Im Anthony Howard welcome we begin in lebanon where the coronavirus is compounding a longstanding economic problems that lebanons currency has lost hof its value in recent weeks sending prices soaring and bringing new hardship to a country that has been grappling with months of financial turmoil protest as a now ignoring lockdown restrictions to take to the streets and vent their anger. Scenes of popular anger have returned to the streets of beirut despite an ongoing lockdown and a curfew protesters have gathered outside the Lebanese Central Bank to demonstrate against the worsening economic conditions. We think that quote all of this is not the only pandemic with suffering from heat in lebanon for 11 years that meant they either had a choice to die from hunger or to die from what i know with the increased half of the crisis that the bank and the face of the value of america and the. People here tell us they have nothing to lose levanon one of the most indebted countries in the world i
The economy as early as next month. Almost 2 Million People have died worldwide. The imf and world bank prepare to meet amid the most down the worst downturn since the 1930s. The new reality of collapsed trade and mounting unemployment. Oily we are seeing reversing gains as much as a percent at one point in london. 25 , sames now down for wti. We had the reduction coming from opec and its allies are that would have been the sickest single largest in history. Goldman sachs but says it is insufficient. U. S. Futures gained at the open, reversing earlier prices. The nikkei futures also down 1 . We have markets closed on holidays including australia and new zealand. Global cases also affecting sentiment in the markets. Those cases rising towards 2 million with the United States the epicenter of you break after fatalities in the country surpassed italy. There are signs of optimism in the hotspots like new york. Lets bring in Sophie Kamaruddin with the latest. We have seen President Trump. A
Professionals, carers, Public Health officials, and volunteers across the country, and the exceptional efforts of the sco abroad. U. K. Citizens the bank of englands role is to help households manage through an economic shock that could prove large and sharp, but temporary. That is why the bank is announcing a comprehensive timely package of measures to help u. K. Households and measures bridge across the economic disruption caused by covid19. These measures will keep firms in business and people in jobs, and they will prevent a temporary disruption from causing longer lasting economic harm. Maximizing our response requires ordination across all of the banks coordinating committees. That is why all policy committees are simultaneously theng today, maximizing effectiveness of our response requires working in concert with treasury. Ys that is why we are acting on budget day, when the chancellor will announce a series of government initiatives to support u. K. Households and businesses. A
Moving news from all around the world from frankfurt, to london, taiwan, our bloomberg two iowa, our bloomberg voices are on the ground. Commodities leading the charge for the quarter. Here for more is bloombergs sonali basak. Income net interest coming in above analyst expectations is a great thing for bank of america because it shows the bank is doing what a bank should do. That is loan growing, deposits growing. Investment banking mergers and acquisition fell short than expectations, but we are seeing that across the board. We want to see confidence among corporate clients now that we know consumers are holding steady. Alix what were some of the worries through the quarter . Sonali the expenses were up, but bank of america was a costcutting story. Something we are hearing from all of the banks is the propensity to keep investing because the cycle is getting competitive at this moment. Alix thank you very much. Now i want to go to the latest on trade. President trump is ready to sign
Citizens terrorists least. Illegitimate seizure of. The government offices which taken over. Those are your headlines this hour you can find out more at r. T. Dot com up next on Arch International it is the kaiser report and in the u. K. And ireland it is boom bust stay with us. Hey welcome to the cons report the 1st episode out of 2020. States here are not going to have some really special guest right with us right now dr Michael Hudson dr michael and welcome to be here i was just curious i have as crazy image moment ago you know back in the seventys 1970 s. There was a movie called death wish with Charles Bronson to remember that i remember that there was a sequel in the sequel to that right now sink in that we could do a remake you are the star you play the Charles Bronson role is called death wish and here vigilante banker economist that goes around new york blowing away bad debt where you think i love it and set that up you think youre ready to do that 2020 i would be a very good