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Shrinks, but it doesnt set the u. K. Up for a good spot Going Forward. We are seeing the relationship between fiscal and Monetary Policy really evolve the u. K. We will break that down over the next few hours. You are seeing bond markets bid across the board, as we are koff develop. We want to kick it off with Michael Mckee. Theld central bank mike,entral banks if i say mmt, am i wrong . Anyway. Yeah, [laughter] its confusing, though, what is going on with the economic philosophy called mmt. Yes, it is unlimited cash in unlimited amounts for unlimited periods of time until we get through this. Youre still going to work your tail off today before we get to 4 00 p. M. Lets start in london come over the bank of england is going to finance Government Spending for the time being by lending money directly to the treasury. It is called the ways and means facility, a shortterm credit the last used during great financial crisis. Government and the bank say any borrowing will be repaid by the en
Europe and why debts keep rising so much in spain and in italy and what can be done. Tom we have an important interview in the next hour on the virus. We will go to mount sinai for that. I am next to the outside i manhattan hospital in new york. I will tell you, it is an extra ordinary monday. I know you see in in london, we see it in new york, with quiet streets and politicians really needing to adapt. My major message in this hour is the complete readjustment and struggle that global wall street is having trying to gauge this contraction. I love what bruce kasman said at jp morgan. He looks back and harkens back to the contractions that we saw before world war ii. Francine i think we had an update on friday from goldman sachs, j. P. Morgan on the Second Quarter gbp just gdp in the u. S. , and the numbers are nothing like we have ever seen before. So i know we have a full round of update just on the lockdown, different in new york than it is in london. Boris johnson saying that people
Points. Brent really rolling over by about 5 , much worse than wti. It is now a pure demand issue. You see equities taking it on the chin, as well as commodities. Time for todays top market moving news from new york and our london team. We want to begin in the u. S. Come over Senate Democrats blocked Mitch Mcconnells attempt to advance the coronavirus economic rescue package. Minneapolis fed president neel bloomberg the fed can do more to support the economy. We are being more aggressive. Is there more we can do . Yes. Is there more we may end up doing . Yes, but i feel we are being very aggressive. Alix joining me for more is Michael Mckee. Walk us through what he said, what more they can do, and what is going on in d. C. Michael jim bullard is the one who really scared the markets by saying a 30 Unemployment Rate and perhaps a 50 annualized decline in gdp during the Second Quarter. Morgan stanleys is the closest to that 30 , so he thinks things can be much worse. They still say the f
Stuff happen here in the lockdown of new york and london. That does not mean the conversations will stop. Great conversations lined up today. Thank you so much for watching our last hour with rupert harrison. We move forward with michael a moment. Ning us in my observation is that every nation for itself right now. How was Prime Minister johnsons weekend . Francine i do not think they are competing with each other. There is a lack of coordination, but when you look at the u. K. , that is coronation between treasury and bank of england. So it is domestic coordination that got it right. If you look at the global efforts, maybe coordination could help in terms of medicine of swaps medicinal sops information. Boris johnson has told people to selfisolate or at least distance themselves. If you look at pictures across london, many people, far too many people, are just not heeding the advice of what the government is saying, which is why we hear that the government is thinking about a lock do