the past three days. New York’s death toll reached almost 2,000 while New...
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Japan Is Set to Lift State of Emergency for Tokyo
May.25 -- The Japanese government is on the brink of lifting the state of emergency for Tokyo, its surrounding regions and the northern island of Hokkaido, allowing more parts of the economy to re-open as new coronavirus cases tail off....
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Herd Immunity for Covid-19 Is 'a Fantasy': Dr. Haseltine
Jun.15 -- William Haseltine, who designed the strategy to develop the first treatment for HIV/AIDS and is now chair and president of consulting group ACCESS Health International, talks about the coronavirus outbreak. He speaks with Haidi...
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Singapore 2Q GDP to Be 'Deeply Contractionary': Oxford Economics
Jun.02 -- Sung-Eun Jung, economist at Oxford Economics, looks at how the coronavirus outbreak is affecting Singapore and Indonesia. Singapore on Tuesday enters the first of three phases to ease partial lockdown measures that have been in...
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Pfizer Plans to Request FDA Nod for Covid Booster
Jul.08 -- Pfizer Inc. plans to request U.S. emergency authorization for a third booster dose of its vaccine, Robert Langreth reports on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Australia."
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German Government Must Urge Consumers Not to Change Habits: DIW
Mar.03 -- Marcel Fratzscher, president of the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), discusses the role of governments in preventing a deterioration in business and consumer confidence amid rising panic over the spreading...
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Chile Vice Minister on Vaccinations, Digital Trade Deal
Jul.21 -- Rodrigo Yañez, Chile's vice minister of international economic relations, discusses the country's Covid-19 vaccination program. He also talks about the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement with Singapore and New Zealand. He...
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Takeda Pharma's Venkayya on Global Race for Covid Vaccines
Nov.22 -- Rajeev Venkayya, president of the global vaccine business unit of Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., discusses the latest developments in the global race for Covid-19 vaccines. The company said last month it will import and...
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Will Vaccines Protect Us From All Covid-19 Variants?
Apr.19 -- Dr. Robert Gallo, co-founder of the Global Virus Network and director of the Institute of Human Virology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, discusses the global rollout of Covid-19 vaccines. Global cases passed...
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Asia Pacific Sees 81 Million Jobs Lost Amid Pandemic: ILO
Dec.16 -- On this episode of "Bloomberg Equality," Sara Elder, head of economic and social analysis at the regional office for Asia and the Pacific of the International Labour Organization, an arm of the United Nations, looks at how the...
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Bernstein Favors India's Cipla, Dr. Reddy's, Sun Pharma, Lupin
Dec.16 -- Nithya Balasubramanian, health-care analyst at Bernstein, discusses the prospects for Covid-19 vaccine approvals in India, and the outlook for the country's pharmaceutical industry. She speaks with Rishaad Salamat and Juliette...
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U.K. Rolls Out New Vaccine as France Lags Europe
Jan.04 -- The U.K. is poised to give the first shots of a Covid-19 vaccine from AstraZeneca Plc and the University of Oxford on Monday, in a race against a faster-spreading coronavirus variant that’s prompted new lockdowns across much of...
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Fed Probably Wants to Extend Lending Programs: Kroszner
Nov.05 -- Randall Kroszner, a former Federal Reserve Governor and now a professor of economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, discusses the central bank's policy and the outlook for the economy. Fed Chair Jerome...
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Singapore, Taiwan Tighten Restrictions as Covid Cases Rise
May.16 -- Singapore plans to close public schools this week and move to home-based learning. Indoor dining at restaurants has been banned and working from home will now be the default. Meanwhile in Taiwan, authorities encouraged people...
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Philippines May Borrow From Central Bank in 2021: Dominguez
Oct.13 -- Philippine Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez discusses the health of the economy and the government's policies amid the coronavirus outbreak. He speaks with Kathleen Hays on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia."