10 year. Crude now below 30. And not emphasize enough how much pain that will be causing to producers. To get a sense of where we are in the market, if you switch of the board, you can see some of the heavy hitters within the market, like apple and microsoft, down 10 , 11 . Also seeing bank of america off by 16 . The index which tracks the s p is down by almost 10 . Again, a world of hurt within the next two and half hours. We have some breaking news. The boe is pledging further prompt action when needed. No specifics on that, but they are pledging action as needed. We will bring you anything, any information as they come out. They said the dollar move to combat is there. This is governor bailey. Time now for global exchange, where we bring you todays market moving news from all around the world. From new york to washington, brussels and beijing come our bloomberg voices are on the ground with all of this mornings top stories. The Federal Reserve swept into action yesterday, cutting it
Measures fail to emerge. On the monetary side, the bank of england, becomes the latest to cut rates treasury yields hovering around 80 basis points. Full Team Coverage of todays market plunge. Mike san tolly is with us and meg on the latest on the coronavirus. But well begin with breaking news out of washington major Bank Executives meet with the president today. Well get to wolf at the white house. Reporter the president and the Vice President and the treasury secretary currently hosting in the white house behind me the leaders of the major Financial Institutions of this country in attendance we have the leaders of jpmorgan, bank of america, citigroup, goldman sachs, wells fargo, black stone making it the type of gathering we havent seen since the peak of the financial crisis. Theyre all inside, as we speak. What will be on the agenda well, two main things. Number one, liquidity and the functioning of markets number two, lending to businesses that are most affected by the coronavirus.
This coming out of china this morning. The Unemployment Rates surge to 6. 2 in china, and bank of japan is boosting stimulus this morning doubling stocks purchases. They are buy equities at the bank of japan because yield and tenure fall this morning. Were down 18 basis is point on the tenure at. 800 . Over this 200 coronavirus cases now here in america. West virginia, the only state with no known cases. More school ises are closing major restrictions are being put on businesses and travel. The cdc urging no gatherings of more than 50 people. Vaccine trials meanwhile are starting today. That is one certainly note of optimism. Trump declared National Emergency urging americans against hoarding as Grocery Store is shelveses are emptying out. The president taking part in a Video Conference of with g7 lead percent today to coordinate a response to the coronavirus pandemic. Meanwhile this, senate is expected to vote in coronavirus release bill today. They were there late until 1 a. M. Frida
The dow down as much as 123. The s p is up and the treasury at this point, it looks like the yield has been something people are watching again you dont want to see these move up too quickly it has shown some strength wti, yesterday was down 24 . That was the third worst day ever for oil prices. 18year low. This morning, wti is up better than 13 last i looked it was around 23. These moves with the dow, s p and massive moves yesterday in the market, all of us were a little relieved when the 4 00 p. M. Bell range. I was happier like you. I dont even know what you are thinking at 2,300. When it comes back 1,000 mike spointed out at one poit the dow was down 2,300 points. Im reaching for straws in the ocean but walmart. New highs. Close to alltime highs. I know why i know all of that if walmart lives, i think im going to live. I hang my head on amazon hiring another 10,000 people you saw amazon hiring like 10,000 people. People are still shopping. Becky, i saw we wrote an article. Higher y
To the importance of signal of folding below a 1 year yield. The twoyear is many people will be discussing emergency fed action. Francine yes, i think that will permeate through what we look at everyday, bond markets around the. World lets get to the first word news first word news in new york city with vienna or title. Viviana we begin with the first moving developments to the coronavirus fastbreak. The japanese island of hokkaido went quiet after the governor declared a state of emergency. New zealand and lithuania putting their first infections. South korea has more than 2000 cases. The u. S. Is moving to expand the number of people being tested. Health Authorities Say they will test anyone with unexplained severe respiratory illnesses. J. P. Morgan is joining other Corporate Giants in restricting travel, the bank saying International Business trips will be limited to a social travel only. Previously they had limited travel only two regions hardhit whether coronavirus. Oil is on tra