Buying for a total of 664 delegates in the three states. Iran is stepping up the pressure on its citizens to stay home and avoid unnecessary travel. Iranian state tv is morning millions could die if the public he is ignoring health guidance. The morning came hours after hardline shiite faithfuls pushed their way into the courtyards of two major shrines that had been closed over fears of the virus. Iran has had more than 16,000 cases of coronavirus, and nearly 1000 have died. Global news 24 hours a day, onair, and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. Im Mark Crumpton. This is bloomberg. Shery live from bloomberg World Headquarters in new york, im shery ahn. Live in toronto, im Jon Erlichman. Welcome to bloomberg markets. We are joined by our bloomberg and Bnn Bloomberg audiences. Shery here are the top stories we are following from around the world. U. S. Stocks rebound from the biggest route since 1987, as the government steps of its efforts to stimulate the economy. Volatility surging to record highs as traders grapple with the coronavirus. This as the Federal Reserve rams of efforts to keep financial conditions in check. The fed announcing plans to provide companies with shortterm credit and ponder rule revisions to free up capital. More details on that push for stimulus. Secretary mnuchin saying that they want to send checks to americans within two weeks. More details on that story coming up. Stepping up stimulus. Some investors stepping up with the s p, dow, and nasdaq in positive territory at this hour. It has been another volatile trading session moving between gains and losses, and even with these advances, keep in mind, earlier, the s p was advancing at 7 . Certainly, the story out of the white house, and the move the fed took with the commercial paper facility, getting some buyers into the market after those steep declines yesterday. Volatility can be read in all sorts of ways. Take the Dow Jones Industrial average and the recent point moves we have seen. We are looking at positive performance now. At one stage today, we were below 20,000 for the First Time Since 2017. What you see is just a reminder, how many times we have seen big declines late. Since the alltime high on february 12, we have seen no fewer than six sessions where the dow has been down at least 1000 points. At some otherlook assets. We have seen that rebound you mentioned. That the fed announced restarting of the commercial paper facility. Still at anx elevated level, but down from where we saw it surging toward since the financial crisis. Also seeingyield treasuries declining, reversing part of a 20 basis point plus surge that we saw. We are seeing wti again under pressure. We have seen a little bit of a rebound from this record lows after we heard from the fed, creating that commercial paper facility. That is not being sustained. Not surprising, given we have the Oil Price War between saudi arabia and russia. Gold maintaining its gains, up by 20 , up for the first time in six sessions. Jon we have some breaking news. Noel quinnnounced has been named the groups chief executive officer effective immediately. Saying that he has shown a great understanding of hsbc, the challenges we face, and significant opportunities for growth that lie ahead. We have seen a lot of commentary recently on the need for more big action by hsbc, especially on the cost side of things. Ceo quinn named Group Effective immediately by hsbc. That to the white house, stepping up pressure for fiscal stimulus to counteract the effects of the coronavirus, u. S. Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin spoke to reporters moment ago. We are looking at sending checks to americans immediately. What we have heard from hardworking americans, Many Companies have now shut down. Americans need cash now, and the americans want to get you cash now. I mean now, in the next two weeks. For more, lets bring in Emily Wilkins from washington. The significance of this move, put it into context for us. The latest move we are seeing from the white house and Trump Administration as they figure out how to deal with the coronavirus, deal with the Economic Impacts of it. Certainly, another big move that we have seen. Mnuchinning, secretary was pitching and 850 billion package to Senate Republicans. From our understanding, this proposal would send more than 1000 out to americans, would be a part of that package. There would be more things included in it as well. There is a question whether the administration can move that quickly, whether they can get it out within two weeks. The fact that they are seriously considering this is very telling for where the administration is at right now, thinking about this crisis, and responding. Shery last time we saw that happened was 2009, and it took more than two months to get those checks out. What is next in the timeline, to get this done within two weeks . Emily part of it also comes into how quickly congress can move. They still have to pass the that the housege passed last week, focusing on healthy individuals, things like expanding unemployment insurance, making sure people can get tested for free. That is a smaller package, about 100 billion. This one would be more substantial than that. The senate is working on this now. A house is not in session currently, everyone is back at other districts, but members have been notified that they could be called to washington at any point with only 24 hours notice. Jon one of the Big Questions with so many stimulus plans being announced around the world will continue to be, if people are staying home and not getting out there, how do you