Will it make its way back to zero . Seems to be part of the conversation building in markets. Barrelumped above 65 a as supply disruptions in iraq brought concern to geoPolitical Risk. With more is Annmarie Hordern. Detention we are seeing in libya and iraq come very different in nature. What is the impact of these on oil supplies . Annmarie they are both geoPolitical Risks to the oil supply. In libya, the government says we could go to 72,000 barrels a day. This has to do with the eastern military commander. He has a blockade now on the port, so actual supply is not disrupted. The market may be shrugging off a little bit because in days or hours, that blockade could be lifted. Iraq, while it is a minor disruption, which is producing more than 4 Million Barrels a day, it opens up a window of worry. Just last thursday, the iea says iraq remains very vulnerable. It is more about could the supply threatened become much bigger. Anna they are overproducing their opec target. Annmarie this c
Expect sluggish growth. He said he wants to take that think about and rates. Oil is currently unchanged. It has been bouncing around all morning long. Yesterday falling to as low as 42. 75 a barrel. It is entering a bear market, the 21 to its peak, and dollar coinciding somewhat with oil. That is holding your a onemonth high, gaining as much as 1 over the past two weeks. Lets get an update on what is making headlines outside the business world. We are checking in with them on first world news. Has won theel special election for the house seat in georgia for the gop. She took 53 of the vote against democrats. Democrats have hoped to capitalize on debt President Trumps low approval rating. In london, the queen said the government will try to maintain its subtle relationship with european allies. She outlined Prime Minister theresa mays legislative agenda in her annual speech department. Queen carried on without her husband, prince philip. He was hospitalized for an election. In saudi ara
A very warm welcome to the program. This is counting. Waitingm london, we are for a host of corporate earnings this morning, particularly from corporate spirit we have been asking for a couple of days now when we will see markets adjust expectation. We heard a lot of hawkish commentary over the recent weeks, we got our answer. Fed a show you what the fund reaction was the reaction, we have a chart that shows that for you. Last night in the minutes, they said that depending on growth and the labor market and inflation, judging appropriate to increase rates in june. This is a chart we saw in terms of the fed fund futures. The function on the bloomberg, adjusted very quickly. Hike in 4 of a rate june on monday. And now we are 32 . A big adjustment. Let us go to the risk radar next. Tell you what has been happening overnight in those markets. This is all linked of course. 2 10 of aex of percent. Up in yesterdays trading session, near a sevenweek high. Speculation about a june increase in r
A very warm welcome to countdown everybody. I am anna edwards. Manus i am manus cranny. Volatility, talking about the dollar, talking the biggest slide in five weeks. Have a look in this chart for our viewers. The dollar index is the white line. And economic surprises are the blue dots. The trifecta, my word of the day the trifecta of doubt,. Talking about services expanding the weakest in six years, manufacturing contract ing, and a lackluster jobs report. That is changing the work function. The probability of the rate hike drops to 24 from 34 . The dollar is under pressure, and volatility, that is spiking higher. What is next . Anna as you say as that data increasingly, disappoints, let us bring up the risk radar and show you how the rest of the Asset Classes have been reacting u. S. T weak data in the theback of that week data, korean wine up as you see. Up to the strong as in the year, oil up by half a percent, the road to algeria paved with a lot of talk about a freeze, a lot of c