Shrinks, but it doesnt set the u. K. Up for a good spot Going Forward. We are seeing the relationship between fiscal and Monetary Policy really evolve the u. K. We will break that down over the next few hours. You are seeing bond markets bid across the board, as we are koff develop. We want to kick it off with Michael Mckee. Theld central bank mike,entral banks if i say mmt, am i wrong . Anyway. Yeah, [laughter] its confusing, though, what is going on with the economic philosophy called mmt. Yes, it is unlimited cash in unlimited amounts for unlimited periods of time until we get through this. Youre still going to work your tail off today before we get to 4 00 p. M. Lets start in london come over the bank of england is going to finance Government Spending for the time being by lending money directly to the treasury. It is called the ways and means facility, a shortterm credit the last used during great financial crisis. Government and the bank say any borrowing will be repaid by the en
Treasury market. Unbelievable moves. Commodities just keep getting crushed. Crude is at 40 have dollars. Time not is at 45. Tom never global exchange. Our bloomberg voices are on the ground with this mornings top stories. In asia, new cases of the coronavirus continue to appear outside of china. New zealand and lithuania have reported their first infections. And cases anda, south korea have gone to over 2000. Joining me is stephen engle. That is the case outside of china. Theresns that if 83,000 globally, thats more than 4000 outside of china. Chinas rate of new infections has been slowing down. New cases since yesterday, but south korea nearly doubled that in one day. They reported another batch of new numbers on top of the numbers this morning. They added 571 cases from yesterday. That means they have more than 2100 cases and climbing. Japan also climbing towards 1000 confirmed cases, 931 if you 700 from the cruise ship off yokohama. Tokaido has declared a state of emergency the day
That is all ahead but we begin with seema mody and the Market Action today seema, it was record highs to start. Were not there yet, though. Yeah. Thats a great point, dom. Three hours left in trade. Take a look at the screen. Were actually losing a bit of steam. Nasdaq now down just about three points s p 500 higher by four and the Dow Jones Industrial higher by 64 points. Nasdaq, if it gets back into positive territory, it would be on track for its tenth consecutive close. That would be the longest strea since 1997 and it really has been a strong weak lets break down when stocks have been leading the charge as you can see, it is primaril technology apple. Intel. Amazon in fact, amazon stock now playing catchup on track for its biggest oneweek advance of the year in response to those strong Holiday Shopping sales stock up about 6 . Also, want to draw your attention to shares of nike. Sitting on yet another record high this afternoon. Consumer edge overnight raising its price target and
Crown the world from all around the world. Our bloomberg voices are on the ground with all this mornings top stories. We begin in china, where the government signals a cash injection is on the way to ensure a strong start in 2020. At a meeting in china, the premier said the resiliency is continuing. The chinese economy is resilient. The Chinese Market is huge. We are determined to open up further. We will reach a winwin relationship with other countries, especially with our neighbors. Alix joining me on the phone is sharon chen, the beijing bureau chief. What have we learned from his speech . Give us a backup of the bilateral meeting. Sharon it basically signaled there are going to be product cuts with the amount of cash the banks have to keep as a reserve. Lending to the private sector is a huge part of the economy that china needs to shore up. It accounts for nine out of 10 jobs every year, and it comes after china already promised wideranging set of initiatives that will boost the n
Down by about six basis points. Time now for global exchange, where we bring you todays market moving news from all around the world, from hong kong to taipei, from london to new york and washington. Our bloomberg voices are on the ground with todays top stories. In hong kong, a Third Straight day of protests this rep to traffic across the city and shut down Public Schools for the first time. Chinese state media warned of consequences if the violence continues. Going to me on the phone from hong kong is karen leigh. Give us a sense of what is happening there. Karen i feel like i say this every time i talk to you now, but there is a bit of a new dimension here today. Schools were suspended for the first time during these protests. They will not be in session tomorrow. Some universities canceling classes for the month or even the semester. People start to realize that maybe this violence is going to go on longer than just these few days. We saw carrie lam say yesterday she wasnt going to