go about spending any of the money that might be coming into your pockets . It feels like more communication on that part of the story may be coming in the days and weeks ahead. Emily a lot of this is figuring out how americans respond, how do people react, are they going to buy more online, are they going to stop going to Grocery Stores . We are in a new place. We will see how everything shakes out. This is a rapidly changing situation at this point. Shery Emily Wilkins, thank you for the latest on President Trump and his administrations stimulus measures. Action, on the market lets bring in kailey leinz. We have seen the rebound from yesterday. Who are the winners and losers in this market . Kailey its a pretty broadbased rally right now. The s p 500 higher by 4 . What is leading the charge is utilities. This follows the worst day ever for the utilities sector. We saw that sharp decline yesterday, and then the rebound today with the sector up more than 9 . We have bond yields moving higher. Usually, those things dont happen in tandem. But a lot of these Utility Companies have been looking for lending. The fact that the fed is reinstating that paper facility is helping things. As part of this virus conversation you are having i call them the stay at home stocks. They are doing well. People are at home, not going out. So they are ordering in. Grubhub is up 12 . Blue apron is up 64 . Gyms closed last night, so people are working out in their house. That stock is now up 12 . Shery thank you. Lets get a check on the broader markets, and lets look at the currency moves. The s p 500 up about 4 . We have seen a little bit of a ,ebound following the presser and the feds moves. The dollar index at that threeyear high. Falling, euro has been we have seen some weakness in bonds. The canadian to dollar, hitting a fouryear high. Those commodityexposed currencies, like the loonie, taking a hit. We are seeing the japanese yen also being bid as a haven asset. Plenty more coming up. This is bloomberg. Shery this is bloomberg markets. Im shery ahn in new york jon im Jon Erlichman in toronto. Pressureil sales under , falling in february by the most in a year, even before the coronavirus starting to weigh on consumer spending. This amid growing concerns about the economy. President trump fielding questions yesterday about whether the u. S. Is heading for a recession. We are not thinking in terms of recession, we are thinking about the virus. This is a bad one, recordsetting type of contagion. Once this virus is gone, youll have a stock market like nobody has ever seen before. In for more, lets bring kathleen bostjancic. Reaction to, your those comments from the president . I think is a health crisis, so it is good to see the emphasis on that. Also, it is good that he is finally taking this serious as it is. It is a serious crisis, not just. Ealth, but the economy now it has turned into a possible Financial Market crisis as well. Fronts happening, hitting all at once. Issues we have discussed on the program today is, on the one hand, we have seen the stock market rally on the stimulus hopes, but on the other hand, if people are staying home, and there are limits on where you can go and spend, what does that mean in terms of the spending numbers Going Forward . When will you be watching closely, what numbers will tell us how effective this can be . Vein, it ise same good to see Congress Also taking this very seriously, that this will be a large toll on the u. S. Economy. Large stimulus bill, 800 billion or more come is what is needed now. As you indicate, it is not going to necessarily stave off a deep dive in activity at the end of march come into q2. Probably looking at a deep contraction in real gdp growth in q2. What it can help is maybe to buffer that decline a bit. Yes, people are locked up in their homes, some of them with but atn not at school, the same time, they can order online. Amazon is seeing a bit of a boom, they are looking to hire workers. They could spread out a little bit on the online shopping. Once things settle down, that extra cash could help to boost the economy, once the fears of the virus start to die down. Shery especially with those cash handouts, do you expect people . Be used by we saw similar action in hong kong with the cash payments, but the question was whether people would go out and spend it, or spend online, and not just save it, given how concerned they are about the state of the economy. Good point. A i was remiss in pointing out, some of these people will need it just for day to day living. Rent payments, credit card bills, and other necessities that are coming in. I do think it will be very useful. At this point, a large portion of that would be spent. Global recession now inevitable, just a matter of when and how hard it will hit . Kathy it does look inevitable. When you look at what is happening with the Global Economy, this is unprecedented. Certainly in the you see some recessionary signs, things are slowing. We actually had a debate for a few months. This one hit us very quickly. It is just cutting across so many different industries, whether it is consumer, business, manufacturing. It is very difficult at this point to see us avoiding a recession. The question then becomes how deep and what is the duration of a recession. That is really the key. People talk about the letters, vshaped, ushaped, or lshaped. How long is the bottom portion of the u. Shery kathy, thank you for that. Sobering words when it comes to the state of the Global Economy and recession most likely hitting us soon. Markets, weng the are higher for the dow, s p 500, and