We will receive testimony from the secretary of the treasury and e chairman of the Federal Reserve as required under title iv of the cares act. Congress has appropriated 3 trillion to protect and support americans to fight the pandemic and also to stabilize the infrastructure of our economic system. A large portion of this funding is authorized under title iv of the cares act which provides resources for loans, guarantees, and other investments from treasury and the Federal Reserve 13. 3 emergency Lending Facility and programs in support of eligible businesses, states, municipalities, and tribes. Title iv of the cares act provided 454 billion as an infusion into the exchange stabilizatiofund to support the Federal Reserves emergency lending facilities that facilitate liquidity in the marketplace and support eligible businesses, states, governments, and tribes. This unique authority known as 13. 3 authority is authorized under section 13 of the Federal Reserve act and plays a Critical R
0. 769 a little lower than weve seen in weeks leading up to this. Joe, the most important thing youve said is it is friday. Is it friday . The days are all it has been months. And then again, it feels like one whole long day for the week. In this new bull market we are in we will see, hopefully. Three days im not saying that we are they make no sense anymore. I guess it is possible we could look back a year or two now and say, wow or as Paul Tudor Jones said. Are we opening he said we could probably see some new lows. We are still on the front edge of this horrible thing that will play out in new york and other cities hopefully not as bad as people thought. The coronavirus cases surging to nearly 86,000 passing italy and china and making america the site of the largiest outbreak. The death toll is nearing 1,300 in the u. S. So far those number doubling somewhere around every three days right about now, a little less. Lots of questions about other areas too now how this is playing out i
Americans . Markets this morning are pointing to a lower opening this morning. Take a look at average with Dow Jones Industrial average down 528 points. Nasdaq lower by 78. Dow up 1,151 points. S p yesterday up 154 on wall street. Plus the president speaking with chinas xi jinping overnight. The two countries are working together closely to fight against the pandemic. Next hour eli lilly ceo will be here on drug supply chain and how dependent some companies are still on china plus dr. Oz is here on vaccines and growing concerns about children getting the virus now. Plus americas biggest music stars coming together to help raise money for victims and First Responders. The eye heart living concert presented by fox, and air live including fox business, join us for jellon john, billy eilish and many others taking part in charity event. Mornings with maria live right now. Lets check Global Markets. European leaders still unable to agree to join together to fight spread of coronavirus and Ec
We will bring you those numbers as soon as they get the hit. They may very well impact markets. We will look ahead to jobs number coming up. Job losses could hit 47 million and Unemployment Rate could surge to 32 . Jim bullard is here later this morning, more on jobs, action by the Federal Reserve and what if any rebound we can expect from the crisis. Interview coming up at 7 00. President Trump Pushes Congress to pass 2 trilliondollar infrastructure bill now to help boost the economy along the road to recovery. The president says the bill willing very big and bold. Meanwhile this, the death toll in new york city has surpassed 1,000, mayor bill de blasio joining the call for help as more makeshift hospitals are created. This as more states go on lockdown this morning, mornings with maria is live right now. We want to check Global Market s. Dax index in germany lower by 277. Factory activity in italy contracting at the fastest rate in 11 years. 40. 3 and french factory activity calling
Discussing just that, an early return to work. 9 40 eastern time today on this program. There is outrage at Speaker Pelosi loading up the stimulus package with a host of items unrelated to supporting workers and industries. For example, canceling post office debt, the return of obama phones, same day voter registration, 35 million for the Kennedy Center for performing arts. What has all that got to do with getting money to people who have just lost their jobs, millions of workers thrown out of a job. However, treasury secretary mnuchin and senator schumer did meet last night, and they suggested that a 2 trillion rescue package, stimulus package, is close. Well see. All this has given the market a shot in the arm. For much of the morning, we have been limit up for the dow jones average and at the opening bell, the dow will be up, what, 900 points, maybe more when the restrictions of the limits on trading are off. S p, nasdaq also up 4 , 5 . Clearly, investors like the 2 trillion rescue