We dont know exactly what happened in the meeting, but the statement afterwards from the 2 Senior Republicans from michigan certainly indicate that they heard nothing from donald trump. That would change the result of the election in michigan. And that they are going to press ahead. The United Nations is warning of a humanitarian crisis in northern ethiopia. Says more than 2000000. 00 children are at risk from the fighting in t. Great aid agency in neighboring sudan are planning for as many as 200000 refugees. If european government forces, meanwhile, say theyve taken to major towns, mohammed and in the capital, addis ababa says the battle for mccain will prove decisive in the conflict. If they cant hold the cup at all, it means they are defeated. And mackellar is considered the ultimate prize by the if European National defense forces, who are now said to be roughly about 100 kilometers from the cup at all. And they are saying they will launch attacks on mackinnon from a place for dif
Dont bet against progress thats the lesson for todays stock market where the gross name came roaring back the nasdaq surged 3. 85 . I know what you are thinking. It feels like the whole republic fringes. Well, excuse me. We are having one of the greatest rallies i have ever seen despite all the worries, the woes about the market tanking if Election Night was in indecisive indecisive like it or not, the people spoke. Whether biden or trump ends up on top, it looks like buy den right now. The democrats will have the house and the republicans will have the senate. At least two years of boring do nothing government even with the pandemic and the high unemployment and of course just kind of anger, americans seemed satisfy with the status q quo. They certainly dont want higher taxes. Something that would have been on the agenda if the socalled blue wave has washed in. Thats a big deal. I know based on the polling, i was worried what may happen to stock with a blue wave just stocks. I am sure
Prospects and rising virus numbers. Disney is laying off workers at its u. S. Theme parks and resorts as covid19 continues to hammer travel and demand for group entertainment. Ahead of the first u. S. President ial faceoff, that debate in cleveland happening in the next couple of hours. We are seeing asian markets looking like they will start the day pretty adrift. Chinese pmi numbers could show a steady decline further into more negative conditions. This is how u. S. Futures are trading after slippage in the overnight session with low volumes going into that debate. Contracts are pretty flat at the moment. Thinolume is expected and liquidity on the ground in asia with korean markets on a Public Holiday and the last day of trading before the golden week holidays takes the mainland Chinese Markets out of action. We are seeing a pretty flat start according to the futures session. In sydney, bearishness going into the open, looking like indicated downside of 1 when we get into cash tradin
I think it was an effective measure. The idea now is we have to hit back hard. We have to hit back strong if were going to finally put this dual crisis of the pandemic and economic payment engendered behind us. With respect to larrys point, one thing is just wrong which is our team is dismissive of inflationary risks. We have constantly argued the risks of doing too little are far greater than the risk of going big. Providing families and businesses with the relief they need to put this virus behind us. I want to quote Jerome Powell who strongly reiterated this view the other day. I think it was a week or so ago that inflationary risks are also asymmetric. He said, im much more worry about falling short of a complete recovery and losing peoples careers and lives they built because they dont get back to work in time. Im more concerned about the damage that will do, not just to their lives but to the United States economy, to the productive capacity of the economy. Im more concerned abou
The dollar gaining some ground after paring losses after that meeting. Fx sellinging asia off, especially the renminbi after reaching may 2019 highs. There are signs perhaps the currency is being overbought. Expecting boj, boe, and Bank Indonesia today. Those currencies and focus. Watching the bond market as well put it did not get adjustments on qe from the fed. We saw the 10 and 30 yield spike coming off a little now but that did lead to earlier the yield curve steepening and coming off a little. We are watching brent crude as well as wti. Also saw off some of the highs we saw overnight. There is optimism for demand but that is also losing some of those gains right now. Tom lets get you up to speed with some of the first word News Headlines and other stories. President trump says a Coronavirus Vaccine could be just tribute it widely as early as october, contradicting statements by some of his top health officials. The head of the centers for Disease Control and prevention told a Sena