Ready and waiting. Jerome powell says the fed is willing to use all weapons to combat the coronavirus downturn. Philip lane says the ecb is prepared to boost bond buying. Andrew bailey testifies in front of lawmakers today. A lot of centralbank action. Global coronavirus cases near 5 million, as one report throws cold water on modernas vaccine testing. That is what drove stocks lower yesterday and now we see futures down here, up in the u. S. And asia, say mixed picture. J. P. Morgan joins a Goldman Sachs in saying that further quantitative easing is needed to cap bond yields. The u. S. Is so strong a billion dollars of 20 year treasuries today and it looks like a lot more supply is getting mopped up by the central bank. An hour away from the start of cash equity trading in europe. Take a look at the picture here. Arrowslooking at all red in terms of futures, euro stoxx, ftse futures and dax futures are down. If you take a look at the u. S. Futures picture after the downturn yesterday,
We have a show full of chief executives and experts when it comes to treasuries. We will have a conversation with scott f. Thiel shortly. This is what markets are doing. Charts withuple everything from s p to growth versus value stock. Oil is pretty much study. Decline in banks. That is pulling stoxx 600 index down. Crude, i look at it every day because of what we are seeing. Around 32 a barrel in new york day rally. Four we will have market checks every 15 minutes. Lets get to the bloomberg first word news. President trump is hoping reopening the economy will dampen the need for another round of stimulus. That is shared by republican leaders, with Mitch Mcconnell sang the only way out of the crisis is for america to grow again. President trump is predicting a great thirdquarter. Talks have soured with the u. K. Negotiator accusing the eu of offering a low quality deal. David frost says it is unworthy of the fair trade agreement. Michel barnier a says they want to keep the benefits of
We will receive testimony from the secretary of the treasury and e chairman of the Federal Reserve as required under title iv of the cares act. Congress has appropriated 3 trillion to protect and support americans to fight the pandemic and also to stabilize the infrastructure of our economic system. A large portion of this funding is authorized under title iv of the cares act which provides resources for loans, guarantees, and other investments from treasury and the Federal Reserve 13. 3 emergency Lending Facility and programs in support of eligible businesses, states, municipalities, and tribes. Title iv of the cares act provided 454 billion as an infusion into the exchange stabilizatiofund to support the Federal Reserves emergency lending facilities that facilitate liquidity in the marketplace and support eligible businesses, states, governments, and tribes. This unique authority known as 13. 3 authority is authorized under section 13 of the Federal Reserve act and plays a Critical R
United kingdom, the issuance of a gilt with a negative rate. Francine we have been debating negative rate for a couple of weeks since Andrew Bailey said they cannot rule it out. Is at theates forefront of the next debate. , they say thise is a terrible idea when it comes to pound and then you have a brexit dynamic. Negotiations are not going well. Andrew bailey testifying in about three hours and a half from now. Tom adrian paul from Goldman Sachs publishing moment ago, and asmakes a sharp Distinction Service sector disinflation. In the united states, we see goods deflation and disinflation for some time but a 3 persistent Service Sector their inflation in the united states, adrian paul looking at the information saying maybe not. Service sector deflation is here. Join us fory to moments on the conundrum of small and mid cap. News. Ur first word ritika President Trump and republican progression a leaders congressional leaders are Standing Firm against another round of stimulus. The pre
Time now for our top market moving news from our new york team. Joining me Bloomberg Opinion columnist brooke sutherland. What were some of your Key Takeaways . Brooke i think what is interesting is target talks about First Quarter comparable sales being up, but nearly all of that was from digital. Digital comparable sales were 141 in the quarter. Those sales come at a cost. They are more expensive. The natural supply chain dynamics of delivering products to homes rather than having them purchased instore is more expensive for target, so you are seeing that market squeeze. Clothes,rent buying where target gets more of a higher profit margin. They were buying food any essentials. Is this a structural shift . Are people getting so used to ordering online that they will continue to order these items . They did also callout market share gains, which is key. Given Amazon Logistics troubles, are you going to be seeing customers rediscovering target and walmart, some of these longerlasting st