April, 2020

• 20 April

  Australia shouldn’t worry about huge debt: Lowe

  

  Bloomberg Australia shouldn’t be concerned about its escalating government debt in response to the coronavirus crisis because of the long record of responsible fiscal policy, Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe said. “If ever there’s a time to borrow, now is it,” the RBA chief told the Australian Broadcasting Corp.’s Four Corners program in a report on the scramble to combat …

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• 20 April

  India’s sovereign bonds rally on signs of purchases by RBI

  

  Bloomberg Sovereign bonds in India rallied after data showed the central bank bought debt earlier in the month, fuelling speculation that it will do more to support a market worried about record government borrowings. The yield on the benchmark 10-year debt fell 14 basis points to 6.21%, its biggest drop in a month. The 6.18% 2024 debt fell 21 basis …

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• 20 April

  Rupiah gyrations to keep foreign bond bulls at bay

  

  Bloomberg Foreign buyers are likely to steer clear of Indonesian bonds until the rupiah’s gyrations start to die down. That’s despite the value in the long end of the curve. International funds fled in the first quarter, with a record $8.7 billion in net foreign outflows, according to exchange data compiled by Bloomberg. Although Indonesian bond performance has improved, global …

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• 20 April

  Virus forces Deutsche Bank to confront old fears

  

  Bloomberg The mood at Deutsche Bank AG’s headquarters in Frankfurt was tense. It was late March, and clients were drawing down credit lines at such a rapid pace that the bank’s treasury department was on alert. Liquidity never was an issue, according to a person familiar with the matter. But the episode, which also attracted the attention of the European …

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• 20 April

  America’s top airlines prepare for painful fall

  

  Bloomberg US airlines face a bleak future of depressed traffic and volatile revenue well into 2021, as the global economy transitions from the acute damage of a public health catastrophe into a potentially long recession. Already a bumpy ride for the “Big Three” carriers, the journey promises to get worse this fall when billions of dollars in government assistance comes …

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• 20 April

  Airbus to furlough 3,000 French staff

  

  Bloomberg Airbus SE will furlough around 3,000 staff across three French sites just as employees at its UK wing plants prepare to return to work following extended Easter shutdowns tied to the coronavirus outbreak. The staff at commercial aircraft sites in Toulouse, Nantes and Saint-Nazaire were expected to be on leave from Monday until mid-May following an accord with unions, …

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• 20 April

  Branson says Virgin’s airlines need state aid to survive

  

  Bloomberg British billionaire Richard Branson said his airlines in the UK and Australia won’t survive the coronavirus crisis without state support, and that his Virgin Group lacks the resources to see them through the pandemic. Branson said on Monday he’s doing everything possible to keep Crawley, England-based Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd going, but that it needs a UK-backed loan to …

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• 20 April

  Singapore’s Zilingo slashes 5% of its global workforce

  Bloomberg Zilingo, a fashion technology platform backed by Temasek Holdings Pte, has cut 5% of its 900-strong global workforce as part of a strategy to refocus on Asia and emerging markets, according to a person familiar with the matter. The Singapore-based startup dismissed 44 employees, including about 30 in the city-state, according to the person, who asked not to be …

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• 20 April

  Fresh blow for Boeing as China firm scraps Max order

  Bloomberg China Development Bank Financial Leasing Co cancelled an order for 29 Boeing Co 737 Max planes, worth at least $2.9 billion based on list prices, joining a growing list of customers scaling back plans for buying the grounded jet. The move cuts the company’s outstanding Max order to 70, it said in a statement to the Hong Kong stock …

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• 19 April

  Guardians of global economy come up short in virus battle

  

  Bloomberg The guardians of the global economy came up short. Facing what the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says is a crisis like no other, policy makers from leading economies agreed this past week on a set of initiatives to help emerging markets and poor nations weather the coronavirus shock, including a path-breaking halt on debt payments. But critics faulted the …

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