Still not many people. We will be tracking this story throughout our three hours. Nearly half a Million People will be returning to work in the city. And they are returning to work, by the way, to a city whose mayor is pushing to defund the Police Department in the wake of the george floyd protests. A lot of pushback on this, as you can imagine. We will get into it. Including from the president. He tweeted this just moments ago. Law and order, not defund and abolish the police. The radical left democrats have gone crazy. And Hillary Clinton, by the way, well, shes had another deplorables moment when speaking about trump reporters and we will have that for you as well. Im Ashley Webster. The big story for dyou today on monday, the markets pointing upwards. Varney Company Begins right now. This will go down in history as the biggest positive data shock for the markets and the economy. Its some combination of an incredibly resilient economy thats bouncing back, the impact of government me
Results for its vaccine, phase one trial in humans. Weve got a lot more on this coming up in just a moment. But this is a very positive development. When this was announced the stock rally that had already been in place gained a lot more ground. One more positive indicator for you. Thats the price of oil. We are back to 32 a barrel. We are driving again, we are emerging from a lockdown, demand for gas and oil up and up goes the price. Key indicator. Now, look at this weekend. All across the country, people were out and about, enjoying the weather and enjoying their freedom, too. There has been some relaxation of lockdown rules in 49 states. Connecticuts the lone holdout. They open up in just a few days. Bottom line, the economy is opening up and in most places, people feel willing to shop, eat out and socialize. Its hard to see how the authorities can reverse course and clamp down all over again. The genie is out of the bottle and the Moderna Vaccine news is the icing on the i can kcak
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
Tenyear yield has fallen below 1 . It dropped to a record low of just. 9 . Right now its barely above that at. 98 . Stocks made a brief attempt at rallying but then completely tumbled. The central bank said it was making a preemptive strike to stop the coronavirus contagion from affecting the american economy. The dow started swinging all over the place. More than 1300 points from a high of up 381 points to a low of a loss of 996. As you see, we are down 642 points. The s p is down 71. Of course, the nasdaq, triple digits, down 234. It all comes as President Trump right now is at live picture, right now at a roundtable at the National Institutes of health where he is meeting with all kinds of Health Vaccine experts at the research center. Hes going to then take a tour. Lets listen in. Hes taking q a. If it was necessary, i would do it. Yes. Reporter whats your timeline on further travel restrictions, mr. President . Well, we are looking at different areas and we will make that decision
The governor of california recommends the elderly should take shelter in their homes. New york city closes its schools. Many states close bars and restaurants. Hourly workers, in dire straits. The economy is grinding to a halt and we dont know how long this massive disruption will last. All right. Heres the financial reaction. This monday morning, stock futures are limit down and when we open an even bigger drop is expected. That may mean a trading halt. Travel and leisure stocks again beaten down. Airline stocks, decimated. Last night, the fed took emergency action, cutting rates to the lowest level since 2008 and pumping 700 billion into the Financial System. Were waiting for a rescue package from congress. Were waiting to see if the administration will put money directly into the hands of affected workers, helicopter money, for example, and into desperate industries. A kind of modern bailout. So whats next . We will find out in 90 minutes. At 10 30 eastern, Vice President pence hold