Well as in london. We begin with a biggie week a busy week for Central Banks. Bank of japan says they will take on unlimited buying of Government Bonds, lifting the cap also on corporate holdings. I, he joins us now. , kitchen sink, we are still throwing it. Michael Central Banks are all as string the question of what you do when you have throwing the kitchen sink. In the back of japans case, you just make the sink a little bigger. The bank of japan already has negative rates, Corporate Bond and etf buying, and an emergency Lending Program, so they just decided to make those programs a bit bigger. Unchanged at rate 10 basis points. Remember, they do yield curve control. They mentioned they would buy as many Corporate Bonds as they need to and expanding access to its Emergency Loan Program for a wider range of banks. For analysts, theres a bit less here than meets the eye. They dropped their ¥80 trillion limit on Government Bond buying, but they werent buying anywhere trillion, so it d
A surprisenk posts profit after saying it made below the ratio target. The ceo joins us, dont this it. Dont miss it. Manus a little bit later on, joining us at 7 30 a. M. That isravity defying, the word used. You look at the numbers. Of 66 million, and revenue comes in at 6. 4 billion, beating the number of 5. 7. Undoubtedly, those are good numbers. They do warn that we might have a little bit of a problem. Nejra of course, we will get the full details scheduled for april 29. I do wonder why they said they may modestly and temporarily dip cet1 the target for the ratio. Otherwise, markets very much focused on the gradual reopening of economies around the world. You had a report from the who over the weekend saying that if you get coronavirus, it might not make you immune to new infections. He wonder if the market might be underestimating the prospect of early opening. In japan, after what we heard from the boj overnight. U. S. And european futures powerfully higher. We did see some gree
The bloomberg terminal back to work. Italy starts seeing its lockdown ease, france follow suit. Boris johnson returns to his post today. Adidas revenue slumps 19 in the First Quarter, but bayer catches oost with adjusted epic. Ebita. Surprise. Ish Deutsche Bank says that expects to post a profit for the First Quarter, but as it is unlikely to meet its leverage ratio in 2020. We are just under an hour away from the start of cash equity trading in europe. Let us take a look at futures as they trade across europe this morning. Looking at gains on futures of 2. 3 for the euro stoxx 50 bluechip european benchmark index. Ftse futures up 1. 5 . They have risen a full percent in the last hour. Dax futures are also up. In terms of the u. S. We see 1 gains across the major equity indexes in terms of futures. S p futures, dow jones, and nasdaq futures. Let us get the bloomberg first word news. In place a plan to start easing lockdown measures on may 4. Manufacturing and construction set to restar
To get toay, a lot this week. Trying to understand the impact of the gradual reopening of the economy. What kind of impact it could have on jobs and productivity. We way that with the story on oil, one of the biggest of the last 10 days. Saudi arabia started doing this production cuts a bit sooner than expected. This is what im looking at overall. A lot of earnings coming through though be the big story of the week. You, have a data check for seeing the stocks in europe, the pound orally sterling up and then i quite look quite like looking at what we can expect. Is due to to speak shortly from downing street, we are live with what the Prime Minister has to say. He is back at work with the uks to tackle the coronavirus and ease the lockdown that has brought the economy to a standstill. As soon as he does it come we will bring you every headline on that. We begin this busy news monday morning here in new york state, yesterday the state coronavirus deaths dropping to the lowest of the mos
With almost 3 million confirmed cases. In the u. S. , there are about 938,000 cases with more than 52,000 deaths. California ranks fourth in the u. S. With 42,000 cases and almost 1700 deaths. There was seven additional deaths recorded in the bay area today with roughly 7000 cases now. Dr. Anthony fauci said today that he believes the United States could double its coronavirus testing over the next two weeks. He says ramping up testing will only help with the stepbystep effort to reopen the country. The country is currently completing between 1. 5 million and 2 million tests per week. Whatever is coming, its getting a bit more difficult for some people to stay home. Outdoor areas around the bay area are seeing a surge in activity and officials are doing their best to accommodate the crowds. Ktvus greg liggins joins us with some of the problems today. Greg . Reporter yeah, andre. After four days of being stuck indoors, for a lot of people, its being a lot more difficult staying inside w