The stock up close to 100 this week. Is that a squeeze or a fundamental reevaluation . We have seen travel stocks really rising quite sharply this week. Lets take a quick look at the european markets. Theres a bunch of factors i want to focus on, plus a global view of what is going on. You can see what is happening with the chinese currency. 0. 5 ,an stocks up around pretty much matching the gains in the united states. We are watching stimulus pingpong. Italian 10 year, there it is. Some pretty big moves over the last few days. Then weve got what is going on with the chinese currency. China back today from golden week. A huge bid in terms of equities and the currency. Will the pboc squash that one . We will wait and see. Europe focusing on what is happening with the lockdown story and what is happening with the bond markets. Lisa the pandemic ongoing, leaders stepping up to contain the surge in virus cases across the continent. Bloombergs maria tadeo joins us with more. What do we know
News on the banks. We were discussing on closing bell the banks finding out this evening what this extra stress tests theyll go through this fall will be there will be two severe recessions it will be tested against as opposed to normally one. Its possible we could interpret those severe recessions as not as bad as they could have been june saw unemployment spiking to 10 . This test has two versions one is that it spikes to 12. 5 and then dips more quickly to 7 7. 5 both of those factors perhaps highlight the severely adverse scenario didnt get that much worse given the year that were in than perhaps it could have got. 10 unemployment to 11 or 12 is not that much worse. That will also include a stock market decline by 30 house prices falling 26 all of course headlinegrabbing changes but not that much worse than they could have been given the fact that we already knew this early set of tests was coming there is one line that stands out at the end of the statement that says, the board re
Promising results from both of them. Later, we are expecting news from astrazeneca, thats a british company. They are going to announce the results of their phase 1 trials of a covid vaccine. Now, positive news on a vaccine usually moves the market. It certainly did last week, and i think its helping futures this morning, too. There is news on a new stimulus plan. The president says he would not approve any plan that did not include a payroll tax cut. All right. Now look at the market. It has turned around. Earlier today we were way on the down side. But now we have moved to the upside i think its on the strength of this vaccine news. The dow held to the 26, 600 level last week. 8,000 points above where it was when President Trump won election. By the way, a new the Washington Post abc news poll showed joe biden with a 15point lead, 5540. This is 106 days before the november vote. We will be talking a lot about election risk on todays program. Then theres this. For the 54th straight da
Any time. Members are reminded to keep their video function on at all times. Members are reminded that theyre responsible for muting and unmuting themselves and to mute themselves after they are finished speaking. Consistent with the regulations accompanying the resolution, staff will mute members when not recognized to avoid inadvertent background noise. All house rules relating to order and decorum apply to this remote hearing. [ inaudible ] economy and i know recognize myself for four minutes to give an opening statement. Chair powell, the law that required the Federal Reserve chair to testify before congress twice each year was established back in 1978. However, no fed chair has ever testified before this committee with the economy in the condition that it is in today. More than 116,000 americans are dead from the coronavirus. And just last week, 21 states recorded an increase in their average daily new cases compared to the prior week. The april jobs report was the worst in Americ
Now, testimony from Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell on Monetary Policy and the state of the u. S. Economy amid coronavirus. He spoke about low Interest Rates, unemployment numbers and what future Economic Growth and recovery could look like. Help in front of the House Financial Services committee, this is three hours. So the committee will come to order. Thank you. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. Members are reminded to keep their video function on at all times, even when theyre not recognized by the chair. Members are also reminded that they are responsible for muting and unmuting themselves and to mute themselves after they are finished speaking. Consistent with the regulations accompanying h res 965, staff will only mute members and our witness as appropriate when not recognized to avoid inadvertent background noise. Members are reminded that all house rules relating to order and decorum apply to this remote hearing. T