Rate declining. Japan lifts its emergency measures in tokyo, saying theres no need for further restrictions. Scott morrison addresses the pandemic file that later. He is being told he has a once in a generation chance to reform the australian economy. Consider. S to as we get underway this Tuesday Morning in the asiapacific, keep in mind lots of markets were closed monday including the u. S. The futures, to use that is any guide, we can almost say we are in the asiapacific. We are getting this coming online. Up 30 points clear of where you last traded on the s p back on friday, in terms of the cash market. Spy futures indicating a big pop. On top of the best day on monday. Highs. March 111 philip the board and take a look at the currency markets with ecb in focus and perhaps we are getting signals and some comments from key policymakers, we could get more stimulus, probably on the way. I will be generous. The record low. The aussie offshore rate back in september. There we go in terms
More deaths from the coronavirus as cases approach 5. 5 million. The u. S. Bans entry from brazil. Violence returns to hong kong as protesters announced chinas new security law. Washington said it could be the death knell for asias leading financial center. David quite a stark and dramatic drop. We will talk about that more. Risk off, a lot of markets are closed today. We are off a few points for the s p, nasdaq and dow. Whiteutes or so, the house saying trump is restricting entry from brazil. There is a 1 retracement in the bloomberg dollar index, higher as we go through. You can see downside following the 2 less drop we had on friday. Indi and given is holidays the u. S. And singapore, trading for the futures session in asia. We are seeing modest upside going into the start of trading in tokyo, korea and australian richard looking higher after closing out the week down ralia after ofther easing of lockdown restrictions in New South Wales and victoria states. This is the week more aus
Lose social distancing measures in indonesia, perhaps having a slower recovery. Were still seeing gains. The sti also snapping out of a whole week of losses we saw yesterday, where every day last week was in the red. But we do see singapore the most affected nation in the nation region in the nation. The nikkei 225, watching the boj, a lot of focus on bond buying. Will they scrapped that ¥80 trillion target and launch that unlimited qe . The yen has been satellite steady ahead of the policy decision. Were watching wan related assets given the speculation of kim jonguns health. We still see strength to the korean won. The berlin be indeed were maybe were at 64 u. S. Cents right now. Ceo market calls with the of dalton in about 10 minutes. Lets get first word news now with Corinna Mitchell in new york. Corinna confirmed coronavirus cases around the world is approaching 3 million, according to bloomberg and john hopkins university. More than 2000 people have died so far, the u. S. Talkin
Demand. Ng server taking a look at the csx 300, up three tens of 1 . China unicom out with numbers. It shrank in the First Quarter. Page, take ap the look at where oil is. From the uglylly selloff to below zero. Futures in new york rising. Climbing after falling to a 21 year yield. The old story is about Global Demand shock. About two unveil a supplement fiscal package after the economy suffered its worst contraction since the financial crisis in the First Quarter. Fiscal stimulus our next guest says for skill stimulus plans are ineffective. Turning us now is jim walker. Joining us now is jim walker. Good morning. You say it is about businesses. Jim exactly. Type ofa very different crisis from the ones we have seen under the past where recessions and even the asian crisis you could take as being a downturn in demand. This is really a government mandated cessation of business. While governments are forcing businesses to lucked out and people to stay at home, basically, it is incumbent o
First reported. Yvonne china is considering measures to bolster the economy amid the virus. The pboc may cut its benchmark deposit rate to encourage banks to lend more money. This is Bloomberg Markets. china open. Asia looking mixed after the backtoback gains for the first time in at least four weeks. The u. S. Stimulus package being negotiated. Thats causing jitters. We also have barclays coming out to say theres still risk of capitulation. Ofport from buybacks because their earnings downgrades. Also because the metro macro picture was heard this morning as contractions, worse than expected. We could be looking at 1 to 4 . Yvonne that is a shocker, the singapore numbers. 10. 6 fall the First Quarter, which was a big miss. Lets see how singapore markets digest this. Taking it in stride, but we are pretty much lower. Mostly lower, but mixed in the asiapacific. Without the best rally into thousand eight. The msci lower by. 10 . We will see what happens. They meet next monday. Futures are