We will bring you those numbers as soon as they get the hit. They may very well impact markets. We will look ahead to jobs number coming up. Job losses could hit 47 million and Unemployment Rate could surge to 32 . Jim bullard is here later this morning, more on jobs, action by the Federal Reserve and what if any rebound we can expect from the crisis. Interview coming up at 7 00. President Trump Pushes Congress to pass 2 trilliondollar infrastructure bill now to help boost the economy along the road to recovery. The president says the bill willing very big and bold. Meanwhile this, the death toll in new york city has surpassed 1,000, mayor bill de blasio joining the call for help as more makeshift hospitals are created. This as more states go on lockdown this morning, mornings with maria is live right now. We want to check Global Market s. Dax index in germany lower by 277. Factory activity in italy contracting at the fastest rate in 11 years. 40. 3 and french factory activity calling
Points. Brent really rolling over by about 5 , much worse than wti. It is now a pure demand issue. You see equities taking it on the chin, as well as commodities. Time for todays top market moving news from new york and our london team. We want to begin in the u. S. Come over Senate Democrats blocked Mitch Mcconnells attempt to advance the coronavirus economic rescue package. Minneapolis fed president neel bloomberg the fed can do more to support the economy. We are being more aggressive. Is there more we can do . Yes. Is there more we may end up doing . Yes, but i feel we are being very aggressive. Alix joining me for more is Michael Mckee. Walk us through what he said, what more they can do, and what is going on in d. C. Michael jim bullard is the one who really scared the markets by saying a 30 Unemployment Rate and perhaps a 50 annualized decline in gdp during the Second Quarter. Morgan stanleys is the closest to that 30 , so he thinks things can be much worse. They still say the f
Yeah. No doubt hopefully they can get this stuff done between the congress and the senate and it will be a lot more to do its a good start but given the dislocation to the marketplace, hopefully we can get this thing done in washington and well be good backstops for the market. Does it take a significant amount of stress off of the credit markets, which i know youve been concerned about and you watch so closely well, i mean, it takes a certain amount off it doesnt theres still a lot of stress in a lot of different places it takes a little bit of the stress off you really need the washington package. A package in washington just a lot bigger what they were talking about doing, seven times bigger. If i got my numbers right off the top of my head just to help support corporate small business, et cetera, what were going to need support and buy secondary stuff in the marketplace. Some of the other things they started to do today, so that we can have the economy function the right way. How c
New york stats state we have full Team Coverage stooefr steve is all over the unprecedented action the package has hit some snags what is the latest the out come is looking like the same one we got last night with democrats not signing onto advance the 1. 6 plus trillion dollar stimulus package. We have a vote right now of 4442. 44 yays. 42 nays. You need 60 votes to pass it its difficult with five in swe selfquarantine. Bernie sanders not voted last night. He was following this from afar and following this in negotiations from there. Senator Chuck Schumer said today this vote is meaningless the package is done. The real work is happening behind closed doors. To that end he said that work is very, very close to producing a deal that inif he canned some optimism into the market but he is making clear hes not authorized democrats to back this move to advance the vote as it stands. We know cabinet members have been meeting to reach a compromise slow and steady progress is what they are ca
Crude Oil Last Week which hit the highest interday wti up to 63. 72 an barrel ice brent crude is up to 69. 49. Gold hit a nearly fourmonth high last week posting its eighth straight positive session on friday. Longest daily winning streak since june of 2019 right now gold price is up another 1. 75 to 1,579. 60 an ounce. Our top story, tensions with iran escalating over the weekend. Eamon javers has the latest from washington good morning. Good morning, joe the iranians were vowing revenge over the weekend the administration took to television to explain its decision to kill that iranian general who was in iraq last week and to offer an explanation for what its plan is Going Forward. Mike pompeo said the administration is prepared and ready to handle anything that the iranians respond with. Heres what he said. If the American People should know that we have prepared for this, that we are ready well talk cultural that our responses are lawful and the president will take every action nece