Well in many states. Businesses are holding back from spending amid the pandemic and stimulus talks appear to be at a standstill once again with leaders from both sides accusing one another of moving the goal posts in the negotiations. Unlikely we will get a stimulus before the election. 59 minutes to go, dow down 2. 2 . Lets get to the stories we are watching right now as stocks fall sharply mike santoli is tracking the market selloff for us. Which parts he is watching in particular meg tirrell digging into the latest covid numbers mike, whats the broader take on what is happening today average bit of a rethink on a mull pent fronts the idea that covid might cause more business disruption last week the s p 500 was skirting this boundary between this sort of breakout level we had and around 3,400 we are actually below that right now. Did a little bit of damage s p and the nasdaq fell below the 50day average the s. A. P. Warning probably evented the nasdaq from doing a better job of sup
Hour, likely to confirm thirdquarter results that beat forecasts. The first since the patriarch. It may losewarning Legal Protection over user content. Lawmakers accuse platforms of abusing their power for political speech as the election nears. First, lets get you started with a quick check of the markets. Sophie kamaruddin in hong kong. Sophie after the steep losses we saw for u. S. And european stocks, we are looking for a downside move here in asia with earnings also in focus and we have u. S. Futures edging higher early in this session. We do have aussie shares under pressure, off by. 4 this morning. This after the tech lead rebound we saw wednesday looking shortlived. And set under pressure, falling 3 after recording a 42 slump in profit. Those results coming in line with analyst estimates. Check out the aussie dollar holding about 70 but trading near a nine day. It could be in the making the next few days. Metzler about the board to check in on some other assets in focus. We are
An epic run up 400 this year. We will explain how the retail trader is driving the stock. Plus, big tech, big deals, toppagist tells us that companies amazon, facebook and alphabet should be buying up right now. Consolidation. Power lunch starts right now welcome to jim maybe well get to say hi later on its a record week on wall street which marks the end of the coronavirus bear market. Its coming to a close here. Bob is watching some key numbers for us bob. Its been a record week we had good numbers today. Our manufacturing and services is keeping us positive just want to show you some new highs. A lot of stuff involved in tech. Internet, anything having to do with the internet. Fdn is the new one the hold building, that itb had been on fire eight straight weeks of gains. U. S. Home sales hit a record pace today we saw home prices also move up as well. Look at some of these new high list is fairly thin but a lot is building related horton, pulte, lumber liquid daters these are all at
Spains Prime Minister weighs in on the financial scandal involving former King Juan Carlos sousa now fled the country. And Zimbabwes President defends the recent crackdown on protests against his gun. And installed. His half the top spot in the n. B. A. s western conference for the 1st time in a decade bron james the number one see there with the. President donald trump the leader of the country hardest hit by the corona virus pandemic is making a big and what some according divisive push to get kids back into the classroom thats despite warnings from top disease experts of potential health risks its angered teachers in cities like new york where theyve been protesting against the plan. And you can see why the u. S. Has 4700000 cases more than 155000 deaths and theres still little indication that things are improving democratic president ial hopeful joe biden has been tweeting urging trump to do his job before even more people lose a loved one at all this as millions of unemployed amer
Its worst 2nd quarter period on record for the previous worst quarter contraction with a 10 percent drop during the Eisenhower Administration in 1958 but these records dont date back to the Great Depression while hopes one day old on that v. Shaped recovery is Consumer Spending which actually accounts for about 70 percent of Economic Activity it brought down the g. D. P. On wednesday the Federal Reserve chairman powell warned of the lasting damage to the economy of this expectation. Even with the improve Economic News in may and june overall activity remains well below its level before the pandemic and the contract contraction in real g. D. P. In the 2nd quarter will likely be the largest on record. Now this comes as republicans and democrats are working on the one trillion dollar relief package on a looming friday deadline but it appears lawmakers are far from an agreement and they continue to clash during the stalled negotiations. 20 team boeing has had one disaster after another wel