Bloomberg One of the Bank of England’s (BOE) key policy makers played down the possibility of an imminent cut in interest rates below zero, saying that “reviewing and doing are different things.” Andy Haldane, BOE’s chief economist who more than a week ago said officials were assessing negative rates, added that policy makers weren’t ruling any options out “as a matter …

Bloomberg The economy of the world’s biggest energy exporter is heading for its deepest slump in more than 10 years due to the fallout from the coronavirus. A bigger crisis may be just around the corner. Analysts at the Kremlin-funded Skolkovo Energy Center warned this month that the nation faces years of economic stagnation as demand for its carbon-heavy exports …

Bloomberg Survey work will soon begin on an ambitious plan to export power from a giant solar farm in Australia to Singapore via a 3,800 kilometre (2,360 mile) undersea cable. The Sun Cable project, which is backed by Atlassian co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes and Fortescue Metals’ founder Andrew Forrest, has awarded a contract to Perth-based Guardian Geomatics to conduct a route …

Bloomberg Electricity utility Interconexion Electrica SA is expanding its network of power transmission lines in Latin America to provide a backbone for the increase in renewable energy in the region. ISA, as the company is known, will be “aggressive” in bidding on lines connected to renewable generation, which can be funded by the sale of sustainable debt, CEO Bernardo Vargas …

Bloomberg Oil prices have surged more than 75% in the US this month. But don’t expect a quick rebound in supply from shale explorers. The quick turnaround in oil markets is exposing the shale industry’s big weak spot: Lightning-fast production declines. Shale gushers turn to trickles so quickly that explorers must constantly drill new locations to sustain output. And they …

Bloomberg Ryanair Holdings Plc executives preparing for thousands of job cuts warned employees in Spain that the collapse of air travel had left the discount airline with more than 600 surplus pilots and cabin crew in the country. The Irish carrier estimates it has an excess of 266 pilots and 351 cabin crew, people director Darrell Hughes said on a …

Bloomberg The German government and Deutsche Lufthansa AG have agreed on a bailout package, German news agency DPA reported without citing the source of the information. After delays in recent days, the committee that manages Germany’s WSF Economic Stabilisation Fund was set to meet on Monday, according to a person familiar with the matter. The meeting is an indication that …

Bloomberg India’s Maharashtra, home to the nation’s financial hub Mumbai, resumed commercial flights on Monday with reduced domestic services as the state struggles to contain coronavirus infection cases. The state will allow 50 flights per day, from the earlier 200 flight movements, Mumbai airport said in a statement, joining airports in cities including Chennai and Hyderabad in pruning air-travel services. …

Bloomberg It was supposed to be another regular flight on one of Pakistan’s busiest domestic routes between its two biggest cities. State-run Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Corp’s PK 8303 flight had a normal departure from the eastern city of Lahore. Close to landing before 2:45 pm local time, the pilots told passengers to fasten their seat-belts as it approached Karachi’s …

Bloomberg Meituan Dianping reported a smaller slide in revenue than analysts projected after the Chinese internet services giant proved resilient to virus-induced lockdowns. Sales fell 12.6% to 16.8 billion yuan ($2.4 billion) in the three months ended March, compared with the 15.6 billion yuan average of analysts’ estimates. It reported net loss of 1.58 billion yuan, while analysts projected a …