Its time to boost your news i hear. Its a move no one seen in decades on monday oil prices plunged into the negatives prompting President Trump to make this announcement were looking to put as much as 75000000000 barrels into the reserves themselves that would top it out it would be 1st time in a long time its been good for the right price. Now adding that much oil is a major task but where do you store it meantime Oil Prices Continue their downward spiral today for more on all of this lets bring in our fronsac shes been following the story and this is the 1st time in history right that that oil has dropped below 0 right now and you know this is really a domino effect all from the coronavirus now people have these stay at home orders so people are theyre driving less no ones flying anywhere so you have all this extra oil not being used and theres only so much oil the world can store and were already bumping up against the limits of storage to pass. City and thats why were continuing to
Why did u. S. Oil prices hit in negative territory an unprecedented fall in American Crude Oil sales has added to the hardships caused by coronavirus so what will that mean for the u. S. And the Global Economy this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im Richelle Carey thats one of the worlds most valued commodities but the coronavirus lockdowns to overturn the dominance of oil 4th of a barrel of u. S. Oil fell to less than nothing on monday thats the 1st time in history the price has turned negative so this means producers ended up paying buyers more than 30. 00 a barrel to get oil off their hands it rebound a slightly shit disturber 2 dollars the next day that jaw dropping slide is because the world has more crude that it could use and Storage Facilities and even ocean tankers are filling up oil is traded on future contracts and fears of not finding a place to put oil in may means nobody wants crude thats led to a severe drop for west texas intermediate a benchmark for u
This on top of slight gains yesterday at 4 00 oclock. Markets were up. As you see dow industrials up 33 points and nasdaq up 139. Getting america working once again. President trump announcing plans to reopen the economy in phases. The president went through it yesterday. The Small Business aid program has run dry on capitol hill. The battle is waging on how much money, how much to add to funds to help business and American Workers now. Coronavirus is taking a toll on the chinese economy. It has contracted 6. 8 in the First Quarter. First ever quarterly contraction and wuhans death toll revised up 50 adding fuel to questions of beijings actual reporting on the virus. Secretary of state mike pompeo live at 8 30 a. M. Eastern on the possible origins of the virus as more people focus on the lab in wuhan, something that ive been putting the spotlight for months. What actions can be taken to china for lack of transparency. Mornings with maria begins now. Positive news on gilead. You saw the
Any information on the throne of virus or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast so you can get it wherever you get your podcast you can also find us and dot com the one slash science. Coils collapse in the u. S. Has Global Markets worried deflation is the big fear as producers rein in production the question on everyones mind when will demands pick back up. Beijing gets back to business well see how chinese firms are changing to cope with the coronavirus. And pandemic measures claim a victim down under as Virgin Australia Airlines Files for bankruptcy. This is your Business Report im steve. Its good to have you with us now the crash in u. S. Oil prices is reverberating around the globe pushing stocks toward losses and driving Commodity Prices down major Oil Producing nations could be hit hardest with lower prices carving chunks out of their budgets theyre now hoping that demand rebounds in the months ahead. Demand for oil has plunged amid the worldwide lockdow
Its a move no one seen in decades on monday oil prices plunged into the negatives prompting President Trump to make this announcement were looking to put as much as 75000000000 barrels into the reserves themselves that would top it out it would be 1st time in a long time its been good for the right price. Now adding that much oil is a major task but where do you store it meantime Oil Prices Continue their downward spiral today for more on all of this lets bring in our fronsac shes been following the story and this is the 1st time in history right that that oil has dropped below 0 right now and you know this is really a domino effect all from the coronavirus now people have these stay at home orders so people are theyre driving less no ones. Flying anywhere so you have all this extra oil not being used and theres only so much oil the world can store and were already bumping up against the limits of Storage Capacity and thats why were continuing to see the price to continue to sink now a