You and the president were taking credit when things were going well in the economy. The president now when so many people are suffering . Larry well, there a lot of there, i agree, ut i will also argue the economy has registered a very the g comeback from pandemic, including todays jobs a 6. 7 unemployment rate. Now theres still over 10 Million People who are jobless, not good. That is hardship. Be ay the way, that should target of any in any assistance package. At the peak it was 23 million. 150 million t working. And thats way up. The 10 million unemployed is way down. I like that. I have to say, look, in terms of these numbers i know you are deep in the get numbers, but you still got on. Es a housing boom going Consumer Spending is strong. Business and of Factory Production going on. T. M. I. s s and the were nearly 60 . Thats very healthy number. At that. All that stuff looks like a v. One of wall streets top economists, ed, has his index. As tree thats growing at 29 a little chee
And the big week around retail rolls on, but are there any stocks out there still worth opening in the reopening trade we have some names for you on this wednesday, november 18, and this is Worldwide Exchange right here on cnbc the band subject of a little online debate that i was posting last night to my instagram good morning, good afternoon or good evening and welcome from wherever in the world that you may be watching. Im Brian Sullivan and good wednesday morning hopefully you wont need a remedy today here is how your money and the Global Markets are setting up their wednesday. Stock futures are now higher across the board small gains, yeah, but they are gains none the less. Dow futures up 64 right now. It was a mostly lower session yesterday, all the major indexes breaking two session win streaks. Hey, you cant blame the market maybe for pausing in what has been a huge surge in one of the best starts to a month in decades. In a note out on the market technicals from the spoke, the
Worsen, suspending imports of australian coal. Disney jumping a late trade on a management shakeup and a focus on streaming through a newmedia unit. We hear from the ceo. Check of howget a the markets are trading. We are seeing u. S. Futures coming online pretty much flat. We saw u. S. Stocks climbing to an almost sixweek high we had a rally. The s p 500 gaining ground. We also had financials pretty strong, gaining more than 1 ahead of earnings season. Jp morgan and citigroup reporting tomorrow. It was really about this years trade that really led the rally. The nasdaq composite gaining more than 2. 5 . Amazon soaring ahead of its prime day. Apple also jumping. The product unveiling but its price target was raised by rbc Capital Markets. Take a look at what oil is doing, reversing some of those losses it saw during the u. S. Session when it fell below 40 a barrel. Gulf operations restarting after hurricane delta. Sourcesention, libya saying we could see output there doubling within 10
In 34 states, the 70 average of new cases is higher than a month ago. Australia set to lay out a big spending budget to revise the economy and generate jobs. Today. Also makes it shery heres how markets are looking right now. U. S. Futures opening flat after u. S. Stocks rose in the regular session. They ended the session at a three week i. We have the s p 500 and the nasdaq and the dow beginning more than 1 . The nasdaq composite so its best in almost a month. We have the s p 500 closing at session highs. We had optimism over a potential stimulus package. Nothing mentioned President Trump being released from hospital tonight. Regeneron rallying after President Trump was given their experimental antibiotic treatment. Energy was a big gainer. Take a look at wti which is above 39 a barrel and continues to gain ground at the moment after the largest jump since may, rallying in tandem with the equity markets. Lets see how things are shaping up for the asian markets. Here is Sophie Kamarudd
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