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Podcast: WorldWide Markets with Simon Brown
Episode: MarketStandard with Simon brown 18 May 2020 (#006)
Description: **Global** / UK two-year government bonds traded negative last week as UK GDP -2% for Q1, -5.8% for March & retail sales fall 19% year on year. Biggest in 25 years / Tencent's Q1:20 results showed a +19% jump in gaming subscriptions, overall Group revenue grew +26% and, on almost all metrics, the Group beat analyst estimates. / US, jobless claims came out as another nasty number today, now totally around 36m (the worst number since the Great Depression) while April retail sales collapsed -16.4% m/m. **Local** / Barloworld is attempting to back out of its deal to buy ...