Data and their stock sale this week but first, we are just getting the minutes from the last Federal Reserve meeting. It was a major one, consequential. Steve liesman digging through that release right now well give him some time to digest and dig, well hear from him in a minute. In the meantime, kelly, back to you. Tyler, thanks we are awaiting the headlines from the fed minutes stocks are in rally mode right now, as all 50 states have now eased lockdown restrictions in some way lets get over to bob pisani who has more on the markets for us bob . Im dying to hear more about what mr. Powell said in the fed minutes. Mr. Powell has been much more aggressive in talking about the need for more fiscal stimulus. Im sure that will come up in the minutes. Stay tuned for steve ive been talking about broadening in the markets. Were not far from the highs today, but what you want to see happening, the broadening, its happening again today. The banks are up, the transports are up were seeing moves
Hardpressed drillers . We will ask. Now we are quoting the next contract for june delivery. The price coming in at, where was it moments ago, what was it, 15, 16 a barrel. The president will fill the Strategic Petroleum reserve with up to 75 billion barrels. That helps storage capacity. But it makes no impression on collapsing demand which is at the heart of the oil price problem. A lot of people expect that that price, the one we see right now, what was it, 16, 15 a barrel, expect it to down from here. Well see. Stocks, theyre down in part because of the Oil Situation. Its another indicator of how badly the virus is affecting the economy. Investors not happy about the demise of Americas Energy industry. The dow will be down 500, s p, lets see, 54 points down and the nasdaq down about 82. A small loss in percentage terms compared to the dow and the s p. Well, the president s twitter account active last night, late last night. He called the virus the invisible enemy and said he would is
History but album on a case of the persian gulf about to blow their wealth and just how low will oil prices go. Union divided on sharing the Economic Cost of the pandemic why france and italy are lining up against germany and the netherlands. Now Subsaharan Africa could be plunged into its 1st recession in 25 years as the Global Health crisis brought about by the corona virus wreaks havoc many nations like nigeria angola south africa are dependent on commodities for a large chunk of trade and revenues all have been decimated as economies have ground to a halt well the World Bank Estimates growth could tumble to minus 5 point one percent from 2. 4 percent triggering Food Insecurity the pandemic could cost the region as much as 79000000000. 00 in lost output from falling Commodity Prices to a drop in tourism. The Nigerian Government to seeking 7000000000. 00 in emergency funding from the i. M. F. And world bank its last budget assume that oil prices would be around 59. 00 a barrel its cu
When you saw that document for the 1st listen to the war saying youll go. With. The stories that. Hello im Darren Jordan this is counting the cost on aljazeera you look at the world of business and economics this week the coronavirus pandemic wreaks havoc across Subsaharan Africa nations turn to the i. M. F. And world bank to see them through the crisis the biggest Oil Production cuts in history but album on a case of the persian gulf about to blow their wealth and just how low will oil prices go. A union divided on sharing the Economic Cost of the pandemic why france and italy are lining up against germany and the netherlands debt. Now Subsaharan Africa could be plunged into its 1st recession in 25 years as the Global Health crisis brought about by the corona virus wreaks havoc many nations like nigeria angola south africa are dependent on commodities for a large chunk of trade and revenues all have been decimated as economies have ground to a halt well the World Bank Estimates growth
Is counting the cost on aljazeera your look at the world of business and economics this week the coronavirus pandemic wreaks havoc across Subsaharan Africa nations turn to the i. M. F. And world bank to see them through the crisis the biggest Oil Production cut in history but album on a case of the persian gulf about to blow their wealth and just how low oil prices. A union divided on sharing the Economic Cost of the pandemic why france and italy are lining up against germany and the netherlands. Now Subsaharan Africa could be plunged into its 1st recession in 25 years as the Global Health crisis brought about by the coronavirus wreaks havoc many nations like nigeria south africa are dependent on commodities for a large chunk of trade and revenue. All have been decimated as economies have ground to a halt well the World Bank Estimates growth could tumble to minus 5 point one percent from 2. 4 percent triggering Food Insecurity the pandemic could cost the region as much as 79000000000.