Good morning. This hearing of the subcommittee on readiness and management will come to order. Subcommittee meets today to receive testimony from undersecretary defense for acquisition and sustainment, ellen lord concerning supply chain integrity fourth apartment of defense in the United States. Since her initial confirmation as the under secretary of defense secretary lord has oversensitive give acquisition reform at the department of defense and i am sure we will talk about some of that today. As the u. S. National armament director she has traveled to see the u. S. Throughout the u. S. And the to see our allies and partners with regards to the development and Manufacturing Activities around the world and unfortunately has seen how reliant the u. S. Defense Industrial Base chain has become particularly as it relates to china. With the rise of china and Great Power Competition and the Global Pandemic the vulnerabilities and gaps in our supply chain particularly as it relates to the Na
Switch the dow around would we be looking at essentially the same falloff . Essentially we would. This is taking nine of 12 key sectors down. Financials are holding up pretty well today but a lot of this was driven right now by concerns, comments made by dr. An any fauci. I believe he was doing interview on cnn he expressed doubts having a vaccine ready by october. I think there was leaping on that as excuse to sell, just as it could be a leap on Mitch Mcconnells comments that we might not get a deal together, spending measure, virus, stimulus deal together anytime soon. And that he doubts they will be on the same page, republicans and democrats anytime soon. Add to that that weve got new u. S. China tensions. This didnt get as much attention. It has nothing to do with trade per se but with the administration move to impose restrictions on chinese diplomats already here. I do think when you get a selloff going, people collect all of this together, say, sell, sell. It is not that neat a
Afternoon towards t close. That will be your best guide to what is happening. We are approaching the point in europe and we are up by 1. 73 . The pound is actually catching a little bit as well. Earlier on it was turning around a little bit. Now abide. 2 . Now up by. 2 . Normality has resumed. Yields are a little higher and prices a little lower as we start to maybe get a little bit of a better news when it comes to the story. We are watching what is coming out of the u. K. We are now getting news from astrazeneca saying the covid19 trials, the vaccine trial may resume next week. This has been reported by the financial times. Alix we are watching that as well. Blackrock,from marilyn watson. It has been quite a week for investors in any asset class. You had a tech selloff in the u. S. , rising cases in europe. Looking to the ecb on thursday. Our bond markets pricing in the correct things . Markets aret bond pricing in our the fact you have supportibly ands weolicy from the ecb and need
Data in the u. S. Is bouncing back. Factory orders coming through stronger than anticipated and we are up 6. 4 versus 6. 2 last time. And it is actually a little bit softer than last time. 11. 4, that isat stronger than anticipated. And transportation is a stronger than last time. Orders,tal goods nondefense, 1. 9, bang in line with expectations. Ookare going to get the b a little bit later on. That will give us a good idea about what is happening for the back into july into august backend of july into august. We will carry on the conversation about what is happening in the markets. We have great guests coming up. This hour, we will speak to the ceo of lands end. They have a big digital presence. Have. Ffect they will we will talk with Jerome Griffith about that. And for more on what is markets we have Brian Weinstein from morgan stanley. This talk about what is happening broadly right now. Youre in fixed income guide, you are watching what is happening broadly in these markets, what d
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