The dollar still strong against currencies like the euro, but the commodityrelated currencies are performing really well in the em, as well as the g10 space. Time now for todays market moving news from our london and new york teams. We want to start with the markets after we have u. S. Futures rebounding. Joining me on the phone is bloombergs dani burger. The question i feel like, last week we saw the bottom, now feels off the table. Every day people are saying it is the bottom, it is not the bottom, but the picture continues to change. There is so much uncertainty. A bit of a lift in markets today. It is really the Energy Complex helping lead the way today, getting a boost from china beginning to buy oil for their state reserves. But any upside today is likely to lack conviction. Stocks in u. S. H fields are really starting to march higher. A slight backandforth in terms of u. S. 10 year yields, no moving lower after being just slightly higher today. Then you have to keep in mind that
780 points s p also up 3. 4 the nasdaq up by 2. 5 . This morning, you do see some red arrows right now, the dow is down by 111 points the nasdaq down by 65 points jobless claims number that people will be watching so closely. Keeping an eye on trezy yields, it looked like the yell was trading at 3. 7 . Thank you, we have an update now and numbers. Confirmed cases in the United States is now more than 432,000. More than infections in italy, spain and germany combined new york state has 151,000 and 6,200 deaths Trump Administration is saying they are seeing real evidence that the measures being taken are working. A battle is brewing on capitol hill over new outbreak funding demanding 250 billion in new funding. House speaker and Senate Minority leader saying any new package would need to include more for additional money for hospitals, state and local governments. The senate is expected to bring competing measures to the floor today. Neither are expected to pass fed chair jay powell is s
So no, we are not at the reversal rate, and we are certainly not at the lower bound rate. If in the future it is necessary for the purpose of dealing with the risks at the time to address that, we will do so. Point, i think ive dealt extensively with these issue limits. All i have to say at the moment is that we will use all excess abilities in the framework of our Asset Purchase Program. There in mind, by the way bear in mind, by the way, to this person on the line, that we are likely to see increased debt issuance on the part of a few countries, if only to deal with the fiscal resources, but they will have to mobilize in order to put in place the Health Care System that will be needed to respond to the spreading of the disease. That is also a factor to have in mind. Let me ask you a question about the timing of your decisions. When did you realize that this situation is getting out of control and you need to come up why did youge, and not act directly after the first g7 call . Where
Explosions ahead of the swearing in for afghan president ashraf ghani his rival of dylan has held the secretary to integrate himself. And joining us go with the sport asian well cup qualifiers at the spine and tennis is biggest tournament outside the grand slams indian wells is called off over corona virus. So now its only has reported a big jump in the number of corona virus cases as a lockdown of a quarter of its population comes into full force 133 new deaths have been confirmed the number of infections has doubled since friday to nearly 7400 more than 111000 cases are confirmed globally 62000 have recovered so far so when you go begins our coverage. A city deserted a region under lockdown milan italy is economic heart is almost unrecognizable hardly anyone in the shopping malls its famous squares as the army keeps watch over an almost surreal situation this is an unprecedented crisis in this countrys recent history will look as thats richard in then i mean what is happening in my c
Equities not totally convinced. They were higher, then rolled over. Part of that is the u. S. U. S. Futures were a little higher three hours ago. Now weve rolled over yet again. Intocalvasina sees a dip 1700 possible for the s p. Part of the reason we are seeing this is a spike in the dollar index. Causing a lot of pain across the board, whether in the commodity market, emerging markets, europe. The eurodollar having an unbelievable slide. The cable rate at its lowest level at one point since 1988. Time now for global exchange. We are going to bring you todays market moving news from around the world. From brussels to london to lawson can to washington, our bloomberg voices are on the ground with todays top stories. The ecb announced it would do whatever it takes and an emergency Bond Buying Program. Joining us is maria tadeo. Walk us through what we know about the program. Maria first of all, it was unexpected. It took a lot of people by surprise. You have to take a look at the amount