Demand for fuel continues to collapse. U. S. Futures dropping below 20 a barrel. Bridgewater associates says the pandemic is more damaging than the financial crisis i decade ago. We hear from the cochairman, ray dalio, this hour. Shery here is how markets are trading at the moment. We are seeing stocks continue to gain ground for the third session. We continue to see Downside Pressure for u. S. Futures, which are down 0. 7 . Really accelerating those losses this evening. This after the s p 500 already sank from a onemonth high. We have seen earnings, Economic Data highlighting the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Nikkei futures down 0. 4 . As we continue to see an appreciation in the japanese yen, which is now at a two week strength against the u. S. Dollar. When it comes to crude, prices rebounding a little bit after plunging to the lowest level in two decades after the record collapse in u. S. Fuel demand. In his daily coronavirus briefing, President Trump saying there are positiv
The kospi back online after being shut yesterday. We know that president moon securing a big win, capitalizing on success and containing the pandemic. 100 taste 103 seats in parliament, ending a bull market yesterday. Ahead of the earnings later today, the first earnings since the pandemic started. So a gauge of how the Tech Industry is doing. Lets flip the page and take a look at currencies right now. The dollar index up, surging the most in weeks. Weaker today. A question of why that haven like the yen is currently down. On risk aversion and the plunge and ore prices adding to the conscience. Today, almostbers 6000 jobs created. Expectations were for a drop of 30,000. Parttime jobs pretty much responsible for the jobs added. One. Ooking at the rishaad data from the u. S. , retail sales and production numbers not for the faint hearted, cratering in march. Saying businesses are increasingly concerned about even weaker conditions ahead. Kathleen hays has been looking at wall all these f
It seems to be working his magic when it comes to boosting sentiment on the markets. When it comes to the growing power, it is pretty good. s are talking about china manufacturing pmi numbers coming in at record lows. These are all falling into contraction territory. As heidi mentioned, the markets are ignoring all of this because of the latest hints we got the boj action. A check on the markets and how they are tracking with sarah. There is nothing like higher coordinated central bank stimulus. We have seen this dark shift in sentiment. We see the pacific Index Trading modestly higher. The nikkei 225 is higher after falling as much as 1. 5 . We see Mainland China stocks leading gains. This is of more than 1 after the beating we saw last week. Off. 3 . Re theme point, we saw training back in positive territory. We are seeing some fluctuation. Gold is coming off of its highs and trading lower than 1600. At the same time, we see the japanese yen trading a little higher against the dollar
I feel like we are playing this exactly as we should. Ritika the Global Travel slow down sends shock waves around the aviation industry. I think the airlines will definitely fail. This is a huge amount of money the airlines are going to lose for 2020. Ritika in the u. S. Politics, super tuesday shakes up the race for the democratic president ial nomination. This was a big night for former Vice President joe biden who beat expectations. Ritika the u. S. Jobs report tops off a week brimming with data. The economic base is strong, the fundamentals of the economy is strong. Ritika plus an exclusive conversation with nissans ceo. He said job one is to listen and learn. Its important for me to know reallyrency, what is going on down to our employees. Ritika it is all straight ahead on bloomberg best. Ritika hello and welcome. Rupta. Tika give to, this is bloomberg best, your weekly review of the most important Business News, analysis and interviews from Bloomberg Television around the world.
I like real businesses real , clients, real revenues, real profits, they have got all of it. The imf predicts growth will rebound in 2020, but the director issues caution. It is shrinking. Ecbs bill blaine as has his insight on challenges ahead. The sector has faced a lot of challenges, but overall domestic demand is significant and continues to be. It is all straight ahead on bloomberg best. Abigail hello and welcome. Im abigail doolittle. This is bloomberg best, your weekly review of analysis and interviews from Bloomberg Television around the world. Lets start with a day by day look at the top headlines. The human cost of the coronavirus continued mounting as the week began, with reported cases nearing 75,000. And as expected more and more , companies are cutting revenue forecasts in light of the outbreak. On monday the warning came from apple. Apple is the latest company to issue a virusrelated guidance miss as the outbreak hits factory output and demand. The company says it has re