Measures fail to emerge. On the monetary side, the bank of england, becomes the latest to cut rates treasury yields hovering around 80 basis points. Full Team Coverage of todays market plunge. Mike san tolly is with us and meg on the latest on the coronavirus. But well begin with breaking news out of washington major Bank Executives meet with the president today. Well get to wolf at the white house. Reporter the president and the Vice President and the treasury secretary currently hosting in the white house behind me the leaders of the major Financial Institutions of this country in attendance we have the leaders of jpmorgan, bank of america, citigroup, goldman sachs, wells fargo, black stone making it the type of gathering we havent seen since the peak of the financial crisis. Theyre all inside, as we speak. What will be on the agenda well, two main things. Number one, liquidity and the functioning of markets number two, lending to businesses that are most affected by the coronavirus.
Good morning welcome. Im Morgan Brennan live at cnbc headquarters kicking off with historic moves on wall street as the dow moves towards 20,000 the First Time Since february 2017 the dow has now erased all of its gains since President Trumps inauguration back in 2017 this mornings futures it has been volatile, we started higher, turned lower weve gone flat. Right now, the dow is indicated to up 194 points, the nasdaq to open up 143 points it has been a wild ride. Futures spikes on the news of the stimulus from the ecb. Weve been bouncing around ahead of that 9 30 open. Taking a look at the bond market weve seen a lot of volatility there. Treasuries yesterday sold off with significant spike climbing as high as 1. 25 . Now coming off as investors move back to treasuries with a 10year at 1. 177 . Just off threeyear highs. I want to get a check on crude bouncing back in a big way after sinking to its lowest level in 18 years 20. 37 a barrel ice brent 26. 91, an 8 bounce. We are still at t
Bonuses even preferential treatment for their children as incentives to work on the coronavirus front lines and are in tailor nandan with the top stories from europe including the e. U. Takes on ai trying to resolve the real life dilemmas caused by Artificial Intelligence. And sport manchester citys chief executive heads out at the decision to ban the club from European Competition the most important thing i have to say to that is that the allegations of a natural parents arianna and says that didnt break financial rules. Hundreds of thousands of people fleeing a russian backed syrian offensive are being squeezed into ever smaller areas near turkeys border under her brendas condition. This is the latest stark assessments of what the u. N. Says is going on in northwestern syria its syria envoy and humanitarian chief have both address the u. N. Security council describing catastrophic human suffering today my 1st concern is for the syrian civilians caught in the fighting we continue to r
Order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. This hearing is entitled Monetary Policy and the state of the economy. I now recognize myself for four minutes to give an Opening Statement. Id like to welcome back chairman powell. As i discussed earlier, and at our last hearing with you, i remain very concerned about the president s efforts to interfere with the feds independent Monetary Policy. A recent news story noted that trump has tweeted over 100 times about the fed since your nomination. Many of those tweets appear to be attempting to exercise pressure on the fed. Chairman powell, you and the fed board of governors must not be swayed by these aggressive tactics in upholding the feds independence you should be mindful of public perception. Of course, trump continues to try to claim credit for Economic Growth that was put in motion by the policies of president obama Congressional Democrats and the Federal Reserve, irresponsible tr
But the e. U. May challenges deal with china. Up ad Morgan Stanley wraps big earnings week for u. S. Banks , with a beat. We are live from the Morgan Stanley global Alpha Investment conference in hong kong. Us trillion markets just open for trade. Sophie. Sophie asx us trillion marketst open for 600 the top smock the top stock market so far this year. Broadly speaking, asian futures are pointing higher and regional stocks are headed to a seventh weekly gain. We will see if the u. S. Tech rally feeds into asia, given bullish guidance. We did have alphabet joining the 1 trillion market cap club. Fed expected to stand pat on rates. Looking ahead to the chinese gdp report, futures in singapore closing higher after a three day drop was posted and the offshore yuan is headed for an eighth weekly rise. Thea top forecaster says yuan will in the year is one of asias worstperforming currencies. Shery lets go to first word news with jessica summers. Jessica the Senate Begins the formal impeachmen