Leading the way. We await any kind of agreement out of g20 Energy Ministers meeting tomorrow. Vincent absolutely guy absolutely. I think it is going to be absolutely fascinating today and tomorrow. Where are we in terms of expectations from the market . I hear anything less than 10 Million Barrels a day in the market is going to think that aint enough, and as a result of which, we could see crude, which is catching a decent bid right , coming off a bit. I think youve got a whole bunch of things still coming towards us. Jay powell is going to be speaking very shortly. I guess hes got a bunch of questions he needs to answer. It is getting awfully comp located in terms of the number of fed programs out there awfully complicated in terms of the number of fed programs out there. Normally you probably sell a bit of risk going into the weekend. That is not happening. Keep an eye on the norwegian krone, heavily geared towards the oil price. Eurodollar trading 1. 09. The dollar under little bit
Hitting the alltime record high on february 12th and the definition of a bear market is 20 lower than the recent highs. The markets tumbling just as President Trump is expected to meet with some of the biggest banking ceos in the world to find out how stable the Financial Market system is and what to do to keep it there. We are still waiting on word but if cameras are allowed in the room we are going to take you there and hear what they all say. This as the battle against the deadly coronavirus pandemic moves into a new phase, as National Guard troops get set to sweep into the hot zone in new rochelle, new york. And as businesses and colleges close their doors, Microsoft Teams is swinging to their digital defense, with a suite of Software Products to help those working from home or moving to online learning. I know a lot of you were experiencing that or your kids are. Countdown has a lineup of power players to tackle all these topics. Steeple chairman and ceo ron krusz kruszewski on th
The oil industry preparing for the worst. The president of the Louisiana Oil and Gas Association is about to tell you how barry could impact black gold and gasoline prices and you know what, you could even triangulate how it will affect stocks in the energy sector. On wall street, today the s p 3,000 is in sight for the third day in a row, but can we lock it in . Right now we are nine points above it. Got to stay tuned for my whole hour here. As for the dow, it locked in 27,000 yesterday. We are well above that right now at 27,274. The nasdaqs joining the party, on pace for a record close as consumer favorites like industrials and Technology Power todays run. Plus, President Trump joining forces with none other than the oracle of omaha . At least in his thinking, putting facebooks crypto ambitions under a harsh spotlight. Our top tech panel is here to tell us what it means for the Digital Currency world. Less than an hour to the closing bell on this friday. So glad youre with us. Could
Of course, so i think we are a long way from that. Digital currencies are in their infancy. So essentially, not too concerned about, you know, the Central Banks no longer being able to carry out Monetary Policy because of crypto currencies or digital currencies. You know, facebook, i believe, has made quite broad rounds around the world, really, with regulator regulators, supervisors and lots of people to discuss their plans and that certainly includes us. And its something we are looking at. We meet with a broad range of private sector firms all the time on Financial Technology and theres just a tremendous amount of innovation going on out there. The potential benefits here, there are also potential risks, particularly of a currency that could, you know, could potentially have large application. So i would echo what Governor Carney said which is we will wind up having quite High Expectations from a sort of safety and soundness and regulatory standpoint if they do decide to go forward
Consider the until this year, the reasons why inflation was low are not hard to understand. Its a combination of slack in the labor market, declines in energy prices, and a strong dollar that pulled down import price inflation. So, whats important in determining inflation Going Forward is Inflation Expectations by some, by many, by some survey measures of professional forecasters, those have been rock solid. We do also look at household expectations, which have come down some. Marketbased measures of inflation compensation as we mentioned in the statement, they have declined and theyve been stable in recent months, but theyve declined to levels that are low by historical standards. That might suggest that Inflation Expectations have come down, but when cant get a clear read, there are risk premia built into inflation compensation that make it impossible to extract directly what exactly Inflation Expectations are. So you know, there is a miss this year. I cant say i can easily point to