Time now for our top market moving news from our new york team. Joining me Bloomberg Opinion columnist brooke sutherland. What were some of your Key Takeaways . Brooke i think what is interesting is target talks about First Quarter comparable sales being up, but nearly all of that was from digital. Digital comparable sales were 141 in the quarter. Those sales come at a cost. They are more expensive. The natural supply chain dynamics of delivering products to homes rather than having them purchased instore is more expensive for target, so you are seeing that market squeeze. Clothes,rent buying where target gets more of a higher profit margin. They were buying food any essentials. Is this a structural shift . Are people getting so used to ordering online that they will continue to order these items . They did also callout market share gains, which is key. Given Amazon Logistics troubles, are you going to be seeing customers rediscovering target and walmart, some of these longerlasting st
The u. S. Revised down its revised forecast for this year and next. The outlook for automakers in a postvirus world. We look at the prospects of japan the boss of lamborghini. Shery breaking news out of south korea. We are getting the Unemployment Rate for the month of april, coming in at 3. 8 . This would be below expectations of more than 4 and at the same level than in the previous month. South korea of course has implemented big fiscal measures, not to mention the relaxation of social distancing measures and president moon jaein asking his ministers to swiftly draw up a third budget. He has announced something of a korean style nodeal with statement investments, and we are seeing the south korean Unemployment Rate at 3. 8 , the previousl as in the month as south korea continues to battle the coronavirus pandemic. That seems to have restarted and regained some momentum with those infections around nightclubs in seoul. Lets turn to Sophie Kamaruddin in hong kong for a check on the ma
Number of coronavirus deaths in england and wales could be 41 percent higher than the government has been reporting. A dire warning from the u. N. The number of people going hungry around the world could double because of the pandemic. Chortle for you cheers citizens is to differ on earth to choose to do what we can. Also this will need the volunteers helping to boost irans response to the pandemic. And im piece them to the sport huey for and its Member Associations are holding a teleconference on tuesday to try and work out a way to finish the football season. Us President Donald Trump declaring that he will suspend immigration into the United States via an executive order the u. S. President on twitter said thats in risk. Of the coronavirus pandemic referring to. The invisible enemy added that he has to protect american jobs the announcement drew swift condemnation from some in the u. S. Democratic party the who accused mr trump of distracting people from what they described as his f
Damage assessment economists expected payroll reports to show 22 million job losses, taking unemployment levels to their highest since the 1940s. Neel kashkari says the impact will be devastating. And customer orders slump. We speak to the ceo. Lots still ahead in the trading day. We will talk about siemens numbers and the lack of visibility. We also get plenty of analysis for the jobs report which we expect to see later today. With that in mind, lets take a look at futures. It seems we have found plenty of reason to be cheerful this friday. We will not have any trading in london because it is a Public Holiday, but we have plenty of positive trading coming in from the Asian Session and indeed, in the futures, we see that reflected. Futures point higher by around 1. 3 while european futures, where we see moves to the upside. Euro stocks futures up by a similar amount. Of focus on reopening, which seems to be taking place or being planned for in various parts of europe and in some cases
Virgin australia tracks interest from indias largest by just budget carrier. Shery lets get you started with a quick check of how the markets are trading. We are seeing u. S. Futures under pressure, this after the regular session ended mixed. Markets pretty optimistic about reopening some parts of the u. S. Economy, but also a bit more cautious given that we have seen flareups around the world. The s p 500 finished unchanged. Health care led the gains, but financials weighed on the index. The nasdaq composite getting for the sixth consecutive session, outperforming again. The longest winning streak this year. Take a look at what oil is doing. Wti gaining ground, above 24 a barrel. This after it fell and erased earlier gains in the new york session. Tohave saudi arabias plan output, providing a boost but that was not sustained. We have opec given its Monthly Oil Market report on wednesday. Haidi in the u. S. , President Trump has responded to reports china is considering scrapping the p