I do want to talk about the resiliency of american corporations to adapt and adjust , whether it was Johnson Johnson a bit ago, the seven could jillian dollars the seven gajillion dollars at blackrock. Thenow the story, executable excellence we are seeing in the statistics. It is going to be fascinating. Jonathan it might be too early to say the gloom of pandemic is behind us, but it might be time that we talk about the provision build of these banks. The number comes in at 611 million. I think that is the positive out of this Earnings Report this morning. Talkednali basak really about that being a key statistic, and it is better than good. I go back 10 minutes ago, the idea that they suspended share buybacks, and yet theyve got enormous Free Cash Flow available for Dividend Growth and maybe some share repurchase. Granted, youve got the mystery of what commercial real estate is going to do. Jonathan i imagine their Capital Return Program will change drastically in about 12 months time.
Absolutely extraordinary. I know lisa is going to touch on this. Can we all focus a moment on 800,000 in claims at 8 30 . What is still involved in our politics and our markets is a labor economy that is, to be polite, fragile. Jonathan secretary mnuchin throwing some cold water over that. We need to talk about the new restrictions across the continent in europe. The economic recovery in europe was already fragile, already stalling. These restrictions will make that worse. Tom ive so glad you bring this up. You and i have been going back and forth on this since you got up at 9 00 a. M. London time. What i really want to focus on is the federal solution and application in europe versus the statebystate solution in america. Is that accurate . Jonathan youve also got the local issues in the United Kingdom that have really brought london into the equation. The north of the country was facing much tougher restrictions , looking down to london and asking, what about them . The answer is lond
Radio, Bloomberg Television across this nation and worldwide, what you need to know. Moonshot. Let me get to it. Futures, the high for the day. Dow futures up 19 points. Nasdaq futures up 1. 7 . Forest thend ndard and poorest 500 friday, echoing a matter of it is when, not if. It doesnt matter when we get that fiscal stimulus. We will get the fiscal stimulus area that seems to be the message from so many people we speak to. Tom Jonathan Ferro already explaining some of his other properties to us here on our simulcast worldwide. Lisa abramowicz, the political story front and center. Do you link the political story to what we see in market activity . Lisa you certainly see that across wall street analyst reports, saying that joe biden solidifying his lead reduces the election. A contested the lack of uncertainty is what is giving people confidence to go ahead and get long equities and come up with this narrative, that theres going to be fiscal stimulus regardless of what happens. Tom wha
Jon ferro has been calling it. Guy we are monitoring the stimulus story beat by beat. Nancy pelosi will be talking around 14 minutes. We are going to get a sense at that point whether or not we are making progress. That could certainly be market moving. We will bring you those headlines as soon as we get them. Lisa the white house has been pushing for a largescale deal again, off again, on again. Wants alosi says she more comprehensive fiscal bailout as a result of the pandemic. Emily wilkins joins us now with the latest. Emily if anyone is confused about where things are with the stimulus deal, you are not alone area Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell said yesterday he was feeling some with lash some whiplash with all of the backandforth we have seen this week. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is Still Holding out after months for a larger stimulus package. She and the white house negotiator, treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin, spoke by phone yesterday. It seems like there still could be
Anger and division in this final stretch to november. They dont even know who george floyd is. Acting secretary chad wolf, senator amy klobuchar, and insight and analysis from our powerhouse round table. Good morning, and welcome to this week. Every four years americans come together to make a choice. We expect hardfought campaigns and we expect politicians telling us this is the most important election of our lifetimes, but with the conventions that just played out, we saw something different. Democrats told us if the other side wins, our democracy is over. Republicans said if the other side wins, america is over. Both suggesting an apocalypse if they dont prevail on november 3rd. In the visuals of this weeks Republican Convention, we saw the world as donald trump wants it to be. His name in fireworks over the washington skyline, the White House South Lawn transformed into a celebration of all things trump, and his supporters shoulder to shoulder as if the pandemic had never happened