We got a boost from the bank of england a little early around. We will hear from the governor in just a moment. The cable rate, 1. 31. Keep an eye on the critical lines in the sand as we come through tomorrows session. We are starting to see yields a little bit higher here in europe today. A little bit of stabilization may be in the bond market after yesterdays big move, but a much flatter curve. Lets dive into the bank of england decision to boost its bond buying program. 150 billion, a little bit of a surprise. The market was expected 100 billion to be added to the program. Why the bigger number . That was the question i put to the governor. Gov. Bailey i think that was what we learn from our earlier experiences with covid. It is important that we act both quickly and that we act clearly in scale. That was an important consideration for us. The second thing is that we have to meet the inflation target sustainably over time. So a lot of work we did on our forecasts, employing the pers
North korea, but that is where the mystery starts, doesnt it . Francine it is a mystery. You have conflicting reports. Doctors are saying he is back to work and some in the u. S. Say he is in Critical Condition. There is no clear succession plans and authorities around the world including the u. S. Are trying to figure out who is next in line or do you have some military coup detat taking over . All eyes are what is going on in the oil market, june wti oil to 11. 17 ang 49 barrel. Crude,e plunge in brent 19 a barrel on the global oil price. Right now, 20 1. 81 on brent de, an extraordinary shift 21. 81 on brent crude, and extraordinary shift. Viviana speculation about the health of north koreas leader kim jongun. Inicials getting word he was Critical Condition after cardiovascular surgery. The white house reportedly was told mr. Kim took a turn for the worst. Recent6 and missed holiday celebrations in pyongyang. Issue anump plans to executive order suspending immigration. He tweeted th
Road, maybe that is actually not the case. Rolling overs as well. Maybe that is oil. It could just be a sentiment feeling, as well as any sort of Political Risk because of kim jonguns health uncertainty. Lets get to todays market moving news from our team in new york, as well as washington. We want to begin with this meltdown in the oil market. Wti futures plunging below zero for the first time in history yesterday as many storage tanks reached capacity. Brent for delivery in june pushing to the lowest levels since 2002. Annmarie hordern has more. Annmarie what we are really watching today is the number of contracts for wti and brent. Yesterday, the big question was is this just a big technical anomaly. I think what you are seeing today is that this is more widespread. What is showing is what traders have been saying for quite some time. Thething i want to bring up point is the june contract, trading at 16. 69. That is a contract that is not expiring. In 18dropping the most years. You
Global virus infections tops 2. 5 million with more than 175,000 deaths. U. S. Cases climbed 5 . Their biggest increase since april 10. Its get you started when it comes to the state of trading in asia. We are setting up for this wednesdays session. Sophie kamaruddin in hong kong for us. Sophie we are seeing mckay futures edge slightly higher with s p eminis expecting more eruptions in the region after asia was led lower by india on tuesday. Earnings adding to that drag. The yen just Holding Steady in the face of a stronger dollar, which is trading at a twoweek high and gold just resuming gains with spot prices up 11 this year and bank of america is bullish on bullion, raising its cold 18 month target to 3000 an ounce. Moving onto oil now, wti for june back above 13 a barrel after slipping below 10 in the new york session, which was pricing weakness in the front month contract. They are allowing for negative options to be lifted from april 22. We are seeing the Oil Forward Curve shifti
Is time. A governor who doesnt want to see these businesses destroyed a person who has said, look, weve got the baseline we know what can go wrong. We have the ability to handle it medically. And initially when i saw this, carl, i said this man, this governor is a reckless fellow. The more i read his excellent speech yesterday, the more i realized the stakes are so high for so many people, im rooting for this man i think hes doing it in a way that makes me feel like if youre going to open it, open it this way i wanted to wait for the vaccines i wanted to wait for when we got s ser roll gist ologyists who coue antibodies it may seem illadvised, when you drill down to the speech he gave yesterday, i have to tell you, i was impressed i know everything has become politicized, but this is a man who is feeling for the Small Business people and recognizes theyre about to be done Scott Gottlieb on squawk this morning did say to him they picked the businesses most at risk and decided to open th