Day. You just made my was that a mel brooks movie robin hood men in tights . With the singing. Something like that. Every time i think of robin hood that is what i think about. Alix cary elwes. Lets get back to markets. Any comments on yield curve control when the fed releases its decision in about three hours. Joining us is Marilyn Watson of blackrock. Thanks a much for joining us. With the exception of the last few days, it has been thebb conversation of about a about a curb steepener. What is the best conversation into or out of the fed . Think expectations for anything new from the fed are extremely low. Good in termsery of the labor market on friday. In terms of that being in earlyement, it is still days in terms of the u. S. Economy reopening. In terms of how we will see further opening in the economy and what will happen in the labor market. At the fed we expect to see yields and rates anchored at the front end for some time to palm. Expectely neutral and we rates will remain ne
Be playing into sentiment. All of the sub indices in the s p 500 are lower now. A real pause in earnings reports from the Oil Companies to amazon, down 7 after saying it would likely spend all of its operating profits on covid related preparations to protect employees and customers. Also saying that revenue increased, which was a positive sign out of amazon, but again, investors selling that stock today. Barrelil was above 20 a , so i bit of a recovery, if you want to put it that way. It certainly doesnt feel that way. Then we had the ism manufacturing data earlier which really cast a pall over the earnings outlook. Ecb president Christine Lagarde is forecasting euro area Economic Growth to shriek as much is 12 this year. This is the central bank announced a series of further that effectively amount to do an Interest Rate cut. Thanks on the front line of the economic recovery puts banks on the front line of the economic recovery, but does it go far enough . Ofh us now is Marilyn Watson
Lets have a look at those markets that seem absolutely impervious to what is going on in the real economy. The dow is up 1. 5 . The s p is up 1. 5 . The nasdaq is up 1. 6 . Gains on companies that had a good quarter, including news corp. , although advertising was down. Bit off ofg a little its stock price. In its comforts own, 66 basis points. Just off of our high on crude oil, just short of 24 a barrel. Lets get into the Market Action with taylor riggs. Theor you mentioned 10year yield. I also wanted to mention the twoyear yield. Overnight, dipping below 12. 5 basis points. Getting a record low. The futures market is also pricing in negative rates, that at some point over the next 12 months. Jay powell said that is not the direction that he wants to go, but the markets seem to think negative rates could be in the future. The twoyear yield at 12 basis points certainly catching our attention. Over the last five days, down seven basis points or so. , what look across asset it means for
Economy remain strong. The unplanned rate has been near halfcentury lows for more than a year. Job gains solid in wages have been rising. These strong labor Market Conditions have underpinned solid household spending, which has been the key driver of Economic Growth over the past year. Fomc meetingf our in january, prospects for growth remain favorable. Judge that monitoring policy was wellpositioned to support that outlook. Since then, the spread of the coronavirus has brought challenges and risks. The virus has afflicted many communities around the world and our thoughts and prayers go out to those who have been harmed. The art break has disrupted Economic Activity in many countries and has prompted movement in Financial Markets. To virus and measures contain will weigh on Economic Activity, both here and abroad for some time. We are seeing effects on tourism and travel industries and hearing concerns from industries that rely on Global Supply chains. The magnitude and persistence of
Equities not totally convinced. They were higher, then rolled over. Part of that is the u. S. U. S. Futures were a little higher three hours ago. Now weve rolled over yet again. Intocalvasina sees a dip 1700 possible for the s p. Part of the reason we are seeing this is a spike in the dollar index. Causing a lot of pain across the board, whether in the commodity market, emerging markets, europe. The eurodollar having an unbelievable slide. The cable rate at its lowest level at one point since 1988. Time now for global exchange. We are going to bring you todays market moving news from around the world. From brussels to london to lawson can to washington, our bloomberg voices are on the ground with todays top stories. The ecb announced it would do whatever it takes and an emergency Bond Buying Program. Joining us is maria tadeo. Walk us through what we know about the program. Maria first of all, it was unexpected. It took a lot of people by surprise. You have to take a look at the amount