nasdaq, this after the fed reintroduced additional tools. The Trump Administration announcing further stimulus measures. Materials and consumers leading the gains on the s p 500. The dow is still down more than 30 since its february peak. This is bloomberg. Jon this is bloomberg markets. Im Jon Erlichman in toronto. Shery im shery ahn in new york markets are staying uncertain, but a high rate of borrowers, like exxon and verizon looking to restart debt sales. The companies are the first to tap the u. S. Great investment market. Joining us to discuss is credit reporter molly smith. Of course, we have seen the market for shortterm corporate debt seizing up in the u. S. We saw the latest fed actions. Why cant these Companies Just wait it out . Right now, these are Investment Grade, high quality borrowers. A total of 10 in the market today. It is not so much a matter of they cannot wait. All Investment Grade issuance, unless m a, is generally opportunistic buying. That is what these companies were doing. Most of them to repay commercial paper especially, which we have seen a lot of stress in that market. Of course, the fed coming in to provide some relief in that market today. Shery when is the tone in the credit market today with all of this action . Molly it is changing day today, minute by minute. At least today, when you have an active primary market, it is a sign of a healthy market, keeping the wheels running on a lot of these companies. Survivalthis is not finance, this is opportunistic. They are just try to push out the charities and refinance other upcoming ones. It definitely is a healthy sign when you have borrowers coming forward. Granted, all of them being highquality names that investors are familiar with. Jon that seems to be the key, what is the characteristic of the safest borrowers . Molly ratings are one of them, even though exxon was downgraded the other day for the First Time Since 2016. Still one of the rare aa issuers in the market. Also, frequency. Verizon, one of the largest Capital Structures in our market, with over 100 billion in debt outstanding. Investors are familiar with their story. Zon has been vocal about trying to regain a single a reading. Getting on that path to deleveraging is also helpful. Jon in terms of the kinds of demands that you think investors in that market, even if we are talking about the safest borrowers getting back in what are those investor demands going to look like today, what might they look like tomorrow . Molly it is hard to definitely say for tomorrow. Tomorrow could be possibly no issuance at all. Exxon seems today, to have done pretty well. Granted, the pricing did not tighten as much as we usually see, but it did come in a bit. Certainly, they are probably paying a bit more than they normally would have in normal times but these are not normal times right now. I think they are just happy to have seen execution get done. Shery with this confidence shop, what kind of valuations are we seeing . Molly in the secondary market . The secondary market has certainly been under a lot of stress. We have seen a lot of bonds that have been sold recently, selloff in the secondary. Usually, new issues tend to do well immediately following pricing. We have seen spreads gap in the Investment Grade, nearly double in the last two weeks alone. Hopefully today is better. We will see when the index rebalances. At least we see the primary market up and running. A good sign. Shery molly smith, thank you very much. It is time for the Bloomberg Business flash. A look at the biggest stories in the news right now. Largest Hotel Company is starting to lay off tens of thousands of employees. Marriotts closing some hotels and needs fewer workers at the ones that remain open. In the u. S. , marriott has about 130,000 employees. Amazon is giving priority to shipping household and medical supplies. The retailer has been struggling to do with him and during the coronavirus pandemic. Amazon also will not accept shipments from thirdparty sellers in other product categories through at least april 5. Basketball Association Games are on hold because of the coronavirus, but teams are still getting payments from their broadcast partners. One of those broadcasters, espn, will not say whether it is making the payments. The network says it is confident that issues can be discussed constructively. That is your business flash update. Quick reminder, whether you are in the office or working from home, you can watch Bloomberg Television live using the function tv. Catch up on all the interviews and conversations, join the conversation as well through the ib link on the page. This is bloomberg. Mark i am Mark Crumpton with first word news. A grim outlook from the u. K. Government the chief scientific adviser says 20,000 deaths from the coronavirus wouldbe horrible but actually be a good outcome. There are 2000 cases of coronavirus in the u. K. 69 people have died. Prime minister Boris Johnson declared to the u. K. Is fighting a war against the outbreak with loans and grants for businesses to shore up the economy. The white house is asking congress to approve a sweeping emergency stimulus package to help businesses and taxpayers cope with the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic. It is the most farreaching rescue package since the Great Recession of 2008. Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin is outlining the 850 billion package to Senate Republicans today with the aim to have congress approve it this week. Democratic president ial candidate biden, was been repeatedly accosted by protesters on the campaign trail, is receiving secret