This coming out of china this morning. The Unemployment Rates surge to 6. 2 in china, and bank of japan is boosting stimulus this morning doubling stocks purchases. They are buy equities at the bank of japan because yield and tenure fall this morning. Were down 18 basis is point on the tenure at. 800 . Over this 200 coronavirus cases now here in america. West virginia, the only state with no known cases. More school ises are closing major restrictions are being put on businesses and travel. The cdc urging no gatherings of more than 50 people. Vaccine trials meanwhile are starting today. That is one certainly note of optimism. Trump declared National Emergency urging americans against hoarding as Grocery Store is shelveses are emptying out. The president taking part in a Video Conference of with g7 lead percent today to coordinate a response to the coronavirus pandemic. Meanwhile this, senate is expected to vote in coronavirus release bill today. They were there late until 1 a. M. Frida
Gaining stoxx 600 are 0. 7 . Trying to still digest moves from the fed at super tuesday. We are getting data out of the euro area. It is coming in instead of the 52. 8 we were expecting. The eurodollar is unchanged. Lifts foring similar the s p future. Lets get straight to first word news in new york city. We begin with an update on the coronavirus. More than 50,000 people have recovered from the virus more been released from the hospital. The number of infections has risen. Now, to the spring meetings of the International Monetary fund. Will use a virtual format instead of holding the conference in washington dc. The two organizations have said they are fully committed to maintaining the coram. Japan is saying it could be possible to delay the summer olympics to later in the year amid concerns the coronavirus could cause the games to be canceled. Late may is seen as the latest a decision could be made. Is pressingapan ahead. Experts from opec and its allies recommended deeper cuts to
Says it will conduct daily repo operations to stabilize the lending market joining us for the hour, jim le camp happy friday investors dont like it when trade delegations cut their trip short. They dont, but god we can buy chinese dog leashes now. Theyve allowed a lot of things to happen and theyre not accelerating things so we need to get beyond what theyre ta talking about, beyond the saber rattling and looking at the actions. We havent ramped up tear i haves in a while then you look at the Federal Reserve board and while a lot of people were disappointed on wednesday when they didnt do too much more than say were going to cut it a quarter of a point, didnt give us a lot to go on in the future, it was more dovish than people look like he set the table for Balance Sheet expansion and Balance Sheet expansion may not be qe, but they could be mistaken as twins at a party its about the same thing. So yeah. I think some of these things are comeing off the boil whether its trade, Federal Re
First half. Is ticking asck london and brussels plan new talks. They can still block a new deal divorce. Kathleen breaking news on south korea Industrial Production. I was talking about whether or not the bank of korea might cut their key rate and a couple of hours. The pricing jump, up 2. 6 . Up more than forecast at 0. 5 . That is what was expected. In terms of the monthly number, lets move on to the yearoveryear number. Up 0. 6 . A big improvement over 2. 9 . That has been revised a little bit higher, 2. 6. Very good news for south korean Industrial Production, closely linked to manufacturing, closely linked to the trade war. We will get more details on that and get more on that later. Beijing for ato look at the asian markets. There has been a lot of volatility this month but it looks like on the last day, we are seeing cautious optimism. More green across the board. For the nikkei. Positive numbers out of korea so that will help bolster when the markets open, up almost 1 . 5 thise
Bloomberg surveillance. U. S. Yields jumping to the highes level in three years. I looking at crude. The monthly report just coming out now. The report sees explosive growth in u. S. Oil output as prices rally. There is not that much of an impact for the moment on wti. Maybe traders are trying to see what that means for the markets. Coming up right here on bloomberg surveillance, we talked to an activist investor, one of europes largest equity funds later this hour. We will speak with gina miler about all things brexit and nigel wilson joins us to give us his take on where to find the best returns in 2018. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news with nejra cehic reporter Germanys Social Democratic Party is looking for other ways to sweeten its stint in angela merkel. Delegates bothdp this sunday on a proposal by Party Leaders to stop formal Coalition Talks with the chancellor. Vote,s predict a tight while young Party Activists lead a campaign to shun policy cover moses. Shun