Statements, i want to acknowledge the loss over the weekend of congressman john lewis, a civil rights icon who changed history at great personal sacrifice. In 2015 i was honored to be among those who joined him in selma to commemorate the Fiftieth Anniversary of the blood sunday march which he led. I send my deepest condolences to his family and loved ones. Todays hearing comes at a time when our nation is experiencing the confluence of a health crisis, economic depression and a series of killing is that laid bare the Racial Injustice that still paints the country. Our focus is on covid19s disproportionate impact on black and latino seniors. As well as seniors from other racial and ethnic minority communities, black and latino residents are infected with a virus, nearly twice as likely to die from covid19. The state of maine has the worst Racial Disparity in covid19 cases in the country, also comprise less then 2 of maines population, they account for approximately 23 of all cases, lik
Way to the indian border. Theres tangible issues. No question they are flexing their muscle right now. What i would notice in this market on a quiet wednesday, i know you will do the data check here. Publishing moments ago this bullish consumer view, and that was a game changer yesterday with the retail sales report. Jonathan we will catch up on the geopolitics a little later in the hour. Equity futures up 19 on the s p 500, focusing a move higher over the last several weeks, up by 0. 6 . Just surprise after positive surprise. The economic surprise index in the United States is absolutely flying. And it is at a record high searching higher after yesterdays retail sales beat. It was just an absolute trout. Today absolute trounce. Today i am going to be watching the u. S. May building and housing permits starts to get a taste of what we may expect. U. S. Loan purchase applications hit an 11 year high last week, so that should be some sort of indicator. 12 00 p. M. , fed chair jay powellc
What is interesting are the responses. Normally this data is not very exciting. In the united states, it is dictated by what they are getting at the gasoline pump. Shifted to focus on groceries and products such as hand sanitizer. Inflation expectations were dramatic in april. They are at 3. 1 in terms of the survey and 3. 2 percent last time around. The last year, that number was significantly lower. Alix 2. 6 . Lsare we going to get inflation growth in five years time . Yesterday was a brutal day. We were left scratching our heads and wondering if what we of the fairllying market. Bear market. Treasury markets, you are seeing a little shift there as well as we go more into risk. The dollar is softer. Is it over . That is the question. We will break that down over the next couple of hours. To give usr is going a real read on the u. S. Economy, moving forward. Now for your markets, we will have a technical look at how you should position after yesterdays big sell. A chief technician jo
We are also watching currency, the dollar has been the big story this week. The euro as well as its counterpart. We are taking a pause from the rally after the ecb, but if we see a gain today, that would take that streak for the longest in 16 years of nine days straight. So far it is flat. Flirting withlar . 70 for the first time this year. The dollar weakening across the board with the exception of the yen. Dollaryen, and offshore hovering. We are watching the bond markets as well. The mliv question is, the yields we are seeing, will they disrupt the equity rally . The u. S. 10 year after the u. S. Jobless numbers that fell again, treasuries ing the worst brent slipping after they did extend cuts after a breakthrough with iraq. Tom the European Central bank did put its money where its mouth is, announcing a bigger than expected increase in emergency bond buying, responding to what it calls the unprecedented contraction in the euro area economy. Kathleen hays has the story. What is dri
You are watching cnbc. Welcome to the show live at cnbc global headquarters. Lets get right to how your money and markets are setting your day up. Stock futures pointing to positivity at the opening bell if these futures hold. S p up by about 15 and nasdaq up by about 81. S p down about 485 points yesterday. Some are selling the safety of bonds. Twoyear just below. 20 and 10year. 65 checking the price of oil. You can see slight positivity. Wti crude back above 20 a barrel crude up a similar amount. This is as a new report that suggests Trump Administration is weighing a plan to pay u. S. Drillers to keep oil in the ground amid that big back stock there is going to matt in singapore a mostly weaker session for the asia markets investors waiting to see the jobless claims weve got a fairly large piece of Economic Data here in the form of chinas q1 gdp china market did manage to hold up with a very small gain. The shanghai composite holding with a third of one percent. Holding on to hear t