It is a very special session. We have you covered. All that, so much more on making money. Charles so the unknown Economic Impact continues of the coronavirus continues to weigh on the market. Again this as investors attempt to factor in how impactful the Federal Reserves emergency decision to cut rates by 50 basis points this morning will actually be. As the 10year yield fallen below 1 for first time ever. President trump addresses Central Bank Decision to lower rates a little while ago. Take a listen. We have to be competitive with other countries. When were paying two points more than germany, were paying more than other countries, we should pay less than everybody else. Of the fed rate is too high. Simple. It is too high. It puts us at competitive disadvantage, especially exporting our product to other countries. The other countries love that i dont like it at all. I would like to see our fed lead instead of being led. Charles joining me bellpointe chief Market Strategist david nel
Student who tested positive after returning home from spring break. His message for his generation. Its thursday, its march 19t march 19th. Fbn a. M. Starts right now. Lauren good morning, welcome to fbn a. M. Im lauren simonetti. Cheryl and good morning, lauren. Hello, everybody. Im cheryl casone. Lauren lets take a look at how your money is moving. Take a look at this, after plummeting overnight, u. S. Futures are now higher and decisively so, dow climbing 90 points, s p up 7, nasdaq up 100. We have seen the s p move up or down at least 4 , huge volatility the past eight days. The dow will open today under 20,000 for the first time in three years. Cheryl after those huge losses yesterday that we experienced, lets take a look at oil that has been flirting with the 20 level. Were at 23, 44, a gain of 15 on oil. Also a gain of more than a quarter percent on gold, 1483. Lauren take a look at the yield on the 10 year treasury, it is down 1. 7 basis points this morning, at 1. 168 . Cheryl
Jury will come to order. Senator brown has been delayed a bit but im going to go ahead because as i think most people realize we had to readjust the time of the hearing to accommodate the fact that both have been called on the floor at 1030. That means senators will really need to stick to their five minutes and even then we may not get through for everyone and i apologize. I will stick around for 15 or 20 minutes into the first boat so we can go as long as we possibly can. I will wave my questions. I wont waive my introductory misstatement and i will start with that right now. Welcome, chairman powell today the Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell update the command Monetary Policy development in the state of the us economy. Us economy continues to expand in 2019 exceeding 2 growth for the Third Straight year as the American People enjoyed to the longest continued economic expansion in american history. The labor market is strong with the labor force at an alltime high of 164 millio
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These are your markets. A bit of a move sideways for the europe stoxx 600. Mix the data across the world and mixed corporate earnings. If you look at the banking sector, it is one of the biggest gainers. We have a german manufacturing orders and Euro Area Services pmi for the month of october. Better than expected. Anything above 50 means expansion and we were expecting 51. 8. So look out for any movement on eurodollar and the u. S. 10 year yield. Coming up, we speak to the president of south africa. Come alk about s escom at a possible ratings downgrade. But first, lets get to bloomberg first word news. We begin with the impeachment inquiry for President Trump. The actions of Rudy Giuliani deeply unsettled to ukraine, outlining a quid quo pro. This is in exchange for investigating joe bidens son. Julienior ambassador said Rudy Giulianis role started as perplexing but quote became more insidious. The world has gone mad with free money according to ray dalio. He decried the current poli