the board of for you, if we can. staggering numbers. $52. down 1.28%. the implications is being felt in other asset classes. let s talk about what is happening. u.s. 10 year, some they 2014 could be painful in 2015 as well. the u.k. gilts, we will have data out and 9:30 a.m.. it s a solid push below and equities taking a knock. that s on the back of energy stocks. and the ftse down by 5%. the 30 day of declines the third day of declines. the number of the eurozone better than expected. whether that data is enough to move the dial given what crew has done, we will have that story. ryan chilcote, what exactly is the benchmark we are looking out for? how low can it go? really, brent, the global benchmark, we saw wti fall below 50 and that is the u.s. benchmark. when we see brent hit 50, we know we have a real global story and perhaps a one-off u.s. story. when is that going to happen? that is anybody s guess. what i can t tell you is in the financial crisis, we saw b
the germans might have some objection to that. london opened virtually flat. oil is making a comeback. is that being overgenerous? you are seeing just a little bit of a reprieve on these equity markets. we are going to run towards super tuesday. let s have a look at some of the currencies. everything is priced into the euro dollar. you are probably going to see the euro-dollar at 120. the market has fully priced qe by the european central bank and the one-month money suggests you are going to see a little bit of a turnaround on that. have a look at the euro yen. money was coming out of the euro and going into the yen. that is where you see a big move . have a look at the couple of stocks we are keeping an ion. keeping an eye on. who day is becoming ceo. they would create the largest mobile operator in the united kingdom with the 41% share of the market. that really surprises me. they are coming together creating 41%. telefonica up 1.38%. would it be 9 million pounds they mi
imports plunged almost 20% on falling commodity prices and week domestic demand. hello. welcome to countdown. also coming up today, australia s prime minister with a threat to his leadership. will it be tougher for tony abbott to address his country s weakest economy in a generation? we start with our bloomberg exclusive this morning. the governor of the central bank of russia has told this channel that russia will not inflate its way out of the financial crisis. in her first ever interview with an international broadcaster, elvira nabiullina told ryan chilcote the bank is unlikely to reverse last month s surprise rate cut. inflation is set to slow, having accelerated its fastest in almost seven years. ryan is here now. fascinating conversation. we started with the ruble. i asked if one of the world s worst performing currency s last year, if we can expect more collapses. there is talk of that. she said, no. have a listen. we are not expecting any massive decrease
this is what is coming up on the program. inton s boat show sales town as britain s boating industry makes a comeback. we speak to the most prestigious yacht builder. we will be alive with the managing director of sunseeker. not much of it, around at the moment. we begin with a cold that is sweeping the united states. it is headed towards the east coast right now. temperatures are set to plummet over the next few hours. new york has been -30 degrees celsius. in chicago, it is even icier, with a high of -18 degrees. yes, that is the hide. officials are warning people to remain indoors as much as possible. these dangerous conditions will continue to cause chaos for travelers. more than 9000 flights have been canceled in the last or days and even more have long delays. jfk has a huge backlog of flights. the airport was forced to shut for two hours after a plane skidded on the runway. children.for several schools have canceled all classes this monday. we will keep tra
welcome, you are watching the pulse. i am guy johnson. francine is off today. she will be back next week. inditexp this hour, fashions a tax loophole. we begin with our main subject of the morning. the situation in the ukraine is developing quickly. isted president yanukovych holding a press conference today from russia. the u.s. government tries to pull together international funding to avoid a default. let s go to kiev and our reporter there, ryan chilcote. walk us through what has been happening in the south of the country in the crimea this morning. it is certainly seizing headlines. i am at the ukrainian central bank with the prime minister and the head of central bank are giving a joint briefing about the state of the country s finances. the prime minister left early. i did have a quick conversation with him, one on one, and they are studying the situation in the crimea. they re trying to figure out who these people are. what we re talking about is that at five :00