Risks to the Economic Outlook. The fundamentals of the u. S. Economy remain strong. The Unemployment Rate has been near halfcentury lows for more than a year. The anticipation of job gains have been solid and wages have been rising. These strong labor Market Conditions have underpinned solid household spending, which has been the key driver of Economic Growth over the past year at the time of our fomc meeting in january, prospects for continued Economic Growth remained favorable, and we judged that Monetary Policy was well positioned to support that outlook. Since then, the spread of the coronavirus has brought new challenges and risks the virus has afflicted many communities around the world and our thoughts and prayers kgo out tho those who have been harmed its also disrupted Economic Activity in many countries and has prompted significant movements in Financial Markets the virus and the measures that are being take on the contain it will surely weigh on Economic Activity both here a
To address the economic fall out from this and what the fed is looking forward to more greatly address the mainstream issues here the fed is focused on trying to get trade going smoothly markets functioning smoothly especially in the treasury and fixed income markets but bringing rate dous down to try o help where it can. Theres very little Economic Activity lower rates will not be of tremendous help. The best the fed can do is try to make markets function more smoothly what the white house can do, what the fiscal side can do is address more in a detailed way, in a more pinpointed way the economic pain that individual industries and individual workers will feel. All right well be looking for those, the targeted and targeted measures this afternoon thanks thats going to do it for us lets get to the judge in the half thank you. Welcome to the Halftime Report so good to have you with us today. Were trying to make sense of all of this. Our show will look differently in the days ahead. Our
Industrial average is up more than 760 points. Steve weiss, i go to you first is this how a bottom, at least a near term bottom, is made . Does it feel like we are trying to do that today right friday we started trying to do it, towards the last hour of trading powell came out and talked i dont think there is any surprise to what he said i put some exposure on then. Put more on this morning feeling good about the market. But i think it is going to be shortterm heres why the u. S. , as of friday, performed 500 covid19 tests right . Putting that in perspective, the uk performed 8,000, south korea performed 65,000 the point is that once we start ramping up those tests and pence said we would have 5,000, you are going to see in my view more major outbreak in the u. S. You think the numbers are going to go way up. Dramatic and that will put pressure on the market last week alone i spoke to five Tech Companies you hear them saying 50, 60 are back to work when you ask them to break down the n
Person being transported to the hospital. Reporting live in san jose, julian glover, abc7 news. The time is 4 30. Good morning. Well get a quick update on weather and traffic where you live starting with lisa. Good morning to you. We are looking at not only the low clouds, the fog out there, but certainly the reduced visibility. If youre planning for the rest of the day, you need to perhaps give yourself extra time with the wet pavement out there, the slick roads and the fog. As we go into the afternoon, it is cloudy and well see a few peeks of sun. Partly cloudy by the afternoon. Live look from our exploratorium camera, a few clouds around, enjoy a couple days of a break before we get back into a wet weekend. Good morning, everyone. So, ill start off here with a live look at the Golden Gate Bridge for you. You can see that slick pavement that lisa was referring to. Take it slow so we dont have spinouts today. Lisa was mentioning that fog. A bit of fog near the san mateo bridge. Traffi
Good thursday, everybody welcome to power lunch lets take a look at this record rally. All three major indices at new high the dow is up 21 in 2019. The s p up nearly 28 and the n nasdaq up 33 just this year were in the green today check out some of the new highs across the board micon, citigroup and kellogg joining that party ty thank you very much with a few trading days left in whats been the best year for the market since 2013, bob is at the New York Stock Exchange with a look at what worked in 2019. Hi, bob. A lot worked. Thats the good news the rally has opinion fabeen fa but dont kid yourself top 23 stocks in the s p 500 all were up. All 23 were up some of them were up really big. How big . S p 500, up 28 . The top ten stocks by market capitalization were up more than 40 . That means as they get bigger, those stocks have more and more influence on the s p number one, nothing knows bigger than apple this year look at this, 77 . Thats not a typo. How much is that thats 800 points