Shortly. What do you observe this morning, nejra . Nejra im observing headlines coming through right now from andrew bailey, in the core with journalists he is having right now, that it is clearly a commitment to take action, saying the qe program is highly aggressive and appropriately is so. Also saying there is no evidence the boe is targeting any part of the yield curve, but what is really interesting is we did see a little bit of differing views in terms of the decision today. There were policymakers that wanted to extend qe today, but the reaction to the fact we have had no change in policy today is coming. Analysts say we will get more qe in june or august or both, and the pound catching a bid off the back of the boe forecasting the vshaped recovery. That is what i find staggering. A 15 rebound in 2021. Tom i think you are dead on in that, nejra. There is no question what six out within all the excel spreadsheets and the heroic language at this moment, really with depressionera e
The governor announced the state conducted over 600 tests and was planning on opening a second testing site monday. Gov. Murphy sorry to be, again, a few minutes behind, which is my bad. Its good to be in Bergen County. I havent been here in a couple of weeks, jim. Ive been under the weather, so its nice to be back. I also want to thank our friends, in particular at Bergen County college here, starting with president dr. Michael redmond, whos a dear friend, and i want to thank him for hosting us so graciously today, as he always has. I had the great opportunity a couple of years ago to deliver the commencement address to the graduates of this fine institution, and it was one of the highlights during my time as governor. And i want to thank him and his team for opening their door to us today on his campus and his community. And, obviously, its been a big day here. More on that in a minute. Im here with a cavalcade of vips, so i want to thank a woman who needs no introduction immediately
The economy in the next 3, 6, 18 months. Tom it has been an extraordinary recharging of global recession. Germany looking at recession calls back to 2009, really no surprise there. But it has been the additive facts that we have seen over the weekend measuring global slowdown. There is no place you see it more than thiss morning, not only in the price decline of oil, but specifically brent has had worldwide crude has an extremely difficult six hours. Francine yeah, we also have to look at currencies, dollar had quite a move, and dollar of course is now benefiting, or at least moving on the back of the Credit Rating downgrade from other countries. We look at pound, a lot a lot of volatility there. Thats get to first word news in new york city with viviana hurtado. Viviana President Donald Trump wants the public to continue practicing social distancing until at least the end of april and not by easter come as he previously suggested. Dr. Anthony fauci telling cnn if efforts to mitigate t
And of austerity. The u. K. Prepares its biggest dose of stimulus in decades. It really is said to plan doublings doubling stimulus to combat the outbreak. President trump appears to a coronavirus conference. He was expected to announce a major stimulus package that he hyped himself the day before. And, taking a hit. Couldsays the coronavirus knock First Quarter quarter china revenue by one billion euros. We will speak to the ceo in just over a half an hour. Youve got some breaking news down there on the green from the bank of england. Anna absolutely, breaking news. Itsbank of england reduces bank rate. The bank of bank rates by 50 basis points. 20. 25 . A surprise rate cut from the bank of england. Just as we saw a surprise rate cut from the fed. Here we are seeing me seeing a great deal of cooperation theeen the fiscal side of monetary side in the u. K. Investments are waiting for an update, waiting for the government to respond to the coronavirus. We are also hearing about a Moneta
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