Lagarde,at, christine madame gore gave a of the International Monetary fund, and your conversation with Andrew Bailey. Francine if you distill what we are trying to do, there are three main questions what kind of recovery and recession will be get, the inflationary versus deflationary debate, and the economic scarring. We will try to do that with the bank of england and the imf, touching on what countries may need support in the future. Christine lagarde also extremely interesting because it will be the first time we hear from her since the German Court Decision so we will hear from her about the legality or not about what they did. Tom the complexities of this German Court Decision, George Saravelos out with a blistering note, wondering even if the ecb will respond to the german court. We respond to our first word news. U. S. And china trade negotiators will speak as soon as next week to try to make progress in implementing a phase one deal, President Trump threatening to terminate th
Combine creating the u. K. s biggest internet and phone operator. And decision at don. The bank of england makes a rare earlymorning rate announcement imminently. We will speak to governor bailey leader on today about that decision, but a mission to china. The who considers investigating the source of the coronavirus as britain prepares to ease parts of its nationwide lockdown. Just under an hour away from the start of cash equity trading across europe. Lets take a look at where futures are trading. Actually, are we getting bank of england headlines now . Are. Yes, we bank of england votes unanimously to maintain its benchmark Interest Rate, to keep it unchanged at 0. 1 . No change in the kiwi program and no change in the Interest Rate. The pound is Holding Steady against the u. S. Dollar as a way there had been increased volatility in the pound heading into the decision. We are also getting a lot of indecision over how the expectations for how the coronavirus will hit the u. K. Voted
The group will hit higher in the third quarter. The question is still out how long it is going to last thats the real question we spoke to the former Vice President of the ecb as the central bank chief said she is undetoured by the Court Decision another member tells us the decision could have unfortunate consequences this could infringe in the end of independence of the ecb im not sure if it is laughable or serious and dangerous reassuring the markets and instability amid the outbreak in the plunge in the First Quarter profit the cfo tells us he expects an attractive recovery. With a sharp decline but not as sharp a recovery but more an elongated recovery thats what we are planning. Maximum caution is the latest message from the uk Prime Minister Boris Johnson as he prepares to announce a limited easing of the lockdown a very warm welcome to street signs markets this morning responding positively as representatives from china and the u. S. Have agreed to Work Together on the face 1 de
The show. Oil finding some support from markets as we still get earnings coming out. Fiat chrysler withdrawing its full year 20 guidance. They plan to restart production as conditions allow. About 100djusted ebit million euros. Nonetheless, continuing to see withdrawn guidance. Really hard to make a decision as a Portfolio Manager when you dont know what the outlook is going to be. It is time now for todays market moving news from our brussels and new york teams. We want to begin in europe, where germanys top judges gave the ecb a threemonth ultimatum to fix qe. The court ruled that some aspects of its Asset Purchase Program arent backed by eu treaties. Going to brussels is maria tadeo. What does it actually mean, and have we seen any response from the eu on this . Maria it is a bombshell, really. The judges are basically saying overall, there is no monetary financing, which would be illegal, but some aspects of qe are unjustified, and not backed up by european treaties, which means th
First time in decades. Going there for more from beijing is bloombergs selina wang. Give us an update on the situation in terms of the death toll and some of the evacuations from the ships, and also what we have heard about potential delay to the National Peoples congress. Selina we heard from the head hospital that he turning point may be reached, but we did see the number of , so it looks like the virus has not reached a peak yet. Outside china, countries have been stepping up evacuation efforts from these cruise lines. The diamond princess cruise ship in japan reporting the number of infections jumped to 454 after another 99 new cases right in the fight. In beijing, you can still feel the effects on the local economy, with stores and restaurants still closed. There has been a slight uptick in activity as people have resumed work, but only about 40 to 50 of the economy has been running at capacity this week. In beijing, anyone returning from the city has been ordered to self quaranti