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
Contracting by 5 this year and within the s p headlines like those punishing reopening trades, punishing pretty much everything as you can see behind me particularly the likes of norwegian cruises, winn resorts, banks, airlines sliding significantly. Some of those names down as much as 10 sara. Weve got a huge lineup of guests to help make sense of this selloff today for you air yell investments john rogers saw a onceinalifetime buying opportunity. His take and where we stand now. Plus well discuss the new tristate travel order what it means for the entire leisure landscape for ceo of booking holdings, a perfect day to get thoughts on what travel will look like well speak to the ceo of slack about working and new product today. Full Team Coverage of this pullback and final hour of trade. Mike santoli tracking Market Action the most concerning covid outbreaks with the new numbers and Brian Sullivan watching the drop for energy sector, the worst performer. First lets get to josh lipton w
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
That is where we are at the moment. Another down day for crude. Brent also down. Tom lets get more analysis on the market. When you look at what happened with help things are playing out in asia, is it taking offer a stellar quarter . Probably a bit of both. Concern withys the cases we have seen. In cases like texas. They have a bit of a crisis going on there. The fact that new york, new jersey, and connecticut have now set a quarantine for people who travel from these hot zones and the rest of america. Imposing an economic constraint. They are worried there will be another abruptness to this. That the Economic Growth that america had. In states of new york, when they take this action, that is a worrying time. That would hurt businesses on a much bigger basis. That is what wall street is concerned about. The hit to the economy. There has been talk the u. S. Government is getting ready to do a fourth round of fiscal stimulus. There has not been any details yet. The market would be conce
Americas grim reality, new virus cases hit daily records in florida, california, and texas. The imf sees a deeper global recession than it predicted two months ago. Lufthansa biggest shareholder says he will back a 9 billion euro government bailout, getting the rescue plan a shot of momentum ahead of a crunch about later today. A bid for closure, the chemical giant spent more than 12 billion to settle thousands of roundup cases and other u. S. Losses. A significant number of cancer cases claims remains unresolved. Just enter an hour from cash equity trading in europe, and we have a mixed picture. But the futures are trading 0. 2 . Down dax futures are trading higher in frankfurt. We are looking at Different Directions depending on the regional indexes. What you see on the gmm . Anna i will get to that in a moment. Picture around the spread of the virus in the United States, capturing the markets attention, and sending Risk Appetite lower. Getting numbers at of royal mail, this is inter