Markets are expected to open firmly in the red on Wednesday morning ahead of the Bank of England's inflation report, the first under the governorship of Mark Carney. The Governor, who took over from Mervyn King in early July, is expected to unveil forward guidance today in an attempt to convince consumers, small businesses and international money markets that only when the upturn is established will borrowing costs rise.The move is thought to encourage borrowing and less saving amongst businesses and consumers, thus giving a boost to the economy."It is widely anticipated that new governor Mark Carney will look to pledge to keep interest rates low for a set period of time, in a form of monetary forward guidance, and he could even set a monetary threshold, like the unemployment rate as a benchmark, or a growth target, for when we can expect them to go higher again," said Senior Market Analyst Michael Hewson from CMC Markets."The problem is that given the recent improvement in economic data, questions are now being raised as to whether we need forward guidance at all, as it could be counterproductive."City sources predict the FTSE 100 will open down around 30 points from yesterday's close of 6,604. Sentiment has also been dampened by losses on Wall Street overnight, as a worries about the Federal Reserve tapering asset purchases sent US stocks lower following comments from a number of officials that a phased withdrawal could be just around the corner.Stocks to watchTUI Travel's third-quarter revenues rose 5.0% to £3.8bn following an improved performance in the UK and Europe. Unique holiday bookings in the UK, Nordics and Germany increased by 14%, 11% and 9% year-on-year respectively during the summer period.Diversified mining group Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC) saw production increase across all its major commodity classes in the three months ended June 30th with iron ore having its best quarter for three years.Randgold Resources said increased production and reduced costs should keep the group profitable in the face of falling gold prices. The FTSE 100 firm the 17% drop in the average gold price during the quarter to June reduced profit to $54.1m from $81.6m previously. Production of 196 207 ounces was in line with that of the previous quarter, it said.BC