Exception of the bond market. We are down at session lows on the stoxx 600. Sector certainly taking it hard today, as we see this drop, a very sharp drop we are getting in the crude market at the moment. Theres a top line running on the bloomberg of the sharp drawdown we are seeing. In terms of the bond market, and some ways, this is where the real action is. The expectation is we will see significant supply, as a result of this we have a big move in bunds and btps. Btps pretty under pressure. It looks like the ecb via the bank of italy was in the market earlier on. When it comes to the markets, dollars strong. We are now trading at cable rates we havent seen since the mid80s. We went through 1. 20. Now we are trading with a 1. 18 handle on the cable rate. Alix i love that you brought up btps. At one point they were up by 58 basis points. The Trump Administration now promising a 1. 2 trillion dollar stimulus package, including direct payments of 1000 or more to americans. President tru
Battered and bruised the entire u. S. Economy affectedsttion considering a 1 trillion rescue plan, including possible Cash Payments to all americans. This is not an ordinary situation, so it requires extraordinary measures. Just ahead how soon could help be on the way. And clean sweep. Joe biden takes a nearly insurmountable lead as voters head to the polls in three states as the nation faces a health crisis, the growing pressure to end the democratic primary. Today wednesday, march 18th, 2020 announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today the coronavirus pandemic with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb. Hi, everybody welcome to today. Thank you for joining us on wednesday morning. Things look a little different i feel a little lonely here. Im missing my partner in crime. Im usually 6 feet away here miss guthrie, where are you . Now were really socially distancing, arent we . Its unusual. Im at home. Im in my basement right now here is whats happening i wasnt feeling my best a
I think it is important to keep we actually havent seen a vote on the 100 billion stimulus. [indiscernible] now they are going to try to work on a much bigger bill. But keep in mind it has been difficult to get this package that is much more targeted past the goal line, so we need to keep our expectations and check in terms of both timing and scope. It is a big number that would be welcome by the market and by the. Conomy [indiscernible] , the could actually happen market needs to keep their expectations and check in terms might beickly this real stimulus. David we are talking about 1. 2 trillion. We have 100 billion the senate still havent acted on. Beyond that, do we have a sense of what it is going to go for . As i understand, some amount of money, maybe 1000, to peoples pockets. Theres also some talk about differing tax payments in the treasury. Is there going to be money for the airlines . Is going tonk this be very multidimensional. Because this is an unusual crisis in some ways,
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Invited to form israels next government. Hello governments around the world have stepped up restrictions on the movement of their citizens to reduce the spread of the coronavirus the number of coronavirus deaths recorded in italy has now risen 25 percent just in the past day to over 800 as europes worst outbreak of the deadly virus continues to expand italy has 25000 cases of the highest number recorded outside china and spain became the 2nd european country to impose a nationwide lockdown its confirmed 2000 new cases and the number of reported deaths has doubled iran has announced more than 100 people have died in the past 24 hours and confirmed cases there are nearing 14000 to hans says its fight is being severely hampered by u. S. Sanctions and then the u. S. Increased screening measures for people returning from europe have caused chaos at airports the u. S. Has imposed a ban on non americans traveling from European Countries including the u. K. And ireland or brennan is joining us