The tunnel but this is going to be a very painful two weeks. Uk Bank Stocks Fall after lenders ditch their dividends. Joining the european counterparts on calling lenders to hold on to cash sinking deeper into contraction while the italian pmi drops to the lowest in a decade i expect to see some very bad numbers coming out of the economy in the First Quarter, Second Quarter and what it looks like coming out will depend how the virus proceeds lets do a little bingo calling here this is your eurozone pmi bingo numbers. Final manufacturing pmi for march 44. 5 that is the lowest since july 2012 the final manufacturing output number, pmi at 38. 5. The lowest since april 2009. Worst than the flash estimate. Rounding it out with a look at the final new orders the constituent 38. 5 the lowest since march 2009. Clear indication of significant decline in eurozone factory activity u. S. Futures turned sharply lower after President Trump warned that the next two weeks will be painful as many as 24
That seems to have worked because the dow which had been limit down has now bounced back and at the opening bell, we may be up 400 points. The dow will be up significantly at the opening bell. Same story with the s p and also with the nasdaq. Now, treasury secretary mnuchin, he says the Federal Reserve will have 4 trillion for loans to businesses. He says theres more where that came from and if congress doesnt get something going real fast, then they will go back to congress for more and he says the fed will provide any amount that is needed. Thats what the fed is doing right now. Thats the market. Thats the fed. Thats whats going on in congress. Now look at the price of oil. That has been a problem for American Energy producers and right now, weve got oil all the way down in the low 20s. Thats a continuing problem for texas, north dakota and for the Energy Producers and these energy stocks. How about the price of gas . That is absolutely tumbling. The National Average all the way down
Im brian sullivan, if you are keeping track at home, were pretty sure youre at home heres a sobering stat on the selloff. The dow has fallen nearly 11,000 pointing since an all time high in mid february. Thats a nearly 40 drop the fastest in history investors continue to see their portfolios fall, while washington falls short stimulus still on hold were expecting a briefing on the coronavirus outbreak in about 30 minutes time. Were going to bring it to you live when it begins. Kayla has been tracking the stimulus situation all day long and is with us now on what happened what happened, what didnt happen. And what comes next. For a second time in two days, the vote to advance the stimulus package coming out of the republican side failed meeting are taking place in the wake of that with Steve Mnuchin meeting with chuck schumer, followed by a meeting with mitch mcconnell. Those two back to back meetings, an update on where things stand. A Senior Administration official tells me its unlike
President affectionate of his base and the other side who leads them socialist or a billionaire, wall street journal poll, the democrat race has tilted heavily to socialist, Bernie Sanders, hes got 27 support. The fading joe biden is essentially tied with newcomer Mike Bloomberg, the president s approval record hits new high for the poll, 47 tonight it really is mustsee splitscreen tv, all right, we will get to your money, of course, not quite as exciting as politics, chinas government says theres a slowing in rate of new infections for the second day, less than 2,000 new cases reported but beijing still has, you might call it credibility problem, 3 wall street journal reporters kicked out of the country objective voices gone. Anyway, the dow will be up about 80, s p up about 10 and nasdaq another nice gain, already at new high, up another half percentage point. Rally all across the board. Now, just wait till you see tesla stock, im showing it to you now, if you bet against it, you are
They said several would be limited because of uncertainty the risk of a hard brexit had receded. Overall they said the risk of recession had fallen but they added uncertainties remain, including those posed by the coronavirus. They said, quote, the threat of the coronavirus in addition to its human toll had emerged as a new risk to the Global Growth outlook that warranted close watching you heard other fed officials talk about this since that meeting. Now, also importantly, several fed officials saw elevated levels of equities, corporate debt and commercial real estate valuations they noted the high levels of corporate debt and weak underwriting and worried about Bank Dividend payments, reducing capital by the banks, it was noted that levels are high and they debated whether low Interest Rates created financial risks. New debate we see some of it on maybe more in the open now. Many Committee Members said they should not rule out the potential ty of adjusting the stance of Monetary Poli