RE: Expecting Brent to hit 55-563 Mar 2020 15:36
Because it wont stop the root cause. If it was just an economic slowdown like a normal recession, yes IR cuts would help to stabilise markets. IR cuts in this case have no impact on the root problem, i.e. Spread of a global pandemic. It's like putting a plaster on a severed arm, it does nothing. Markets will usually bounce on news then tank as they realise that a) we are in a recession we just didnt know it, and b) the virus is more a problem for global growth that was thought